Comments on: A sluggish thyroid making you sick, tired & overweight? https://hypothyroidmom.com/a-sluggish-thyroid-making-you-sick-tired-overweight/ Feel better with hypothyroidism, finally Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:24:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lynda Reeve https://hypothyroidmom.com/a-sluggish-thyroid-making-you-sick-tired-overweight/#comment-29857 https://hypothyroidmom.com/?p=13633#comment-29857 My TSH is 1.04 Normal range is .32 – 4.00 in canada
Free T3 is 2.6 normal is 3.1-6.2
Free T4 is 13 normal is 9-19

Am I hypo? I have anxiety, constipation, digestive issues, dry skin, insomnia and other symptoms. Please help doctor says I am fine.

]]> By: Tess https://hypothyroidmom.com/a-sluggish-thyroid-making-you-sick-tired-overweight/#comment-28954 https://hypothyroidmom.com/?p=13633#comment-28954 In reply to Lynne Williams.

Hi Lynne,

I suggest you go to see Dr Barry Peatfield in Crawley, UK. I had similar issues to you as I had radio active iodine treatment in 2009 and found that I couldn’t metabolise levothyroxine so felt ill for years. I am now taking NDT (since last year) which suits me much better, although I’m not quite there yet. One of my GPs very kindly prescribed me T3 for some time which was better than T4 but still not entirely suitable in the long term. If you google Dr Peatfield, you can get his phone number and also read his book.

]]> By: Rebecca Mead https://hypothyroidmom.com/a-sluggish-thyroid-making-you-sick-tired-overweight/#comment-28934 https://hypothyroidmom.com/?p=13633#comment-28934 So what happens when you have a patient who’s thyroid labs (the 4 mentioned) are sometimes high & sometimes low? I had a very large left goiter removed in 2008 & been suffering ever since. Nobody will prescribe thyroid medication because it works sometimes, but I have heat & cold intolerance, have low & high blood pressure, get fevers & low body temperatures, cannot loose weight even when though I can’t eat for days. I’m really scared because I have all the other hypothyroid symptoms with occasional bouts of hyperthyroidism, no andwers, & it causes so much physical & emotional stress. Oh and now my right thyroid is enlarged. Do doctors ever prescribe synthroid to stop goiter growth? Should I find another endocrinologist?

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