I really advice from people who know about thyroid problems. I am sooo confused

[nikkie27]

Hi and thankyou for any help given.  I have had health issues for almost 3 years now.  I have had weight loss below 100 pounds at some points,  hair thinning from all over my body,  body aches,  tiredness,  crankiness,  and I have BW up to 5 times a day some days.  I had my thyroid checked once again when I started to see a new doctor and my tsh was .023 so I went back and had it ran again and it was .044 she said that this is normal.  The past 2 times it was checked last year it was .760  Do I have a thyroid problem?  Is this the reason I feel so not well and crazy too?  Where do I go from here?   If it is normal now do I need to move on and live feeling this way forever? Once again thankyou so very much for the help.

[FTB4]

Your tsh is only a hormone that your pituitary gland sends to your thyroid to either produce more T4 hormone or less, depending on what the Pituitary determines your system needs , look at it as a hormone sensor, so tsh is not a deciding factor in wether your thyroid is functioning the way it should, you should check your lab results,(If you don't have them request a copy from your MD, Look for Free T3 and Free T4 levels, if they are not on the results then ask your MD to perform these tests, then post the results here on a new post and also include the reference ranges for each, the symptoms you mentioned may be caused by thyroid, but tsh will not give a clear picture as will the FT4 and FT3  Welcome to the Forum and Good Luck FTB4

[nikkie27]

Sorry my tsh was 0.23 then 0.44 .