Possible Hypothyroidism with lower end normal lab values?

[karnop]

TSH: 1.69               (N 0.27-4.20)
T3: 2.69                  (N:2.0-4.4)
T4: 0.97                  (N: 0.93- 1.70)

Well being: Tired all the time, headaches, irratability, weight gain, brain fog, lack of focus and feeling spacey, forgetful, insomnia, depression and mood swings, dry skin, hair falling out, painful periods with large volume of flow with clots(sometimes irregular, come at 40/45 days or skip a month) Symptoms have been occurring for 10 months with lab tests done a month ago.

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[karnop]

Hi,

Thank you for your responses. I haven't gone to the doctor yet. I am planning on it this week so I'll let you know what they say. And yes, the levels that were measured were ft3 and ft4.

[goolarra]

Those look like free T3 and free T4 to me, but you should check your lab report to make sure.

FT4 is much too low.  It's barely in range, and many of us have to be at least midrange before our symptoms are relieved.  The target for FT3 is the upper half of the range, and yours is nowhere near that.  TSH can be affected by many factors other than thyroid hormone levels.  

It's possible that you have secondary hypothyroidism...your pituitary doesn't produce enough TSH to stimulate your thyroid to produce thyroid hormones.

I think you'd definitely benefit from thyroid meds.  What does your doctor say about your results?

[Galsal59]

Sorry to hear of this for you.  I'm sure some one will pop in with some good information or questions.  I'm no expert, but the T4 looks rather low-normal.

Of course, it's the Free T3 and Free T4 that should be run.  Apparently they are more accurate.