TSH 3rd Generation Blood test results

[dmkurst]

Hi I have been going to 3 different doctors for 6 weeks trying to figure out what is the matter with me and finally I was given a TSH 3rd Generation Blood test now I am going to yet another doctor next week in the mean time no one will tell me what is the matter with me...Please help me I am losing sleep and my anxiety level is through the roof.... Here are my results TSH 3rd Generation 5.01 T4,.......Free 1.0.......T3,Total 219.....Please help me I am really going crazy and I just need to know what is the matter....

DMKurst

[borninquisitive]

I would say that you have moved into hypothyroidism. I would look into antibodies as well: Thyroglobulin Antibodiy and Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies. Many hypothyroid patients have Hashimotos (auto-immune) Hypothroidism.

Read up and question your doctor about just this. Don't let him/her off the hook until he/she has answered you.

[kitty9309]

I agree with the above.

My TSH was just a 6, but I had severe insomnia and anxiety.

The PCP wouldn't treat until TSH was over 10. But he had no problem rx'ing Xanax and Lexapro and Trazadone!!

I finally got to an endocrinologist who treated me.

Good luck and don't give up.

[AR-10]

It sounds like you may be a little hypothyroid, but more tests need to be run. You should also ask to have tests run on your adrenal glands, and thyroid antibody tests.

Your TSH should be somewhere between 0.8 and 2.0, but some doctors will treat a TSH of 5.01, and some will not. It is considered sub-clinical, which means yes, you're sick, but no, you're not sick enough.

Your Free T4 should be in the upper third of the lab range. Is your lab range 0.58-1.64? If so, 1.0 is a little low. 1.3 or 1.4 would be better.

Adrenal tests would be a very good idea. Adrenal fatigue should be ruled out before you start trying to adjust your thyroid hormones.

[AR-10]

Hi girls!

I type slow. :-)

[borninquisitive]

Hey there fella! ;-D It's okay...you may type slow but I think slow. ;-D

Kitty,

"The PCP wouldn't treat until TSH was over 10. But he had no problem rx'ing Xanax and Lexapro and Trazadone!!"

That's a heap o'...I'll leave the rest up to your imagination. lol  

[kireton]

Hi! I am new to this community. I have suffered for hypothyroid for 13 years. My doctor just ran a 3rd gen TSH test and my results are 0.06. I haven't had a chance to talk to my doctor about the results yet. What does the 3rd gen test measure?

We are trying to figure out why I stopped having my period (tubes tied, not pregnant). My TSH was 0.2 in Feb. He has run so many different test my head is spinning. My FSH is 3.3, Free T4 1.2.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

[kitty9309]

Welcome!

If you re-post this as a new post, you will probably get a better response.

The 3rd gen test is the TSH. Yours is too low, suggesting you are on too high a dose of meds.

[rgcontinental]

Hello, I just found this website.  I am a 42 year old male and my doctor just ran a 3rd gen TSH test and my results are 0.735. I had my doctor check my TSH because I am often tired and have low energy.. The range is .45 to 4.5.  Is it too low and What does the 3rd gen test measure?

[zoe6971]

Hi, I'm new to this forum...

I was having some anxiety and breathing issues so a few weeks ago my doctor did some blood work. One of the tests he ran was a TSH, 3rd Gen test and it came back as .13, my T3 Total is 138 and my T4 Free is 1.4. He said my thyroid was overacting and sent me for a thyroid scan. This turned out strange...after taking the controlled amount of radioactive iodine and waiting the appropriate time, when I went for the measuring test my thyroid was empty (no iodine), however, no nodules or growths were found. I just had another blood test done and the results are the same, high levels of hormone in the blood. He calls it thyroiditis and wants me to have another blood test in a month. Apparently it can go from hyper to hypo without notice and this concerns me.

Does anyone know what causes this or why it happens?

Thanks for the help!