Hello, I am 23 Years old and for the past couple of years have had complications with my menstrual bleeding, with real bad stomach pains and cramps, my periods stopped for over 18 months and the pains i was getting were agony. I was still having all the sypmtoms sore tender breasts, spots, pains in stomach and legs but just nothing would happen, any how cutting a long story short i went to the doctors, and i was referred to the hospital for a scan to chack for any abnormality or cysts but that was fine, i then had some blood tests taken as me and my hubby have been discussing starting a family in the near future and were concerned there would be someting wrong. My doctor took the bloods for TESTOSTERONE, SHBG LH-FSH, FBC, TSH and PROLACTIN all of which came back fine apart from my TSH levels which at first were 7.2 she then asked me to return to have my bloods taken again a month later which i did, along with autoantibodies or thyroid antibodies (cant remember which she said) and found that my TSH levels had risen to 13.49 in that 3-4 weeks, but antibodies were Negative, she has started me on a low dose of thyroxine and i have to return again in a month to have bloods checked again, i am feeling abit run down and confused!
I have been looking up about thyroids and levels and i have noticed that underactive thyroids are normally diagnosed when there is a high TSH level and antibodies are POSITIVE, is this correct?? My T4 levels were also taken and they were 12.2 the first time and then 10.2 the second time if this makes any sense, please can you help me understand what this all means and whether i do have a underactive thyroid and will i always be on treatment for this???
Thankyou for your patience and help
Michelle