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TSH is 80.619 what we have to do for this is it risky. what a normal stage should be of TSH
Your TSH is very high, so I'm surprised your only symptom is that you feel a "bit low". Eltroxin is indicated for a high TSH, but if your symptoms don't support the TSH, you should have further testing before starting meds...FREE T3 and FREE T4. If those are low, then meds would be in order. If not, you'd have to look further for the cause of your high TSH. Hearing voices is not a symptom of hypo.
Bit low otherwise i feel normal i tend to here voices may times thats not real for sure but managing.my doctor has adviced me to take Eltroxin - thyroxine sodium tablets 50mcg is this we take in hypothyroid. my range was 80.612 TSH level
TSH is a pituitary hormone that is affected by so many things that at best it is only an indicator, to be considered along with more important indicators such as symptoms, and also levels of the biologically active thyroid hormones, Free T3 and Free T4. Of these Free T3 is the most important because it largely regulates metabolism and many other body functions. Scientific studies have shown that Free T3 correlated best with hypo symptoms, while Free T4 and TSH did not correlate at all.
Having said all that, your TSH is so high above the normal range that it is most likely that you are hypothyroid, and the most likely cause is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Hashi's is an autoimmune system disorder in which the thyroid gland is erroneously identified as "foreign" to the body and antibodies are produced to attack and eventually destroy the gland. As Hashi's progress, the output of natural thyroid hormone is diminished and has to be replaced with thyroid medication, in order to prevent hypothyroid symptoms.
To confirm Hashi's, the doctor should run both tests for thyroid antibodies. the tests are Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies, and Thyroglobulin antibodies, The tests are listed as TPO ab and TG ab. In addition to those, you should insist on being tested for Free T3 and Free T4. Also, since hypo patients are frequently too low in the ranges for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin, you should request those as well.
When test results are available, please post results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report and members will be glad to help interpret and advise further.
Having said all that, your TSH is so high above the normal range that it is most likely that you are hypothyroid, and the most likely cause is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Hashi's is an autoimmune system disorder in which the thyroid gland is erroneously identified as "foreign" to the body and antibodies are produced to attack and eventually destroy the gland. As Hashi's progress, the output of natural thyroid hormone is diminished and has to be replaced with thyroid medication, in order to prevent hypothyroid symptoms.
To confirm Hashi's, the doctor should run both tests for thyroid antibodies. the tests are Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies, and Thyroglobulin antibodies, The tests are listed as TPO ab and TG ab. In addition to those, you should insist on being tested for Free T3 and Free T4. Also, since hypo patients are frequently too low in the ranges for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin, you should request those as well.
When test results are available, please post results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report and members will be glad to help interpret and advise further.
TSH is a screening test. Yours is high, which indicates that you're probably hypothyroid. Your doctor should now order FREE T3 and FREE T4 tests to confirm that.
Range for TSH os 0.3-3.0 according to an AACE recommendation. Many doctors and labs still use a range that goes up higher.
The treatment for hypothyroidism is taking replacement thyroid hormones. It is not a risky treatment at all. You simply take what your body would produce if it could. In that respect, it's more like taking vitamins than taking a drug.
Do you have many hypo symptoms?
Range for TSH os 0.3-3.0 according to an AACE recommendation. Many doctors and labs still use a range that goes up higher.
The treatment for hypothyroidism is taking replacement thyroid hormones. It is not a risky treatment at all. You simply take what your body would produce if it could. In that respect, it's more like taking vitamins than taking a drug.
Do you have many hypo symptoms?
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