With Hashimoto's, your thyroid gland function is gradually destroyed, which requires increasing doses of thyroid meds to offset the loss of natural thyroid hormone production. Based on your test results, I expect that your dosage of Levo is inadequate. Many of our members report that symptom relief required that Free T3 being adjusted into the upper third of the range and Free T4 adjusted to around the middle of its range. Are you having hypo symptoms?
Also, have you been tested for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin? Many hypo patients are too low in the ranges for those areas as well.
i have hashimotos disease. my results came back today as,
my thyriod peroxidase (tpo) 7424
my antithroglobulin 5059
my t-4 0.83
my triiodothyronine,free,serum 2.3
Can anyone please help me understand this.. I have been on thyroid meds for year and currently on levi 125
Do you have the reference ranges on your test posted.
TSH reflects hypothyroidism
My Report is as follows..Kindly suggest me
T3= 13d ng/dL
T4= 7.44 mg/dL
TSH=4.51 mIU/mL
FT3= 2.13 pg/ml
FT4= 0.93 ng/dl
AMA 1:320
and welcome to the site. I was in a hurry. :-)
An atimicrosomal antibody test is also called a TPOab test.
Your TPOab is above 950, and it should be below 30.
The test indicates that you have an autoimmune condition.
Your TSH was 125, and should be around 1.3
Your TSH was high because your T4 is low.
Your T4 was low because your thyroid is not producing enough hormones.
You have Hashimoto's, which is autoimmune thyroid disease.
Your antibody count is fairly high. If you take a multi-vitamin, you might check to see if it has selenium in there. 200mcg of selenium a day may help some with the antibodies.
Your TSH was really high, and is probably still dropping. You should be getting bloodwork done every six weeks to see where your levels are. You need to get it down to 1.0 or 2.0, but you don't want it to fall below 0.5, or you'll go Hyper.
You won't feel better for at least another month. You have to get your TSH where it needs to be, and you may not be on the right dose yet. After you get your meds right, then it can take a few months for all the symptoms to improve, although some of the symptoms resolve quickly.
Hope that helps a little.