Thyroid and?????

[livimia]

Hi ~ I was diagnosed with hypothyroid in February of 2010 and have been on synthroid ever since. My levels are STILL not stable and the doctor adjusts them every few months when I go for my follow-up. Problem is, this is not my only problem but no one will listen. I also have:

Low BP
Dizziness
Chronic nausea
Pain in kidney/back area
Anxiety
Tightness in throat
Generally feel "out of it"

I hate to sound like a nag every time I go see the endocrinologist, but she is not testing me for anything else and just keeps messing with the dosage of my meds...... that is not working! How much longer do I have to suffer?? This has been going on for 25 months now! What else could it be?? I want to go in there and demand other testing, but which ones??

[Barb135]

If you've had thyroid blood work done, please post the results, along with the reference ranges, since these vary from lab to lab, so must come from your own report......

If you've not had proper thyroid tests done, get FT3, FT4, TSH, TPOab, TGab, vitamin B12 and vitamin D.  

Cortisol is only accurate if you do a 24 hr test to get the levels over an entire day, either urine or saliva; some say the saliva is the only accurate test, but most doctors don't do or recognize that.  

[ShelleyN720]

Stella has provided the tests you need - I'd also recommend cortisol tests to see if your adrenal gland is functioning okay - maybe you'd do better on a T3/T4 med like Armour? I'd also have your Vitamin D levels checked. You'd be surprised how D deficiency can affect your body. Google Vitamin D deficiency and see what you find. I take 4,000 IU's a day and mine still stays low at 30 in a range of 20-80. NOt sure why I cannot get it up!

[stella5349]

Free T3
Free T3
TSH

and some autoimmune thyroid

TPOab
and TgAb