Can You Check Out My Levels?

Do you have the lab's reference range for each of your tests? I know each lab has their

own set of  values. When I check your values with one of the labs that I use, it looks

like your TSH and free T4 are in the normal range but your free T3 is low normal

which could be the reason you are feeling so bad. I'm not really sure I even think that

TSH is a fair indicator of my thyroid function. The last time it was checked, it was 1.907 which

if a doctor only looked at that (which a lot of doctors only look at), they would tell me that

I'm fine. However, my Anti-Thyroglobulin was 344 and Anti-TPO was 1098 so obviously, my

thryroid was inflamed and under attack.

Have you had your thyroid antibodies checked? That is probably the next thing I would

recommend that you do. But, even if they come back normal, it doesn't mean that you don't

have Hashimoto's, because they also fluctuate and at times can be normal. Mine are always

all over the place.

cause of hypothyroidism. It is an autoimmune disease in which your body produces antibodies that

attack the thyroid gland, causing inflammation and eventually the total destruction of your thyroid

gland. It is detected by two lab tests, the Anti-Thyroglobulin and the Anti-TPO. I would ask for both of

them. If you are suffering from another autoimmune disease, it is highly likely that you can also have

Hashi's. So many of the symptoms of autoimmune disease are the same.

However, I just have to caution you about lab tests. With Hashimoto's, the tests can fluctuate

wildly. You can go from hypo to hyper to normal and back and forth. So depending on when you

are tested, the results can be so variable.  Even the antibody tests can be normal at times, so if they

come back normal once, it doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have Hashimoto's.

I have been taking thyroid medicine for four years now and still don't feel like I have it under control.

My TSH has ranged from 0.188 to 6.68 and I can never see any correlation between my TSH levels

and my symptoms. That's why I'm so skeptical when a doctor only checks TSH.

I will send a separate reply giving you some more information to check into.