BLOOD TESTS FOR BRAIN FOG FREE

It's that 1st endo and that GP who should be apologising to you.Īt least there are lots of people on this site who understand and genuinely care.xxx You rant away all you need & don't apologise. Well, no GP ever apologised for not telling me - they don't, do they?

He'd also written '- was overtly Hypothyroid in 2008. Diagnosis: Hashimotos Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Hypothyroidism.' I requested copy of my hospital records (we don't have to pay here if we ask within 40 days of last being seen - don't know if that's changed - was 5 yrs ago) Then was started on 50mcg Levothyroxine & increased at subsequent appointment. Had more blood tests (that GPs don't do) and test arranged to check adrenal glands. Tell him/her you fear for your job.įailing that, you could ask your GP what your Diagnosis is? Have your list of questions and symptoms written down ready for when they call back. If not, could she at least ask Endo to phone you (not the first one you saw but the other). I don't know when you last saw Endo, but have you thought of calling the secretary and asking if you can see Endo NOW as you're not coping and June is too far away. Mary-intussuception in reply to 1lackingenergy 6 years ago If you have thyroid antibodies, you'd have an AutoimmuneThyroid Disease called hashimoto's but eventually become hypo. They've been told to diagnose upon the TSH alone. The fact that you will then know far more than your GP as they know none at all. I shall give you a couple of links and you will be surprised, I'm sure. Even if you get the results of the test and put on a new post for answers. B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate as we can have symptoms and are usually deficient.Īlways get print-out of your blood test results and post with the ranges. GP may not do all and some labs wont if TSH is 'normal range'.

BLOOD TESTS FOR BRAIN FOG FREE

TSH, T3, T4, Free T3, Free T3 and thyroid antibodies. The tests you need (probably wont) but we have private labs who will do the necessary. If you were taking thyroid hormone replacement you'd allow 24hours between last dose and test and take afterwards. She hasn't taken FT4 or FT3 and FT3 is the most informative and most important.īlood tests for thyroid gland have to be at the very earliest possible, fasting (you can drink water). If I was a betting woman - I'd put a large sum down that your doctor is wrong. Shaws Administrator in reply to 1lackingenergy 6 years ago What blood tests should I be asking for? Please can anyone help?

I am so fed up of having no energy and need to get back to work. I have heard that T4 readings can be fine but you can still have all the symptoms, is this true? I need to go back to the doctors with information and a plan, otherwise I will get told it's in my head. I told my doctor this and because I started crying she said do you think you have depression! It can't be your thyroid as your blood test is fine. I am fed up of only having energy for an hour or so and then needing to sleep as I have run out of energy. I haven't been at work this year as I am tearful, emotional, no energy, get blurry vision, losing hair, cold, hot, sleeping through out the day and night, weight gain, major anxiety and my brain can't remember anything. My bloods have come back normal this week but I am still so tired, unable to concentrate, unable to concentrate. I had a thyroid scan as I was finding it hard to swallow and was told it was enlarged but my new bloods showed my thyroid was almost normal but because I was having so many symptoms I would take 25mg levothyroxine. I then had my bloods done in October and November and my thyroid had changed to underactive. Last September I asked for blood tests and found out my thyroid was over active.

Blood tests for brain fog