To be gutted my thyroid test appears to be normal? ( slightly light hearted)

[malificent7]

So i got a thyroid test to do at home and it is normal. So now I have to accept that I am knackered and find it hard to loose weight due to lifestyle and age( i'm 43).
Why am I so bloody knackered all the time then?!

YANBU I've been consciously controlling my food intake for the better part of a year (rarely exceeding 1200 calories a day), am exercising daily (running 3 times a week, brisk walking the others for no less than 30 minutes each time). I'm 5 stone overweight and lucky if I lose 0.5 lb a month. This is on top of being able to tick all of the NHS symptom list for underactive thyroid.

I didn't want there to be a medical issue, but was honestly gutted that my blood results shed zero light on why my body is behaving this way.

I'm going to push back to my doctor and ask for formal support in reducing my BMI. I literally couldn't do more and if I have one more HCP declare that I'm obese therefore unworthy of NHS help for anything remotely medical I might just show them what hysterical really looks like!

44 I just had blood tests revealing I’m low in vitamin d And I also have a silent uti both of which can make u feel knackered vitamin d deficiency is quiet common atm due to everyone being locked up in lockdown x

what would you think of a TSH level of 1.220 ?

I was told my thyroid tests normal. Had most of the symptoms. GP very dismissive told me to look at my lifestyle, I had a healthy diet, kept fit and worked part time. Symptoms gradually worsened over time and repeat blood test 3 months later revealed massively under-active thyroid. Started thyroxine took ages to work but well managed now. You can have sub clinical symptoms ie all the symptoms but not showing up in blood tests yet... one option repeat blood tests in a month or two or demand referral to an endocrinologist who will do more sensitive tests and may treat sub clinical symptoms (Gps can’t as not specialists)

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YANBU I've been consciously controlling my food intake for the better part of a year (rarely exceeding 1200 calories a day), am exercising daily (running 3 times a week, brisk walking the others for no less than 30 minutes each time). I'm 5 stone overweight and lucky if I lose 0.5 lb a month. This is on top of being able to tick all of the NHS symptom list for underactive thyroid.

I didn't want there to be a medical issue, but was honestly gutted that my blood results shed zero light on why my body is behaving this way.

I'm going to push back to my doctor and ask for formal support in reducing my BMI. I literally couldn't do more and if I have one more HCP declare that I'm obese therefore unworthy of NHS help for anything remotely medical I might just show them what hysterical really looks like!

I really identify with this. I'm more overweight than this about 6 st. I'm on the waiting list for barriatric surgery. As I just don't lose weight. I think people who don't have these issues think we're lying or lazy. But after a few kg (at very best) my body just clings to it.

Sorry to derail the thread a bit... But one reason I want the surgery is I definitely get dismissed more because I'm fat. I'm 35 and really worry about being a bit older and going through peri and actual menopause. Because I feel the female body is already not as well understood as it should be. I already have experience of symptoms being dismissed with my thyroid.

As pp's have said they're going to the GP with symptoms and being told everything is normal. But how much are GPs looking at? Is it being blamed in weigh, anxiety or age?

@Curiosity101 thank you!
Is it hard work getting the blood out?

I hear you, I was also disappointed when mine came back fine. I did discover I was in peri menopause and type 2 diabetic though and since cutting out most sugar I do feel a lot better, it's a bit whit though

@KeyboardWorriers I wouldn't say so no. It's a finger prick a bit like if you have diabetes and are doing a glucose check. You just catch it in a little tube, package it up and send it off. Easy ☺️

I’m the same and I’m 35. I ache so much every morning. I’m in the healthy BMI range (top of it though) and I eat well but cannot shift the weight. I’m so tired and lightheaded too, amongst other things
Bloods came back all normal except for low TSH which puts me as subclinical hyperthyroid, which I wasn’t expecting. Repeat bloods in 6 months. I asked the doctor to help me figure a way to control the symptoms in the meantime and got no response.

I am so, so fed up.

I have hashimotos or chronic lymphocytic thyroid disease.

And this is me daily.i am always tired. I always ache. I'm physically and mentally exhausted

Sorry Curiosity, I certainly was much improved on a GF diet, but it may not work for everyone.

My thyroid tests always came back as normal range, or just on the edge of it. After testing for all sorts including sleep apnoea, the Endo specialist finally did a TPO antibody test - I think he was just trying to get rid of me. Normal range is under 16, mine was in the 600's. They told me it's underactive thyroid and have had me on the lowest dose of Levo for about 18 months now. I feel marginally better but not much. Annoyingly they will not now repeat the TPO test, as apparently GPs don't offer this. I am thinking about having the test redone privately, but there's a chance my GP won't look at it anyway as long as TSH T4 and T3 are near to the outer limits of normal.

[quote Curiosity101]@malificent7 I only ask because I got my thyroid checked privately recently. I opted for the full thyroid check, TSH did come back high (which doesn't sound the same as your case) but T3 and T4 were both 'normal'. Fortunately, as I'd gone for the full check it also included antibodies and effectively showed I have early-stage Hashimotos.

I took my results to the GP where they did a repeat and confirmed it. Despite my T3 and T4 being 'normal', they obviously weren't normal for me otherwise my TSH wouldn't have been high.

Also, the reason I decided to check my thyroid was that I was always cold and my cycles were quite long (I ovulated late at CD21/22 with quite a short luteal phase). I've noticed since starting Thyroxine I definitely feel a bit better in myself and my cycles instantly starting regulating down to roughly 29 days with ovulation around CD15 and a 14-day luteal phase. So despite my actual T3/T4 technically being 'normal' it does seem it was having an effect.[/quote]
Hi, I've also had tests done and all are listed as in normal range but thyroglobulin was 78.7 is this lower than yours was?
I'm going to order further tests but on a forum someone said that this level indicates hashimotos possibly

It's bizarre when I see people have to fight for a diagnosis. I was diagnosed after a routine blood test, never had any major symptoms. My last blood test my TSH was 5.3 and my T4 below range but I still feel fine.

@hellyeahllama Thyroglobulin antibodies? Mine were 85 which is normal, but slightly raised.

Anti thyroid peroxidase antibodies were 199 which is high
TSH was 5.98 which is high
T4 was 72 which was normal but only just, it was almost low

Free T4 and T3 were pretty much spot on normal