Fatigue

[mummyl2013]

Had my baby 2 years 3 months ago now. I have been suffering with awful fatigue since having him. I had low folate, ferritin, vitamin d. B12 was borderline: I’ve resolved all of those and I have been so much better than I was. Suddenly the fatigue will hit me again like a ton of bricks like today. I also have hair thinning. I don’t know what else I can do. Anyone got any advice. I’m 40 soon with a 2 year old but is that enough to be this tired 😫

Have you had your thyroid checked?

I was fobbed off with PND for a year after my first was born despite crippling fatigue, muscle pain and thinning hair, dry skin etc.

Turned out my thyroid was barely functioning - locum GP was stunned that I wasn’t in a coma.

Despite family history and several risk factors my regular GP didn’t even test my thyroid. It took her going on holiday and a locum to step in for anyone to listen to me.

Keep going back until you get some answers.

Hey, It’s so frustrating because I have had my thyroid checked numerous times and I also had half my thyroid removed last year so at times I’ve been convinced it’s that. Blood results are always fine. I wondered if it could be a hormonal problem?

Mumsnet bingo ahoy but could be perimenopause.

Get your thyroid checked again and post your results on here..the actual numbers.

Doctors often tell you you are ok but you are not…the normal range for thyroid is huge and if you are meant to be at one end of the range but your current tests show you as being in the middle, you will feel crap and have symptoms but your doctor will say..you are normal I wont do anything…

if you have had half your thyroid removed it is very very likely that you are not producing enough thyroxine. Did you have it removed because of a nodule?

I did wonder if it was that

Hey, I did have a nodule. It was found by accident when my neck was being scanned because of a swollen lymph node that wouldn’t go down. I had fine Needle biopsies and it was inconclusive so better to get it out. Here is my most recent thyroid results from Feb. I paid privately for these
TSH 0.27 - 4.2 R 1.73mIU/L

FREE T3 3.1 - 6.8 R 5.2pmol/L

FREE THYROXINE 12 - 22 R 17.1pmol/L

Have you ever had your thyroid antibodies checked?

your T3 and T4 are unusually high for where your TSH is. Can you afford to get a private consultation with an endocrinologist? Its usually around 250 to 300. Then you can jump back onto the NHS if you need treatment. It gets around the ridiculous wait times. You can self refer

i can possibly see someone privately. My husband gets something through his work I think. Is this what you mean?
THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES0 - 115 R14.7kIU/L

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES0 - 34 R23.1