I have hashimotos thyroid disease ( autoimmune disease)
i was having symptoms of peri menopause so I had my female hormones tested 6 months ago then again recently.
my day 3 oestrodiol had descreased compared to 6 months ago. my FSH and LH are high plus SHBG. some say this can be due to being over medicated or taking t3 but my thyroid tests showed my free t4 is 4 % and free t3 56 % so i’m not over medicated.
am wondering if this is peri menopause?
i have sleep issues & palpitations, and had bad PMT which has eased with progesterone cream.
i take progesterone cream days 14-26
I had chest x-ray, ECG and bloods at a&e recently all of which the doctor said were unremarkable ( including calcium and magnesium)
is anyone taking NDT or T3 who is also on HRT?
THYROID FUNCTION TESTS
Thyroid Stim. Hormone L <0.005 (0.270 - 4.2 mIU/L)
Free T3 5.2 (3.1 - 6.8 pmol/L) the calculator says this is 56.76%
Free Thyroxine (FT4) 12.4 (12 - 22 pmol/L) the calculator says this is 4%
( pls note that on my next test two weeks later this was up to 15 so 33 %)
Thyroglobulin Antibodies 21.3 (0 - 115 kU/L Method: Roche Cobas)
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies H 57.3 (0 - 34 kIU/L Method: Roche Cobas)
Total Thyroxine (T4) 71.00 ( 59 - 154 nmol/L)
Sex hormones across 6 months sept 2020 to april 2021:
FSH
september 2020 (Medichecks) over range 15.7 IU/L (Follicular 3.5-12.5)
sept 20 ( GP test) in range 9.4 IU/L
april 2021 (Thriva) over range 14.1 IU/L Ref Range
(Follicular 3.85 - 8.78)
LH
sept 20 (Medichecks) 15.5 IU/L over range (Follicular 2.4-12.6)
sept 20 (GP ) 7.7 in range
april 2021 (Thriva) 10.1 IU/L in range ( Follicular 2.12-10.89)
SHBG
sept 20 (Medichecks ) over range 160 NMOL (27-146)
april 2021 (Thriva) 109 NMOL/L (27-146)
oestrodiol
sept 20 (medichecks) 169 pmol/L (84-510)
april 2021 (thriva) 125 pmol/L (follicular 84-510)
( i have some saliva progesterone, dhea and cortisol results from sept 2020 which showed oestrogen dominance and one slightly low, mid morning cortisol but didn’t want to post too much, have no yet had these re-tested as waiting for day 21)