Hypothyroidism and raised Estradiol - advice needed

[Lee_1978]

That's an extremely high TSH, and especially in someone with no symptoms. It is common to not have symptoms, as Baxter said, but I think it gets less common the higher the TSH.

Can you post the reference range for the T4 and the cortisol? We use different units here, and I don't have the foreign ones memorised. If you post them I might have further thoughts to share.

Hypothyroidism would not contribute to difficulty gaining weight.

If it was me, I would not start the levothyroxine, but would test again in a month, unless I started getting hypothyroid symptoms in the interim, then I would consider starting the T4 treatment. My concern would be that the TSH result might be off due to some artifact or anomaly, and so I would want to make sure because given that things are fluctuating, I wouldn't want to introduce some potentially unnecessary further fluctuation (in case it turns out on retest that thyroid function is ok). An exception to this would be if I had previous TSH results that showed my levels had been rising.

If I were you, I would not cycle now. I would consider the important thing to get an understanding of what is happening with my thyroid, and I would worry next about T and estradiol once thyroid was sorted (as sorting the thyroid might change your sex hormone levels). Things seem a bit in flux perhaps due to previous cycles, and it's not clear what's going on, so why introduce things that could make things worse, or make things more difficult to understand? I prefer to be conservative about health, but that's me.


Someone a little less conservative could take the T4 and then go back and test and see where things are.

Thanks for the input, You are completely right, those TSH levels are crazy, I'm actually starting to worry. Could a mistake have been made? Unfortunately, I don't have reference ranges for these results, although I did for some initial tests i had a few months back. I've never cycled AAS, so I'm not sure as to why my Estradiol would be high. Also, as I touched on before, is it common for T levels to drop from 26.9 nmol/L to 19.3 nmol/L? Something just seems to be amiss?

Your advice is sound - thanks! I think I definitely need to ascertain what's going on with my thyroid before cycling.

As an aside, I suffer from persistent dizziness - could this be a symptom of hypothyroidism?

[thisAngelBites]

Thanks for the input, You are completely right, those TSH levels are crazy, I'm actually starting to worry. Could a mistake have been made? Unfortunately, I don't have reference ranges for these results, although I did for some initial tests i had a few months back. I've never cycled AAS, so I'm not sure as to why my Estradiol would be high. Also, as I touched on before, is it common for T levels to drop from 26.9 nmol/L to 19.3 nmol/L? Something just seems to be amiss?

Your advice is sound - thanks! I think I definitely need to ascertain what's going on with my thyroid before cycling.

As an aside, I suffer from persistent dizziness - could this be a symptom of hypothyroidism?

Sampling blood is subject to contamination of the sample, mishandling, various problems at the lab, etc. I've no idea what the statistics are as to how often it happens, but all procedures and equipment are subject to failure, so if there is an unusual result, I think it is worth considering.

Is the dizziness persistent, or does it happen just when you get up after lying down or squatting?

I have not heard a lot of hypothyroid people complain of dizziness/vertigo, but I have read that it occurs sometimes in people with high TSHs, but as I have heard so few complaints about it (and have less experience with TSHs that are that high), I'm afraid I can't say anything helpful. Do mention it to your doctor though.

[Lee_1978]

Sampling blood is subject to contamination of the sample, mishandling, various problems at the lab, etc. I've no idea what the statistics are as to how often it happens, but all procedures and equipment are subject to failure, so if there is an unusual result, I think it is worth considering.

Is the dizziness persistent, or does it happen just when you get up after lying down or squatting?

I have not heard a lot of hypothyroid people complain of dizziness/vertigo, but I have read that it occurs sometimes in people with high TSHs, but as I have heard so few complaints about it (and have less experience with TSHs that are that high), I'm afraid I can't say anything helpful. Do mention it to your doctor though.

Yes, the dizziness only occurs moving my head up and down or after I get up from lying down. I'm beginning to think it's a symptom...