Kit? Blood draw?
TSH is way to high. Should be nearer to 1.0
Lab ranges are bogus.
In UK, iodine deficiency highly suspected [by me].
Please explain your history of:
iodized salt
commercial bread
milk, cheese and other dairy
sea food
You may be feeling cold easier now?
Outer eyebrows sparse?
Generalized hair thinning? - not male pattern baldness
See last paragraph for further evaluation of thyroid status.
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys - need more info about you
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.