posted Sat, 10/17/2015 - 21:23
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when is the best for thyroid testing?
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Hello everyone! I'm going to be running a thyroid test soon and I had an interesting thought I can't find much on.
When is the best time to get a thyroid panel pulled? Am or pm?
Much like for testosterone you would get it pulled before 10am to have highest peak of testosterone.
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Post BF%. Let me see if i can find a link for you.
Try this first:
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://thyroid.about.com/od/gettestedanddiag...
Never knew that in the US they make TSH tests fasted? I've been on thyroxine for just about a decade after a thyroidectomy, so I've had plenty of blood tests to check t4/t3/TSH. They are never fasted tests here in the UK.
Just had a blood test for it last week,.............. no fast involved.
Have been on thyroid and TRT for the last
couple of years.
Yea i didnt know they were fasted tests, either. I would collect blood around the clock and then look at the trends maybe using a graph chart, which would include eating times, exercise times, meal times and sleep times.
I'd suggest the change would be minimal. That report suggests it could be the difference between normal and hypothyroid etc, I doubt that very much. You may get some minor fluctuation, but it's negligible IMO.
I've never had a thyroid panel done before so this will be interesting to find out for myself. And hopefully maybe the answer I'm looking for
I ve never fasted for mine and I m on a relatively high dose
I worked on endocrine meds in my twenties when I was in Florida, I see no value in making a thyroid test a fasted one. They're tying it to blood sugar etc, utter bollocks. In a way you could tie every bodily function / organ to blood sugar. Had one of my lab guys look at it earlier out of curiosity. His reponse, and I'll give you his exact words, "load of shit boss".
Thanks meddx! I don't know why I couldn't find a link like that earlier.
Yep...no prob... Feel free to post ur findings. Welcome to the site...