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SadFreek · 06-19-2005, 01:25 PM

If you'd been up for 6 hours, your TSH is prolly like 6+ as you first get up. the TSH drops throughout the day.

my TSH after being up for about 30 minutes was 4.565. After being up for about 4 hours, it was 2.61. About 6 hours, it was 1.91.

I would suggest you have your blood taken as soon as you get up in the morning as your TSH is at its maximum.

I was recently diagnosed hypo last week. Based on TSH alone.

Good luck and I hope that your doctor isn't an idiot like 99% of them. (I went through 4, and I was lucky then!)

06-19-2005, 01:25 PM	#5
SadFreek Veteran (male) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 319	Re: What is difference between TSH and TSH Cascade? If you'd been up for 6 hours, your TSH is prolly like 6+ as you first get up. the TSH drops throughout the day. my TSH after being up for about 30 minutes was 4.565. After being up for about 4 hours, it was 2.61. About 6 hours, it was 1.91. I would suggest you have your blood taken as soon as you get up in the morning as your TSH is at its maximum. I was recently diagnosed hypo last week. Based on TSH alone. Good luck and I hope that your doctor isn't an idiot like 99% of them. (I went through 4, and I was lucky then!)