Hi, sweetie! Thank you so much for answering!
The problem is, I am not on meds.
Every time I have asked for a thyroid test - because I could swear I have had symptoms of this for about 8 years now - the doctor looks at me with disgust when the test results come back (right under 3 - usually in the 2.90's) and says it's all in my head, that I need to eat less, exercise more, need to take antidepressants, etc. Because, since the old standard was .5 to 5.5 or so, I was smack dab in the middle - obvious a picture of perfect thyroid health, to the doctor!
Oh, and I have a couple of other hypo symptoms, too - no eyebrow hair on the outer half of my eyebrows (none at all), VERY heavy periods with cramps bad enough that I throw up several times each period I get.....
So the problem I have, is trying to find a doctor who will consider letting me try meds to bring me down to under 2.
I don't expect any doc to let me try meds as long as I stay 2.95 or so....I figure I will have to creep up to above 3.0 and then I can say, "look at the AACE guidelines, treat me..." and then I MIGHT have a chance at getting treated maybe...
But in my mind, maybe there isn't so much of a huge difference between 2.95 and 3.04 - maybe if I am sick and need help at 3.04, I'm sick and need help at 2.95 too....
Today I am going out and buying kelp and maybe looking for naturopathic meds - if there is anything else anyone can suggest I try, I will...
I just want to be well again, to be like I was when I was younger and my thyroid was (apparently back then) normal.
I am sure my thyroid number will continue to rise - my Mom was hypothyroid, and it took her quite a few years of suffering before her number got high enough they would treat her - boy what a difference when they finally did - 60 lbs. just fell off her without her even trying, she wasn't tired and depressed all the time - she said she felt better than she had for decades.
I find myself praying I will flip over 3.0 to get to the "magic number" where I can finally be treated and not just hover on the edge of hypothyroid like I've been doing for a number of years now....
Doesn't it suck when doc's are slave to numbers instead of listening to how their patients feel and what their clinical symptoms are???
Love, Leora
P.S. I was wondering if you might have a link bookmarked in your computer to that post you showed your doctor? I found the article with the new AACE guidelines but I don't remember seeing the part about anything over 2 being bad?
Last edited by Leora99 : Tue, Mar-18-03 at 05:26.
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