reading result test (X77Wg)

[pingaling]

Serum TSH level (XaELV) 17.35 miu/L (0.3-5.6)

Serum free T4 level (XaERr) 6.7pmol/L (7.8-14.4)

GP said it's a genetic condition!!! He was really not interested speaking about why this is my result. Is he right?

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

He is likely right that there is a degree of heritability in autoimmune disorders. (Though it is very much NOT a case of direct and obvious inheritance.) He is wrong in every other way.

He should very much have tried to explain things to you.

This is a link to what the GMS says a doctor should do:

gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_me...

Are you now on levothyroxine? How much?

Rod

[pingaling]

25mg and I feel exhausted and I'm sleeping like Rip Van Winkle is this the effects of the meds? Thanks