GP admits he is out of his depth but I cannot/will not go back to our local hospital (long back story). No prospect of upping my meds, despite an FT4 of 14.1 (9-26)
If I go to Dr S, will be look at my FT4 and FT3 results rather than just my TSH, which has always been unreliable?
Thanks
Usually, Dr Skinner takes account of the clinical symptoms of the patient. Excerpt:
This book was written to draw attention of the medical profession to a major faux pas in the care of patients with hypothyroidism. This arises from the inexplicable refusal of the medical profession to recognise that patients can suffer from hypothyroidism when the thyroid chemistry is deemed to be ‘normal’ if the free thyroxine or the thyroid stimulating hormone lie between 95% reference intervals. There is a further problem that when a patient is diagnosed as hypothyroid many patients receive too low level of thyroid replacement through servile reliance on thyroid chemistry with (often) cavalier disregard of how the patient feels accompanied by an implicit and bizarre belief that a level of thyroid hormone is a better index of wellbeing than the patient’s own view of his/her wellbeing.
Why won't your dr increase your T4?
Because my TSH is suppressed. Simples!
Dr S appointment
Is it ft4 or t4 (bound) that gets converted to Reverse t3?
time to go it alone I think
Confused by latest results (again! ), is it now time for T3?
