GP overrode endo's recommendation - time to complain?

[Tocca]

Hi I am new and contemplating complaining about my GP who overrode my endo's recommendations to my treatment plan. 3 weeks into taking my 150mcg levothyroxine I went for bloods and I get a phone call from my GP 3 days later asking me to reduce from 150mcg to 100mcg due to overtreated results (please see below)

My endo is not aware of the reduction and thinks I am still on 150mcg. I see him next week and have no idea what to say and he has called me at the 8 week follow up to say he was surprised that my results now show I'm becoming hypothyroid! I now have hard stool every day, coldness in feet, heavy cycles, losing hair, gaining weight and sleeping 13 hours a day.

Maybe time to complain about GP or is it not worth it? They must know the mess they've made with my dose since the endo sent a letter to me and them.

I was diagnosed 2012. Thanks for any advice anyone can give.

SEP-2017

TSH 0.08 range 0.27 - 4.20

Free T4 20.8 range 12 - 22

Free T3 4.6 range 3.1 - 6.8

OCT-2017

TSH 7.30 range 0.27 - 4.20

Free T4 12.7 range 12 - 22

Free T3 3.0 range 3.1 - 6.8

[shaws Administrator]

Complain - they have to be shocked in order to learn. More's the pity.

He has enabled your TSH to go from below 1 (ideal) to very hypo at nearly 8).

Yes complain. Why should patients have to suffer due to ineffective training and unknowledgeable about the purpose of treating people who have hypothyroidism with both FT3 and FT4 at the bottom of the range. Insist you follow Endo's instructions. Also notify your Endocrinologist.

[Tocca]

Thanks I chose to listen to my GP because I had only just moved surgeries and was looking for a fresh start to my care. I hoped my GP would understand.