Dr on ITV’s Lorraine

[Shenow]

Just listened to Dr Louise Newson on Lorraine talking about menopause and to re-inforce her point about poor treatment of menopausal women she said that if you have an under active thyroid you get thyroxine and don’t get people talking about the symptoms because it works (she was more eloquent than that!). Perhaps she should read this forum!!!

[diogenes Remembering]

I think Dr Newson should stick to matters within her competence. She is expert in post menopausal hormone changes that are directly responsible for that situation. But she has no business pontificating about things she has little knowledge of, and thus simply parrots the accepted line.

[shaws Administrator]

My personal opinion - as well as many other members on this forum is that levothyroxine does NOT WORK for many.

I am one of those people. It gave me such severe palpitations overnight that the cardiologist was puzzled and was contemplating putting an implant in my heart 'to see what was going on'. Just then T3 was added T4, palps ceased and I didn't need to consult with the cardiologist. I then went onto T3 only...

Unfortunately many GPs insist that levothyroxine is the only prescribing thyroid hormone replacement. It might suit many and they wont be searching the internet for help/advice and will not be on this forum.

I suggest they have their thyroid glands removed and then 'see' how a replacement of T4 works for them.

We have quite a number of people on this forum for whom the method the doctor or endocrinologist prescribes does not improve their health at all.

I agree fully with diogenes as do the majority on this forum.

[Mamapea1 in reply to shaws]

Yes I also had awful palpitations with any amount of T4, and it left cardiologists scratching their heads. A frightening situation. No sign of them at all on T3 only, despite a high dose. Strange that it also seems to be a sign of being over medicated. We're all different, which seems to have been conveniently forgotten by those making the thyroid rules...

[debsmitch60]

I saw that and thought exactly that. She is very knowledgeable about menopause but clearly not thyroid issues.