How does someone find a MEDICAL DOCTOR that can write prescriptions that actually listens to you WITHOUT spending copious amounts of money I don't have? Is this possible?
I cannot believe how IGNORANT some of these professionals are. But I have had pleasant interactions with very reasonable ones in the past, so I know they exist - but that is NOT mine as of right now.
I was literally told with a straight face that my 4.2 TSH is not a problem because it is not over 10. Even though my hair is coming out in clumps and I am asleep come afternoon, low temps, cold ETC.... He BEGRUDGINGLY agreed to test me because I asked......
When I asked for a morning test because the last one I had done was at 6pm which could cause TSH to be lower. He said it wouldn't of made a difference. I then said in my experience it does and the consensus is it DOES. Then he asked me where I got that information from and whether or not they were medical professionals, and he then went on to tell me how he went to medical school etc. Btw, he booked it for morning before I even asked anyway lol..... So it didnt matter either way.... Petty
When he went to check my blood pressure he barely had the cuff on right, and for some reason he is the arbiter of truth because he went to medical school. And that is who is gatekeeping my health as a result. God help me......
Thanks. Would appreciate ANY! advice regarding a good one!
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Its common unfortunately to find GPs like this one. You need to be a little bit wise and clever to snoop out a good one who will listen to you and be more open minded and they are out there if you look.
Take evidence of keeping TSH lower with you to your appointment. Try a different GP at the same prctice and be persistent - nicely. You need to keep them on your side but don't give up and fall at the first hurdle. Keep plugging away at it, its the squeeky wheel that gets oiled.
thank you jaydee, i will do what you suggest. i hope i eventually find a good one , i am always polite but i felt a bit gas lit today if im honest. i checked and they have requested all the bloods i asked for to be done early morning in june which is ok , and with them , but yeah based on the result if i need to go back i think i might find a lady doctor as they tend to be more understanding . i just went with the first appointment that was available this morning .
Its usually the lab that vetoes FT3 testing, not always the GP. Its rare to get it tested on the NHS unfortunately which is why most of us here have to pay for tests.
Yeah, i hear you. Ft3 was never mentioned unfortunately, but since they are checking everything else including cortisol, i thought that might be an ok compromise.
If cortisol / tsh came back borderline, im hoping they might trial me on something either way , which would be 1 less thing to stress about
I always thought ‘lady doctors’ were more understanding. But ColdBanana I have been forced to change my mind. In fact when a woman treats you badly it feels worse. Dare I say with male doctors there is an expectation (for me anyway) that they won’t listen and I am not so disappointed. My present female doctor is practically threatening me that I am depressed, leaving me with “We will see!” Felt like something from the three witches in that Scottish play! Talk about gaslighting?
Yeah. I think you will always get an oddball here and there. It's just a shame when it happens though because your health is not a trivial matter, especially when they don't fully understand how you feel. I will just have to keep my fingers crossed; but i had a bad feeling about the dr i saw yesterday before i even got there, n i guess i was right. In the past, the male doctors were always nice to me so i know they exist -- for some reason though i feel like the women might go the extra mile for me in terms of being 'borderline' - but will have to see. Did you ever end up getting the treatment you need or are they still brushing you off as something else ? Was your tsh very high or normal ?
I am still playing the game. I have good advice that makes total sense from the forum. Just been looking at all my test results since this journey started this morning - wondering how to/what to do. NHS just are not up to the job. However I am using them at the moment to see what state my heart is in. I want/need to start T3 again but heart symptoms whilst trying it were not good. I noticed my TSH as well as my hormone levels are on downward trajectory. Well this does not make sense at all for the TSH believers. However whilst ‘they’ do not check hormone levels it’s fine for them. If I leave it up to the NHS they will reduce my dose shortly!
Even if they did check hormone levels of T3, it is still not an infallible metric. I say this because I am someone who HAS very good levels of T3, but I will not rely on a single blood test to tell me how I am feeling anymore. It is so sad they are dosing people according to a test that is not even a thyroid hormone, and a test that can be raised/lowered by many things outside of hypothyroidism... But of course, everyone must be the same. It is so unfortunate. Is it possible you might have a degree of hormone resistance? I never noticed any effects from even 5-6 grains of thyroid, so I'm thinking I might be resistant. When I get my blood test results back, I will probably try figure the rest out myself, assuming it is barely normal or "borderline".
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Fed Up with Hypothyroidism...
fed up of feeling so rubbish!!
