Natural Hypothyroid Suggestions

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  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
    I would go to the doctor before trying to self-treat. I went to the doctor a while back and she was convinced that from all of my symptoms I had hypothyroidism and/or was low on any number of vitamins and minerals. She ran a ton of tests on me, up and down the bracket, and everything came back negative for any thyroid issues and I was about the recommended levels on every single vitamin and mineral test she did.

    Mind you, we still don't know why I'm having the symptoms and the issues, but even after a second round of tests at a later time, just to make sure, it was all the same results. So if a doctor can misdiagnose based on external symptoms alone, I definitely wouldn't start self-treating on a self-diagnosis.

    Is she a specialist? Often general practitioners misdiagnosis thyroid problems. They tend to look at the 'numbers' alone and that isn't always the most accurate test.

    There are people here that know more about this then I do but I will tell you that I struggled with my symptoms for YEARS, had tons of tests, and then finally one doctor treated my SYMPTOMS instead of my NUMBERS and gave me thyroid meds. Almost all my symptoms have eased off and I am able to function again. Note I said : ALMOST, but the biggest symptom (overwhelming fatigue) backed off immediately so I'm content with that. Now I'm struggling with doctors who refuse to UP my dosage because they feel I shouldn't be on the pills in the first place. The doctor who originally diagnosed me has since moved away and so I have to deal with these other doctors who see only numbers and refuse to listen to the patient.

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