RE: Desperately need some advice please

[Guest guest]

No thought required here - if you can afford the appointment with Dr Skinner, that is your best course of action. This way you will get a definite diagnosis and your GP will not be able to tell you that you feel better because you are taking thyroxin although there is nothing wrong with you.

Luv nne

Hi all,Have been feeling increasingly tired and pushed my GP to find out whatis wrong with me.3 Get a referral to go and see Dr Skinner

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

Have you had thyroid function tests? If not then can you ask doc

for these before you make the next step.

Where are you- maybe we can suggest someone in you area who has an

open(ish) mind. If not then Dr. S will give you an honest opinion ( I see

him!) Warning- he has a sense of humour that the more emotional patient may

find distressing. He makes me laugh!

Please could you advise what you think the best course of action is.

Many thanks

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My TSH has been (ref range 0.4-4.0)

2001 3.18

2003 3.89

2005 3.7

2007 3.36

Antibodies (ref range <49)

2007 242

I live in Essex and have seen an endo here who just says my results

are normal although he hasn't replied yet to the antibodies, a test

which I requested.

Regards

[Guest guest]

and your GP will not be able to tell you that you feel better because you are taking thyroxin although there is nothing wrong with you.

Luv nne

Is this true that people feel better on Thyroxine even though not hypo? Or is he saying it would be a placebo effect?

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[Guest guest]

>>>>2 GP said he could do a trial of thyroxine although I'm likely to feel better whether hypo or not!<<<<<

That sounds a bit of a nonsense to me. If you are not hypo then the thyroxine will make you hyper and by all accounts people with hyper say it is horrible and they do not feel better. Therefore, in my opinion, if thyroxine makes you feel better then you surely have an insufficiency of thyroid hormone.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

, if you lived in the US or in Germany, all of your TSH results would have had the doctors over there giving you a trial of thyroid hormone replacement. This country is barking mad ( . I would be inclined to tell this endoprat that the ref range in the USA is 0.5 to 3.3 and that in Germany it is 0.3 to 2.5. Grrrr!

Luv -Sheila

Hi ,My TSH has been (ref range 0.4-4.0)2001 3.182003 3.892005 3.72007 3.36Antibodies (ref range <49)2007 242I live in Essex and have seen an endo here who just says my resultsare normal although he hasn't replied yet to the antibodies, a testwhich I requested.Regards

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[Guest guest]

Professor Weetman and Dr Lyn (both activists within the BTA) were trying to convince the Panel at the GMC when Dr Skinner was on trial, that many patients took thyroxine because of the placebo effect. They tried to convince them that some of us used it like "speed" - and that was why we demanded it.

Funny old life, ain't it.

Luv - Sheila

Re: Desperately need some advice please

and your GP will not be able to tell you that you feel better because you are taking thyroxin although there is nothing wrong with you.

Luv nneIs this true that people feel better on Thyroxine even though not hypo? Or is he saying it would be a placebo effect?

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[Guest guest]

I reckon speed would be a damn sight easier to get hold of and a

heap load less hassle! It can take decades of ill-health to get a

hypothyroid diagnosis and finally to get a prescription for

thyroxine. If only we could restore our health by taking a placebo!

Incidentally if the placebo effect works then I ought to have

recovered on the mega dose of Vitamin B and iron I've been taking,

surely?

Tracey

>

> Professor Weetman and Dr Lyn (both activists within the BTA) were

trying to convince the Panel at the GMC when Dr Skinner was on

trial, that many patients took thyroxine because of the placebo

effect. They tried to convince them that some of us used it

like " speed " - and that was why we demanded it.

>

> Funny old life, ain't it.

>

> Luv - Sheila

[Guest guest]

,

That result for the antibodies confirms that all is not well with

you. I recall other people on this board having Hashimotos

thyroiditis diagnosed from their raised antibodies levels.

The endocrinologist really MUST take notice now.

Tracey

>

> Hi ,

>

> My TSH has been (ref range 0.4-4.0)

>

> 2001 3.18

> 2003 3.89

> 2005 3.7

> 2007 3.36

>

> Antibodies (ref range <49)

> 2007 242

>

> I live in Essex and have seen an endo here who just says my results

> are normal although he hasn't replied yet to the antibodies, a test

> which I requested.

>

> Regards

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi sarah,

If you lived in Germany ( 2.5) or USA you would be diagnosed with

a TSH of over 3.0. even with you raised antibodies it may take years before

TSH rises ( this is the first time I've seen a range of up to 4.0 it's

usually 5.0) If you can afford it go private. It will save you years of

suffering.

Antibodies (ref range <49)

2007 242

I live in Essex and have seen an endo here who just says my results

are normal although he hasn't replied yet to the antibodies, a test

which I requested.

Regards