Guest guest Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Dear Shiela Having read the messages since the Daily Mail article I am very grateful for my GP. He initially referred me to a General Medicine Consultant at our local hospital where I was treated much as many of the group ending up on Seroxat i.e. the only diagnosis they could make was depression. Irritating when I'd had three or four episodes of depression and had no matching symptoms at that moment. Two months later I felt as I'd done when my GP had originally referred me and at that point he confirmed Hypothyroidism as his diagnosis and put me on Levothyroxine, increasing dosages until I felt well. This has been maintained ever since. One point that came out in my researches during the hospital period was that the Normal ranges are statistical normal distribution curves based on samples. Now clearly one fit person can have a normal T4 reading of 17 while another has one of 11. Both are within the reference range and hence normal. If the first has a reading of 10 [ just inside the reference values ]when ill that person may be equally as ill as the second person with a reading of 4 which is well outside the reference values. I've not been able to find any references to this in my researches and it seems to be a vital point when it comes to diagnosis. Regards Bob Gore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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