Re: So fed up and need advice- normal TSH (again) l...

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for your support. I am not sure about the TSH I

think the shrink said Thyroid hormone was 1.7 and thats not the same

as TSH so I have been trying to search for that on internet -

unsuccesfully. No one can tell me why my cholesterol decided to rise

in recent months and why I have so many symptoms they just say that

it could be one of many other conditions my weight went up

inappropriately now I am the first to admit when I have overeaten and

have always been dieting BUT following an extremely exhausting

weekend walking around Paris and Disneyland Paris I only ate small

amounts at meal times and gained weight. I also gained weight whilst

recovering from surgery despite eating less.

Well I am going to see GP and then I will pay to have tests done next

month. NP tech have told me the tests will cost £100 and I can't

afford that this month.

Thanks again

Kim

>

>

> I cannot tell you how angry I get when I read stories like your

Kim. You

> are absolutely NOT a wolf in sheeps clothing, you are most likely

hypothyroid

> and it is about time these labs were stopped from not doing

whatever tests

> that the GP requests instead of what they think they know should

be done.

>

> Please don't take this opinion as being the be all and end all of

a

> diagnosis, get yourself a complete thyroid function test from

NPTech who will do all

> the tests that are necessary to give you a complete picture. When

you have

> the results, come back and tell us what they are, you will then be

told how

> you can help yourself from there.

>

> I am so angry because I had a high TSH and still could not get a

diagnosis,

> please don't let them bully you, they tell you that you should take

everything

> with a pinch of salt because they are scared that you will

actually be able

> to take your health into your own hands and do them out of money.

>

> Luv nne

>

> My pshychiatrist has suggested I take it up

> with my GP and then went on to suggest that maybe my menopause

> symptoms need treatment (I stopped periods age 47 in Aug 04). She

> then went on to say I should take the advice from 'these websites'

> with a pinch of salt. Now I know you will not take kindly to that

> assumption but now I am confused (no change there then) and wonder

if

> I am indeed a wolf in sheeps clothing i.e instead of being

> hypothyroid I am a depressive/menopaused fraud.

>

[Guest guest]

Kim, you could cut the cost a bit by not having the TSH done. You have already had this done and it was 1.7. The thyroid hormone they were talking of is the TSH. That is the one they always do before any of the others.

Maybe there will be something useful in the Daily Mail article tomorrow.

Lilian

TSH I think the shrink said Thyroid hormone was 1.7 and thats not the same as TSH so I have been trying to search for that on internet - unsuccesfully. No one can tell me why my cholesterol decided to rise

[Guest guest]

>

> Kim, you could cut the cost a bit by not having the TSH done. You

> have already had this done and it was 1.7. The thyroid hormone

> they were talking of is the TSH.

Except that TSH is NOT a thyroid hormone, it is a pituitary hormone, a

copntrol hormone. We know this; why don't they? They are supposed to

be experts. These jokers stand in between us and the help we need.

Grrr.

Rosie

[Guest guest]

Thanks Lilian

I will try to remember to get the paper tomorrow. Feel such a fraud

and hypochondriac! Maybe I should go with it and use my 'mental

illness' as a reason for asking for the tests and be more pushy. It

doesnt help because I am a midwife/nurse, I think they look at me and

think I should know better than to challenge their results etc. The

problem with that is for the last 3 months I haven't been to work I

have been at home wondering if I will go slowly mad before I finally

croak. I try to understand but my brain forgets...yesterday I told

the shrink there were two important things that bother me at the

moment, No. 1. was getting back to work and No 2.. I CANT REMEMBER

WHAT NUMBER TWO IS! It was so important yesterday but its disappeared

off the radar I cannot remember it and because I cant it is making me

even more stressed - Hey its probably loss of memory ha ha....well

actually its not that I am sure I will remember again, it doesnt mean

its not important its just flippin gone. So upshot of shrink

yesterday is that I need to change my medication to a SNRI which is a

serotoning noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor as apposed to the SSRI

which is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor...I think. I sit here

rubbing my gritty dry eyes and wonder if I will lose all my eyelashes

too. Well if I find anything constructive to say I will come back.

thanks for listening Lilian and all

Kim

>

> Kim, you could cut the cost a bit by not having the TSH done.

You have already had this done and it was 1.7. The thyroid hormone

they were talking of is the TSH. That is the one they always do

before any of the others.

>

> Maybe there will be something useful in the Daily Mail article

tomorrow.

>

> Lilian

>

> TSH I

> think the shrink said Thyroid hormone was 1.7 and thats not the

same

> as TSH so I have been trying to search for that on internet -

> unsuccesfully. No one can tell me why my cholesterol decided to rise

>