Guest guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 You always have the option of changing your doctor to one who knows s/he needs to check your symptoms, look at y our signs, check y our family history, check your levels of ferritin, B12, vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc. Check your levels of free T4, free T3 and also test to see whether you have thyroid antibodies. Going by TSH is a lazy doctors way to wriggle out of actually trying to do something to make his patients well again. I would not stay with such a doctor. You could always write to the Head of Practice and complain that you feel you are not being treated properly and this doctor is not only denying you a diagnosis, but also denying you a referral to a specialist in thyroid disease. Luv - Sheila My GP adheres strictly to the NHS guidelines, which means the TSH is " normal " He will not refer me to an endo. No choice but to learn how to deal with this myself. Which are the basic tests I should do for now? Thanks > > > It's worth having the thyroid antibodies checked, to see if that is the cause of your failing thyroid. And I would ask for a rferral to an endo, a tsh of over 4, with low t4 is not sub-clinical, the doctor is being silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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