Re: New...with plenty of issues ~~~~Hi Liz and welcome!

[Guest guest]

What would be the right doctors in this case? I am at the point where

I think I would be willing to go and pay out of pocket for

specialized proper care. I just don't want to go and blow money for

another quack doctor or specialist that won't do any good.

Liz

> >

> > Hi all! I'm new to posting on this board (or any other for that

> > matter)...I was diagnosed with Hashi's about 3 years ago while I

> was

> > living in Las Vegas. I had a wonderful Physician's Assistant.

Well,

> I

> > moved to be closer to family and now live in land. I have

had

> > the worst time trying to find a good doctor...Here are my woes:

> >

> > I was slowly ramped up to synthroid 125 mcg and armour thyroid

> 30mg.

> > This worked rather well for me and I felt pretty good. I switched

> > pharmacies to a mail order pharmacy and slowly began to have

> > problems. I started breaking out terribly on my face and was

> > completely out of wack with my energy. Enough trips to the doctor

> and

> > now my doctor thinks I'm a complete quack! Come to find out that

> the

> > armour thyroid that I was getting from this online pharmacy was

> > different then the one that I had been on from Rite Aid (the A's

> were

> > different on the pill even, one was block and the other cursive).

> By

> > this time the doctor had pulled me completely off of the Armour

and

> I

> > was exhausted. I requested a referral to an endocronologist.

> >

> > The endocronologist did not want to put me back on the armour

> either

> > and was adjusting the synthroid. At one point he had me up to

> 150mcg

> > and I was purely miserable. My antibodies (anti TPO I think) at

> this

> > point were over 3000 (I can't find the lab results right now). I

> > begged for him to put me back on the Armour and he finally

> relented.

> > Then, of course he left.

> >

> > Back and forth with my primary care physician, she has me on an

> > antidepressant (zoloft). I don't really think that I need it but

> ever

> > since I quit smoking 2 years ago I have been a little short

> tempered

> > and it helps there. I am on the lowest dose.

> >

> > The new endocronologist wanted to take me back off of the armour

> and

> > switch to Cytomel. I listened but with the request that if I did

> not

> > like it he would agree to put my back on my original med's. I was

> > feeling alright with the current medication so I don't know why I

> > relented except that I try to think that the doctor's know best.

> >

> > The Cytomel made me feel miserable. Endo took me off of that and

> back

> > to Synthroid only. Feeling miserable. I self medicate back to

> armour

> > thyroid (last refill left) so that I can at least feel good

through

> > the holidays. I have called and left messages with the endo to

put

> me

> > back on the armour and he now refuses stating that there must be

> > something else wrong with me. Had the same argument with my PCP.

If

> > the armour combination makes me feel good then I don't quite

> > understand why they will not prescribe it! I have about had it

with

> > doctor's!!!!!

> >

> > Any advice????

> >

> > I have contemplated driving to the doctor that Shomon uses

in

> > virginia, although not quite sure how far that is! I simply need

> > someone to prescribe by symptoms and listen to me and not as if I

> was

> > a hyponchondriac!!

> >

> > Liz

> >

>