Confused from new Endo visit

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Hi everyone,

Today I saw a new Endo in town and wanted to try to gain some insight

on what this man is talking about. I showed him my saliva cortisol

labs and he said it didn't look like I had an adrenal problem. Said

what people didn't know was that it would benefit them ot have an

underactive adrenal gland that way they didn't gain weight from the

excess cortisol production. He took more blood work and said if my

labs run ok he'd pry prescribe Thyrolar because it was t4/t3 combo

like Armour. Said 95% of his patients feel better on that than just

synthroid alone. He said he likes a TSH to be supressed to 2 or below.

I told him I'd gained 6lbs since I was at the doc in Feb and I'm

continuing to gain and feel cruddy. HE said he normally doesn't treat

adrenals based on the reason I stated above. He checked my legs and my

hands and said I didn't appear to have cushings but I have always

suspected hashi's. What I found odd was he took my blood himself and

only took one large vial. Before I had several tubes taken by the

labs. I dont know if that means anything but he didn't have Drug

company propaganda all over his office and he even had a sign posted

saying he only saw certain drug companies at certain hours and they'd

have to wait on him. I felt htat was a decent sign but I'm still weary

about him not treating my adrenals.

I'm still confused on the cortisol stuff though. Doesn't excess

cortisol make you bigger? My family doc is suggesting I do lap band or

gastric bypass. Said I'd pry be one of those people that stayed big

all my life if I didn't.