RE: Crackpot theories that docs gave Janie over the years

[Guest guest]

Ow Ow Ow. OK, your stories win. :-)

-- prr

" loboshe " usns@... wrote:

I " m with you, . When I went from doc to doc all those years that

I was suffering miserably on T4-only meds, I was told I either had

a " metabolism disorder " , or a " glycogen storage disease " , or

a " mitochrondrial problem. " I suffered through a muscle biopsy, and a

strange test where you grasp a ball to cause a painful buildup of

lactic acid while they drew lots of blood. I did an adrenal test that

required me to be in the hospital for hours. I drank a sugar syrup to

diagnose potential hypoglycemia. Years and years of every stupid,

idiot test you can imagine.

[Guest guest]

On one of my other boards, a male hypoT/adrenal patient was told by

his doctor that his labs were normal and " I suspect you have an

underlying mood disorder. I'm seeing it now and it's annoying me. "

How's that for bedside manner? Sometimes I swear the only reason

some of these doctors say these things to so many hypoTs and live is

that we're too darn fatigued to beat the living tar out of them and

shove that clipboard where it belongs.

My sister asked her shrink (with labs and articles in hand) if

thyroid could be the reason her antidepressant wasn't working and he

told her no, she was normal, no thyroid problem existed. When she

offered the articles, he said, " I don't need to defend my medical

opinion to you. " He then accused her of trying to blame her

depression on a physical issue as a cop-out way of " not working on

her problems. "

Cheers,

Friday

> I " m with you, . When I went from doc to doc all those

years that

> I was suffering miserably on T4-only meds, I was told I

either had

> a " metabolism disorder " , or a " glycogen storage disease " , or

> a " mitochrondrial problem. " I suffered through a muscle

biopsy, and a

> strange test where you grasp a ball to cause a painful

buildup of

> lactic acid while they drew lots of blood. I did an adrenal

test that

> required me to be in the hospital for hours. I drank a sugar

syrup to

> diagnose potential hypoglycemia. Years and years of every

stupid,

> idiot test you can imagine.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

On one of my other boards, a male hypoT/adrenal patient was told by

his doctor that his labs were normal and " I suspect you have an

underlying mood disorder. I'm seeing it now and it's annoying me. "

How's that for bedside manner? Sometimes I swear the only reason

some of these doctors say these things to so many hypoTs and live is

that we're too darn fatigued to beat the living tar out of them and

shove that clipboard where it belongs.

My sister asked her shrink (with labs and articles in hand) if

thyroid could be the reason her antidepressant wasn't working and he

told her no, she was normal, no thyroid problem existed. When she

offered the articles, he said, " I don't need to defend my medical

opinion to you. " He then accused her of trying to blame her

depression on a physical issue as a cop-out way of " not working on

her problems. "

Cheers,

Friday

> I " m with you, . When I went from doc to doc all those

years that

> I was suffering miserably on T4-only meds, I was told I

either had

> a " metabolism disorder " , or a " glycogen storage disease " , or

> a " mitochrondrial problem. " I suffered through a muscle

biopsy, and a

> strange test where you grasp a ball to cause a painful

buildup of

> lactic acid while they drew lots of blood. I did an adrenal

test that

> required me to be in the hospital for hours. I drank a sugar

syrup to

> diagnose potential hypoglycemia. Years and years of every

stupid,

> idiot test you can imagine.

>

>

>

>

>