Posted by HMK on April 12, 2002, at 8:05:11
In reply to Re: Lithium and thyroid disorders » noa, posted by BarbaraCat on April 11, 2002, at 20:26:01
Thanks to everyone for their informative posts! I had no idea that I was being so poorly treated by my family doctor. Just want to double check with all of you what I should request from my family doctor since I can't get into an endocrinologist until the end of June. Right now I only take Levoxyl and have TSH of 3.98. I should add active T3 and aim for a TSH of under 2? Why didn't my doctor know this??
The worst part of dealing with mental illness and disorders as complex as hypothyroidism is having to be your own doctor and finding your own information. Don't we pay THEM to do this work for us??
Sorry to vent- just a little frustrated.
Best wishes,
Heather
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