Posted by FredPotter on February 17, 2003, at 16:03:53
So long as blood tests show TSH and T4 to be within the lab's normal range, most doctors, including mine, will not consider further testing. However low thyroid function can still be the culprit of your depression, or so I've read. My doc's not having a bar of it however.
I take my under-arm (basal) temperature every morning and if on average it's below 36.5 deg C then hyperthyroidism is likely. Sure enough mine is.
The reasoning is like that of insulin resistance in type II diabetes, One wouldn't dream of measuring the insulin level in the blood (it may be higher than normal of course), but the glucose level. In the same way we shouldn't just measure T4 and TSH as we may be thyroxin resistant.
Any thoughts?
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