Hi Mouse - I sympathise.
Any chance of getting hold of and reading the book mentioned in post no 3 below to put you in the picture, and so you understand what might be going wrong and maybe what might help you?
Trouble is if you start to sound knowledgeable the GP will pack you off to the Consultant which might take 6 months to get an appointment. The when you finally see them they just look at the blood TSH and say "Your TSH levels are fine, so what's the problem?" as mine did. I walked out in the end - he just wasn't listening.
[url]Dr Mouton[/url] was the one who sorted me out.
Hi Mouse - I sympathise.
Any chance of getting hold of and reading the book mentioned in post no 3 below to put you in the picture, and so you understand what might be going wrong and maybe what might help you?
Trouble is if you start to sound knowledgeable the GP will pack you off to the Consultant which might take 6 months to get an appointment. The when you finally see them they just look at the blood TSH and say "Your TSH levels are fine, so what's the problem?" as mine did. I walked out in the end - he just wasn't listening.
[url]Dr Mouton[/url] was the one who sorted me out.
Hi,
Thanks, but I'm going to just focus on the symptoms when I see the Doctor and see what they say. I don't want to tinker with anything at this point. There is definitely something wrong but it may well not be what I think it is as I have exhaustion, slight dizziness, lower backache, headaches. Blimey, I though once the vitamin D was fixed all these crap health problems would stop but nope.
Well, no need for a battle with the Doctor, she prescribed 25mg of Levothyroxine. I hope this sorts things. And she judged by my symptoms, yay!!
I think you mean 25mcg (micrograms) rather than "mg" (milligrams). That would be quite a high dose otherwise. 😀
It's the same low dose I was prescribed, and it did make a difference.
Let us know how it goes.
All Love and Reiki Hugs
I think you mean 25mcg (micrograms) rather than "mg" (milligrams). That would be quite a high dose otherwise. 😀
It's the same low dose I was prescribed, and it did make a difference.
Let us know how it goes.
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Ha ha! Yes I did. Imagine, that would be more than just a spring in my step 🙂
25 mcg is the usual starting dose. If you are better after 6-8 weeks then that is all you may need, if not then it will be stepped up gradually until you are feeling more able to function and are stable. Blood tests will check things are OK.