Any recommendations for fatige?

Diona A.
on 3/23/08 11:36 am - Miles City, MT
Did you get copies of the tests? Most doctors only do the TSH and if it's low normal they tell you it's ok. You really need to do the full gamate of thyroid tests: Total T4/Total Thyroxine Free T4/Free Thyroxine Total T3 Free T3 Antibodies Test - antithyroid antibodies (ATA) TRH - thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test Reverse T3 Test Basel Body Temperature Test  Plus family history Do a search for these tests and you'll see what they are for -  Also, get copies of the results - if they just tell you that you are ok, make them prove it! My doctor usually does FreeT3 every time I get tested - now that I am on meds, it has actually come up to low normal but should be higher. I am taking Armour Thyroid 60 mg - 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Sometimes I don't think it's enough. One thing I have figured out is that most doctors only get 4 hours of training on hormones - one of which is thyroid. Unless they go out of their way to train, they don't know much more than you if you do your research.  Other hormones to check are your estrodial, progesterone, and your testosterone (even girls need to have testosterone to some extent). Good book to read is Hormone Hell to Hormone Well  by Randolf and James; and

 The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones, 2nd edition by Michael E., M.D. Platt  Diona

Diona Austill
Miles City, MT
Miss Liss
on 3/24/08 9:44 pm
Thank you so much for the information.  I really appreciate you taking time to give it to me.  I am going to print this out and see about that book.  Then I will go to my doc armed with information. Melissa
Ruth A.
on 3/23/08 1:07 am - Letchworth Garden City, UK
It could have been me writing this post - I am constantly tired.  So I'm going to be reading the replies with interest too.
   
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