Having a TSH of 3.0

So, for about 4 years I have been blissfully (or maybe not so blissfully) unaware that my TSH levels may be high. I first had them checked when I was 16 and my PCP said they were ever so slightly high, and referred me to an endocrinologist, who told me that I was not slightly high, that I was normal and did not need to be on synthroid. Fast forward to present day, I find out my TSH has been between 3.0 and 4.2 during the last two readings (within the past 8 months), and I had assumed it was totally normal, because my doctors are telling me so. Well, I just read in a thread yesterday that it is entirely possible that I am NOT normal and that many women feel best if their TSH is below 1 or 2. I thought I was going crazy! I have been feeling depressed, exhausted (physically and mentally), gaining weight (obviously), and a slew of other symptoms for years now (and I'm only 20). My only problem now is - how on earth do I get someone to help me get my TSH levels lower when every doctor is telling me I'm normal? I don't FEEL normal. How do I find an endocrinologist that won't think I'm nuts? Do most require a referral? If so, I guess I'd have to find a new PCP too?

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