Re: Back to MG

Posted by Noa on July 13, 2001, at 11:01:24

In reply to Re: Back to MG, posted by Pattisun on July 13, 2001, at 10:23:25

Symptoms are important. The drawback of the inexpensive, accessible TSH test is that doctors rely too much on it and stop listening to their patients.
The about.com site has a page on how to read your thyroid tests. It also has a page of recommended doctors. That is how I found my endocrinologist and he is great--turned my life around.
BTW Low TSH indicates high thyroid (hyper). High TSH indicates low thyroid (hypo). This is because TSH is the thyroid *stimulating* hormone put out by the pituitary. If it is sending out a lot, it could mean the thyroid is not responding normally to the TSH. If the TSH is low, it means the thyroid could be very active, not need much to stimulate it.
But you really need to have other tests, too to see what your actual levels of usable thyroid hormone are.

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