Posted by Tabitha on October 10, 2009, at 14:40:47
In reply to Re: Explain this » Tabitha, posted by delna on October 10, 2009, at 0:43:52
> Sorry to butt in but you mentioned adding thyroid hormone. Do you have a deficiency that appears in blood tests.
Hi Delna,
No, an endo would not treat me based on my bloodwork. My pdoc at one point gave me 25 mcg cytomel as an augment, but he did not want to continue me on it, since he was not an expert in that area. I finally went to an alternative doc who does natural hormones. He has me on Armour plus a timed-release T3 from a compounding pharmacy. If you check the about.com articles for hypothyroid, you can probably find a list of alternative docs who will treat thyroid when endo's won't. My doc was on that list, and I'd also gotten personal referral. Watch out if you do this, your bloodwork will likely freak out your normal doc or an endo since they're not used to T3 treatment, and they'll warn you of dire consequences.
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