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Bipolar Thyroid Problems

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So I just found out my lab results regarding my thyroid:

it's lower than it was before I went on the medication!! I'm so SICK of not being able to metabolize the food I need, and I thought this would have helped. I started taking it first week of April, and she said I should see some improvement by now.

So I called my doctor to tell her about it. The voicemail policy changed, and now she won't be returning calls of "my nature". So what, do I just have to deal with this shitty medication that hasn't even done a BIT of good for me?

For those with thyroid problems, you know what I'm talking about, and how it fucks with your mood and emotions, not to mention the added stress of weight gain and other side effects (losing hair, among others). I'm so TIRED of all this I don't know what to do I hate doctors and this was supposed to help me. Now I'm not so sure and she won't even be able to pick up the phone and let me know what the hell is going on. I can't take this anymore.

I'm starting to think she's full of SHIT
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thyroid level are suppose to be nohigher thatn 0.5........ when thyroid it is jsut the opposite, the higher the levels the more meds you need. low is better than high with hypothyroidism. I have been on synthroid for years. I would change doctors. thyroid levels being off is not a good thing. It controls the whole metobolic system
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you could ask your Doc to refer you to a speciolast there is more then one med I am on two. and it has helped get a second opion
deleted_user
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for T4 it is supposed to be no higher than that. for T3 the minimum is 31. I don't know how it all works but T4 is different.
It wasn't my doc who gave me the meds. It's supposed to be a psych.
deleted_user
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you're psych, should not be treating your thyroid. That is not his field. Goto an endocronologist, that is a metobolic specialist. diabetes, throid, adrenial, etc.
deleted_user
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Yeah calijah , i just found out about the freet4 and t3 on the internet, my doc said onewas a little high, but will checkit in 3 months, and see where it is. I had to ak her to do my free t4 and t3. they just routinely do the TS
H. and the t4 t 3 tell a lot more so i have heard.
deleted_user
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what gammiee said, get it checked doc sounds like a quack secilast in the field is the best way to go
deleted_user
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Please see an endocronolgist, they are the experts at hormones and such. I agree with an earlier post, your pdoc should not be the one prescribing for you.
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I have had hypothyroidism for about four years, ever increasing doses of Synthroid. I would say you have got to get the thyroid stabilized and if your doc can't talk to you on the phone, find another doc. I am thinking of going to an endocrinologist myself.
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i would also write a letter to that doc expressing your sense of concern & disappointment in her disregard for your medical concerns. that is just not right!
deleted_user
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I had hypothyroid and my endo suggested the radioactive iodine treatment to right the situation. Well, I had it done about 8 years ago and was told I wouldn't need to go on synthroid. Then about a week ago I had a full workup done and it turns out my hypo is back in full swing. It's hard to tell how much my thyroid has to do with my bipolar condition, but what I will say is the radioactive iodine treatment was a big waste of time, especially if the doctor was wrong the whole time about my levels.
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I also have the thyroid problem and every time they adjust my psyc meds they need to adjust my thyroid meds. It seems they effect each other.
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I just stated back on my meds for BP and less than a month later I now have hypothyroidism. I just got my second blood test results back this morning and levels are still high (they did a secind test just to double check the first results). I have been trying to do a lot of research on the effects of my meds and found it very interesting that my meds can cause thyroid problems to start if you have a family history of thyroid problems. But my family history is hyperthyroidism.
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usually if you have abnormal results your doc will ask you to come in for an appt. That is fair, since drs do not get paid for phone consults. If you feel you need to talk to someone in her office, ask to talk to her nurse. The nurse usually screens all the calls for the doc and will consult the doc and get back to you with the answer.
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i've just been put on lithium, when i was looking for info on it i read something about long term use of lithium can cause probs with thyroid
dobiedots
dobiedots
I'm confused as to what meds you are talking about. Thyroid or Bipolar?
You need to see an Internest/GP for thyroid problems. He will talk to your pdoc about it if you are on Lithium.
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