Hi B,
So glad you posted this. We are presently having the same problem with my daughter and her endocrinologist. She is 19 and was diagnosed a year and a half ago. She went into remission about 4 months ago. A few weeks ago, she started having symptoms again. Her father and I noticed, as well as her younger sister. She went in for her blood test and it came back normal. She e-mailed her endo and told him that although she had a normal TSH (on the low side of the range), she was developing symptoms, palpitations, crying, nervousness, irritability. She asked to be put back on meth but he e-mailed back that since she was in the normal range, he would not prescribe any and that she should see her GP.
I searched through our old medicine drawer and luckily I found her unfinished meth from before. It’s been 4 days now and she is getting noticeably better. I’m switching endos and will keep on switching until I find one that sees her as an individual and will take the time to see her.
A good doctor will not be so dismissive and maintain that his/her word is the end all. I can say this because my husband is a physican and surgeon, trained in Europe and he is often disappointed with how many doctors here fail to examine, listen and inform the patient.
P
