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<blockquote data-quote="Angelmum21" data-source="post: 644929" data-attributes="member: 120232"><p>Thank you so much for raising this issue of GPs just taking a look at your age and giving you a pill based on that! So unscientific! It is bad enough having hypothyroid condition and then developing diabetes at the same time was a real smack in the face for me. Went hell for leather to get sugars under control which I did in three months but have slowly come to realise that it is my THYROID that needs fixing as it influences the diabetes and numerous other bodily functions. I was 56 and put on 50mg a day of levothyroxine. I felt cold and lethargic and did a series of basal temperature readings showing that my metabolism is running laughably and dangerously slow. I barely get above 36C. I showed chart to the GP and she reluctantly increased my levothyroxine by 25mg saying "some patients aren't SENSITIVE ENOUGH to it" - I am about to take 2 month test to see how my thyroid levels are doing. </p><p></p><p>But why are some patients insensitive to it? Are GPs so dulled by their work load that they do not ask basic questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angelmum21, post: 644929, member: 120232"] Thank you so much for raising this issue of GPs just taking a look at your age and giving you a pill based on that! So unscientific! It is bad enough having hypothyroid condition and then developing diabetes at the same time was a real smack in the face for me. Went hell for leather to get sugars under control which I did in three months but have slowly come to realise that it is my THYROID that needs fixing as it influences the diabetes and numerous other bodily functions. I was 56 and put on 50mg a day of levothyroxine. I felt cold and lethargic and did a series of basal temperature readings showing that my metabolism is running laughably and dangerously slow. I barely get above 36C. I showed chart to the GP and she reluctantly increased my levothyroxine by 25mg saying "some patients aren't SENSITIVE ENOUGH to it" - I am about to take 2 month test to see how my thyroid levels are doing. But why are some patients insensitive to it? Are GPs so dulled by their work load that they do not ask basic questions. [/QUOTE]
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