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<blockquote data-quote="librarising" data-source="post: 1617278" data-attributes="member: 41957"><p>This is worth a read by all suffering thyroid symptoms :</p><p><a href="https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2015/05/01/treating-thyroid-patients-like-children/" target="_blank">https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2015/05/01/treating-thyroid-patients-like-children/</a></p><p>First, on conventional NHS treatment :</p><p>"this is where the medical profession now stands. Hypothyroidism means high TSH and low T4. You are getting adequate thyroid replacement hormone if TSH in the ‘normal’ range. End of."</p><p>Dr Kendrick's findings :</p><p>"The conversion of T4 into T3 can be significantly reduced in some people. So these individuals can have normal T4 and TSH, but they are still effectively hypothyroid."</p><p>"I certainly find the evidence that a large number of people are effectively hypothyroid, with ‘normal’ thyroid blood tests, to be virtually overwhelming. Both from a scientific/physiology basis, and also from a patient testimonial basis.</p><p>I now firmly believe that the medical profession is currently doing these people a great disservice, and that the guidelines on the treatment of ‘hypothyroidism’ are rigid, autocratic, and just plain wrong (for a significant minority)."</p><p></p><p>If you're part of that 'significant minority', you'll meet a wall of resistance about further treatment (going beyond 'normalising' TSH with levothyroxine.)</p><p>I chose to self-fund NDT but I'm a robust kind of person and can stand my ground. This summer I've been found to have aortic stenosis, and my GP wanted to blame the NDT and suppressed TSH. Next year I'm due for surgery at Harefield Hospital and they wrote to my GP about my suppressed TSH needing attention. Haven't needed to see GP since. To keep people happy I've temporarily switched back to a lower dose of levothyroxine. I will revert to NDT after surgery.</p><p>As others have said, testing fot FT3 and FT4 is needed but not easy to get from a GP.</p><p>Geoff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="librarising, post: 1617278, member: 41957"] This is worth a read by all suffering thyroid symptoms : [URL]https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2015/05/01/treating-thyroid-patients-like-children/[/URL] First, on conventional NHS treatment : "this is where the medical profession now stands. Hypothyroidism means high TSH and low T4. You are getting adequate thyroid replacement hormone if TSH in the ‘normal’ range. End of." Dr Kendrick's findings : "The conversion of T4 into T3 can be significantly reduced in some people. So these individuals can have normal T4 and TSH, but they are still effectively hypothyroid." "I certainly find the evidence that a large number of people are effectively hypothyroid, with ‘normal’ thyroid blood tests, to be virtually overwhelming. Both from a scientific/physiology basis, and also from a patient testimonial basis. I now firmly believe that the medical profession is currently doing these people a great disservice, and that the guidelines on the treatment of ‘hypothyroidism’ are rigid, autocratic, and just plain wrong (for a significant minority)." If you're part of that 'significant minority', you'll meet a wall of resistance about further treatment (going beyond 'normalising' TSH with levothyroxine.) I chose to self-fund NDT but I'm a robust kind of person and can stand my ground. This summer I've been found to have aortic stenosis, and my GP wanted to blame the NDT and suppressed TSH. Next year I'm due for surgery at Harefield Hospital and they wrote to my GP about my suppressed TSH needing attention. Haven't needed to see GP since. To keep people happy I've temporarily switched back to a lower dose of levothyroxine. I will revert to NDT after surgery. As others have said, testing fot FT3 and FT4 is needed but not easy to get from a GP. Geoff [/QUOTE]
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