Aa
Not sure what to do now
For a long time a I felt many of the symptoms similar to those of hypothyroidism, the main one of always feeling drained, tired and depressed esp during and before periods plus having headaches. I have just been to see the doctor and my blood tests have come back normal and he didn't really offer any advice other then maybe I need to stop taking the pill. I just don't know what to do now, I've been on the same pill for ten yrs so I don't know why it would suddenly make me feel like this.All the doctor really said was the symptoms relate to thyroid or aniemia but their normal and pretty much struggled his shoulders. I really do feel like there is something wrong.
Well I'm assuming "the pill" is contraception and there's not much harm in stopping it as long as you didn't start taking it for medical reasons. Might as well try to go off of it, that way you can tell your dr whether or not it worked. Also many women I know have found that male dr's tend to not be as good at female problems- assuming everything is because of a uterus. (My sister in law was told her bowel issues from gluten intolerance was mid cycle pain, without being tested for anything.) So if switching the pill doesn't work and your dr is still being difficult, maybe swtich doctors?
They did test for that too but again he said everything is normal. I wasn't told what the actual results were or that levels of anything though. I'm not sure if I should try stopping the pill as sugguestions and then if it's continuing going back again to see another doctor, as I guess I would have then tried what this one has suggested, I personally just don't think it's the pill.
Did your dr test for anemia? If not you really should go back and ask for it.
Second thyroid test can be in the "normal ranges" and still give you miserable symptoms. It took me 12 years to convince my drs that the "normal ranges" weren't normal for me. This is actually pretty common too. I suggest you pop over to the thyroid disorder community and post your results. There's a lot of very knowledgeable people who have dealt with being shrugged off by many dr's before finding the right one and can help you figure out if the results are less normal than the dr suggests they are. You might need to switch doctors.
Besides that I don't know what else to tell you but don't give up. When you don't hound the drs they think it's livable and you're ok. The louder you are the more likely the are to actually do something about what they consider "minor problems" like extreme fatigue, lethargy, and headaches.
Second thyroid test can be in the "normal ranges" and still give you miserable symptoms. It took me 12 years to convince my drs that the "normal ranges" weren't normal for me. This is actually pretty common too. I suggest you pop over to the thyroid disorder community and post your results. There's a lot of very knowledgeable people who have dealt with being shrugged off by many dr's before finding the right one and can help you figure out if the results are less normal than the dr suggests they are. You might need to switch doctors.
Besides that I don't know what else to tell you but don't give up. When you don't hound the drs they think it's livable and you're ok. The louder you are the more likely the are to actually do something about what they consider "minor problems" like extreme fatigue, lethargy, and headaches.
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