I agree a new Dr is a good idea.
Many people have found here that if you are symptomatic while on meidcation for thyroid that the target to feel well is not just "somewhere" in the range. Rather most people need to be well up into the range. In fact the rule of thumb target to start to work up to need to have BOTH of the following;
1) Free T4 to be 50% of the range or slighly higher. Your latest blood test is only at 39% of the range. So I'm not particularly surprised that you still feel hypo
AND - this means in addition to
2) Free T3 to be in the UPPER 1/3 of the range, which is 66.7% of the range but sure you have to be above 50%. You have not been tested for this so you won't know this until you do.
It appears your Dr is ONLY looking at the nearly useless TSH test. Any Dr who only uses TSH is almost assured to keep you feeling like crap.
I just sent a PM with doctor info. To access, just click on your name and go to your personal page. Then click on messages.
Thanks for the diabetes reversible info thats comforting. Ill have to read that article later.
Yea it seems only when I mentioned that my aunt might have it that my doctor actually wanted run the blood work lol.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is thought to be a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. I can vouch for the genetics at any rate. :) Type 2 diabetes is reversible just to add. Dr Hyman has a good article on this: New Research Finds Diabetes Can Be Reversed.
I live in Charleston WV but I would be willing to travel to Beckley or Huntington as long as their good doctors. As stated before Im really sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You clearly do need a good thyroid doctor. A good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting Free T3 and Free T4 as necessary to relieve symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. You can get some good insight into clinical treatment from this letter written by a good thyroid doctor for patients that he sometimes consults with after initial tests and evaluation. The letter is then sent to the participating doctor of the patient to help guide treatment. In the letter, please note the statement, "the ultimate criterion for dose adjustment must always be the clinical response of the patient."
http://hormonerestoration.com/files/ThyroidPMD.pdf
If you will give us your location within WV perhaps a member can recommend a doctor for you.