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Mar. 20th, 2012 04:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pacificpikachuThe more I read about it, the more convinced I am that I have undiagnosed hypothyroidism, and the more everything starts making sense. It makes me feel like less of a failure, that there really might be a biologically explanation for all I've been going through. I've known for years that is something physically wrong with me, around six years now, but the damn doctors have always insisted there isn't, so then I just seem disorganized and lazy.
I want to try and see an endocrinologist soon. I asked if I could go to one before, but my doctor said she wouldn't refer me to one. She thought it was depression, and I'm almost certain that is not my issue--or at the very least not the primary one. I do sometimes feel depressed, but that's mostly because of my energy problems. Plus, depressive moods can be a symptom of hypothyroidism. I need to switch primary doctors, too--I can't say I'm a fan of the way my current primary physician's office works and the somewhat patronizing way she's treated me. When she said she basically didn't know what else to do for me, I lost a lot of faith in her, and it's a pain in the ass to get in touch with her. The office is always insanely busy, the phone hours are very limited, and they always want me to make appointments with the Physician's Assistants instead of the doctor herself. She's really nice for the most part, but just not compatible with me. Doesn't help that she's Catholic as well, so there's no way she'd help me with my goal of being sterilized.
I have so many of the symptoms, even really specific/weird ones, and with 4/5 of my closest female relatives on my mom's side having it (and most or all of them having been undiagnosed for up to ten years before the doctors finally got it right), it just makes way too much sense. I've had my thyroid levels tested multiple times, but apparently diagnosing it is more complex than most doctors are aware.
I know you're not supposed to diagnose yourself and so on, but if this isn't what's wrong, I'm going to be surprised. All the puzzle pieces fit.
I want to try and see an endocrinologist soon. I asked if I could go to one before, but my doctor said she wouldn't refer me to one. She thought it was depression, and I'm almost certain that is not my issue--or at the very least not the primary one. I do sometimes feel depressed, but that's mostly because of my energy problems. Plus, depressive moods can be a symptom of hypothyroidism. I need to switch primary doctors, too--I can't say I'm a fan of the way my current primary physician's office works and the somewhat patronizing way she's treated me. When she said she basically didn't know what else to do for me, I lost a lot of faith in her, and it's a pain in the ass to get in touch with her. The office is always insanely busy, the phone hours are very limited, and they always want me to make appointments with the Physician's Assistants instead of the doctor herself. She's really nice for the most part, but just not compatible with me. Doesn't help that she's Catholic as well, so there's no way she'd help me with my goal of being sterilized.
I have so many of the symptoms, even really specific/weird ones, and with 4/5 of my closest female relatives on my mom's side having it (and most or all of them having been undiagnosed for up to ten years before the doctors finally got it right), it just makes way too much sense. I've had my thyroid levels tested multiple times, but apparently diagnosing it is more complex than most doctors are aware.
I know you're not supposed to diagnose yourself and so on, but if this isn't what's wrong, I'm going to be surprised. All the puzzle pieces fit.
