Need an Endocrinologist who can help with Hypothyroidism

[Anonymous]

Need someone who can really investigate my continued exhaustion. And is really knowledgeable about this disease. My primary care physician is not doing a great job of listening to me, and the levothyroxine he is prescribing is not doing a whole lot for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need someone who can really investigate my continued exhaustion. And is really knowledgeable about this disease. My primary care physician is not doing a great job of listening to me, and the levothyroxine he is prescribing is not doing a whole lot for me.

Continued brain fog...

Need a recommendation for a dr situated in Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Damascus - area.

[Anonymous]

NP here.

I've been on synthroid for a couple years now and I am still exhausted. I've seen two endos and both of them just shrug and say they don't know why I'm tired. I usually sleep most of the day on my days off/weekend. I've tried a GF diet, taking the pill at night instead of in the am, etc. Still so freaking tired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here.

I've been on synthroid for a couple years now and I am still exhausted. I've seen two endos and both of them just shrug and say they don't know why I'm tired. I usually sleep most of the day on my days off/weekend. I've tried a GF diet, taking the pill at night instead of in the am, etc. Still so freaking tired.

I was on synthroid and still felt tired. The doctor switched me to armorthyroid, which made a big difference for me. Armor is natural, made from pig thyroid.

[Anonymous]

Dr hakim, but she's in Frederick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here.

I've been on synthroid for a couple years now and I am still exhausted. I've seen two endos and both of them just shrug and say they don't know why I'm tired. I usually sleep most of the day on my days off/weekend. I've tried a GF diet, taking the pill at night instead of in the am, etc. Still so freaking tired.

I was on synthroid and still felt tired. The doctor switched me to armorthyroid, which made a big difference for me. Armor is natural, made from pig thyroid.

Can you give the name of this Dr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr hakim, but she's in Frederick.

Frederick Internal Medicine and Endocrinology Services

Dr. Majd Hakim?

I am willing to go to her, if she can rid me of what I am going through. I feel as if I am dying. I am operating on just will power, I have nothing left in me.

[Anonymous]

NP here. My doctor kept shrugging me off too since my numbers were fine on synthroid. I got some energy going GF and when I told him he said "oh yeah, a lot of people say that" yet he never suggested it. Still not 100%, and weightloss is a complete nightmare and believe me I eat right and exercise, etc.

OP keep us posted. Wish I had a good referral for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. My doctor kept shrugging me off too since my numbers were fine on synthroid. I got some energy going GF and when I told him he said "oh yeah, a lot of people say that" yet he never suggested it. Still not 100%, and weightloss is a complete nightmare and believe me I eat right and exercise, etc.

OP keep us posted. Wish I had a good referral for you.

I'm the second PP. Same experience, except that GF didn't make a huge difference. I feel like the less I eat and the more I exercise, the more weight I gain. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here.

I've been on synthroid for a couple years now and I am still exhausted. I've seen two endos and both of them just shrug and say they don't know why I'm tired. I usually sleep most of the day on my days off/weekend. I've tried a GF diet, taking the pill at night instead of in the am, etc. Still so freaking tired.

I was on synthroid and still felt tired. The doctor switched me to armorthyroid, which made a big difference for me. Armor is natural, made from pig thyroid.

Can you give the name of this Dr.

Michael West but he is in DC.

At first I was on the generic syntroid. He said that sometimes the generic doesnt work for people. He then switched me to synthroid. Though my numbers were fine on synthroid, I still felt tired. So, he switched me to armor. He said something like because it was from a pig, it not only had whatever is in synthroid but also other stuff that is in a porcine's thyroid.

[Anonymous]

18:33 here again. Also, there are things you aren't supposed to eat within one to four hours of taking the medication. I am asumming your doctor told you that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:18:33 here again. Also, there are things you aren't supposed to eat within one to four hours of taking the medication. I am asumming your doctor told you that.

NP here. Which things?

[Anonymous]

Have you tried Monica Mannin in Rockville? Also, are you taking Vitamin D?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18:33 here again. Also, there are things you aren't supposed to eat within one to four hours of taking the medication. I am asumming your doctor told you that.

NP here. Which things?

Nothing for the first hour. No calcium, iron, soy, or multivitamin for four hours. I have the list the doctor gave me in my office, but this is what I remember off the top of my head.

[Anonymous]

How much synthroidn or Levo is everyone taking? I am on 125mcg and it seems like a ton but my energy is good.