Anonymous wrote:I've been on synthroid for 6 years (hypothyroid) and don't feel it helps much, if at all. I have asked my doctor about cytomel and testing my t3 and t4 along with tsh. She won't test for t3 and t4 as long as my tsh is within the higher normal numbers. I'm also in menopause, so it's easy for my doctors to say that's why I still have all the hypothyroid symptoms. I'm pretty depressed about it all.
In 2017 I was very sick with hyperthyroid for a few months, before it hit bottom and then became hypothyroid. Endo called it thyroiditis.
Six years is a long time to take a drug that you don’t feel better taking. Has she tested for TPO antibodies? Why do you stay with this doctor if she isn’t honoring your concerns? A test is simple. You could even order it yourself through something like Everylwell.