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Afraid will not be taken seriously
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 22 9:18am | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
Update: I went to the doctor and was actually heard. Done ana cascade testing, tsh, t4, t3, vit D, and thyriod antibodies. All came back normal except my tsh is elevated at 6.5. Doctor ordered ultrasound for my thyriod too, and all normal except little cyst on the left side, and said we don't need to do anything about it. I don't know where to go from there, she have referred me to a rheumatologist I will be seeing in July. I dont kmownofnam gaslighting myself or if it's all in my head at this point.
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A Thyroid Stimulating hormone (TSH) of 6.5 is likely subclinical hypothyroid (normal range is about 0.4 to 5.5). Did they increase your levothyroxine (synthroid) to see if that decreases your symptoms? TSH is produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain and its use is to regulate thyroid hormones. Doctors tend to embrace T3 and T4 over TSH. When my TSH is around 3 my T3, T4, and free T3 and T4 levels are still normal range, even though I have hypothyroid symptoms of fatigue, GI problems, and weight gain. I take D3 because that is also low (partly I'm 69 and have celiac); I get enough sun. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23544-subclinical-hypothyroidism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922674/ https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/tsh-thyroid-stimulating-hormone-test/#:~:text=The%20pituitary%20gland%20makes%20thyroid,your%20thyroid%20to%20work%20harder.