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I would suggest to you to see a different doctor. Yours obviously isn’t listening to you. You need to be on medication. I had hashimoto’s and hypothyroidism and I never knew it! I suddenly began gaining weight, feeling very tired and my ankles were swelling up and I have very bony ankles. I also began growing these “fat patches” I like to call them, on my butt, upper arms and legs (thighs). Not normal for me at all. I now take Synthroid 100 mcg and have my thyroid levels checked every 3 months to keep the medications in check. I have lost weight and no longer have those “fat patches” on my body. You need an Endocrinologist to help you with this as your doctor doesn’t seem to know what to do for you. Good luck!
It sounds like you have Hypothyroidism. You should be taking Synthroid or something similar. The next time you have a Thyroid blood panel run, ask your doctor to include a TPO Antibody test. That number should be as close to 0 as possible. When mine was tested 2 years ago, it was nearly 600! Tired was an understatement! Get tested! I was where you are and probably worse and now I’m not.
Do you have the range values for your results? Your TSH is actually perfect (borderline HYPER). Without being on thyroid meds, this is actually a good number.
Your Free T4 and Free T3 should be in the upper range.