Has anyone ever not been taking seriously by a doctor?

Question

okay so ive been suffering from symptoms for a long time but i didnt know they were related to hypothyroidism. i went to see a doctor today and described how lethargic i was feeling and how i CANNOT concentrate AT ALL and the only thing she told me was to sleep more. im at the point where im not just a little tired where sleep could help it. how do i get doctors to take me more seriously? i know all doctors think patients are idiots for googling symptoms on the internet and thinking theyre smarter than them, but honestly, i dont feel right and i havent for a long, long time. she ordered a blood test to test my iron but that was it. i do think i may have low iron levels and when i searched information on hypothyroidism it mentions low iron absorption. i suffer from most of the symptoms mentioned. how do i make them take me seriously?

has anyone ever suffered or is suffering from this and what test do you have to ask for?

thanks

Answer 1

You really can't. Some Drs have such a huge ego. You shoud find a different Dr. Most HMOs will let you switch once a year.  

Answer 2

Most physicians measure thyroid function not by testing thyroid hormones, but by testing levels of TSH. TSH stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. TSH is produced by the pituitary gland and stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones.

As thyroid hormone production drops, TSH levels are supposed to automatically increase to compensate for low thyroid hormone levels. Therefore a higher than normal TSH level indicates a hypothyroid condition. Unfortunately, TSH doesn’t always respond correctly to low thyroid hormone levels. If the actual thyroid hormones themselves (called T4 and T3) are not checked, hypothyroidism can be missed. You can see several cases of hypothyroidism with low thyroid hormone production and a normal TSH level.

Also, most physicians are using old data and a normal reference range that is too large when determining whether or not the TSH level is normal. This means that many people are being told that they have a normal thyroid when, according to the latest scientific standards, they are actually hypothyroid. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists recommends that the normal reference range for TSH be reduced by nearly half, down to 0.50-2.50. The old range is 0.50-5.00. (The higher the number, the more hypothyroid you are.) This means that thousands of people are being misdiagnosed and are actually hypothyroid. Unfortunately, most physicians have been slow in adopting these new standards and many people continue to be misdiagnosed.

I had similar experience to yours when the doc did not take me seriously at all. I came out crying from her office. Not because she did not take me seriously but she so much violated the trust I put in her. I was open, honest and she treated me like like a two year old, I felt she looked down on me. Never ever go back to her.

Answer 3

get a second opinion from a nother docter

Answer 4

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Answer 5

mm yep doctors can be so annoying but you never know..he could be right!

Answer 6

I've had bad experiences with doctors too.  I swear some are idiots.  It took ten years of being wrongly diagnosed several times and not taken seriously before we figured out the actual problem.

Have you looked into bipolar disorder?  It has symptoms very similar to hypothyroidism.

Answer 7

i have had hypothyroidismm for about 20 yrs now. what finally helped me was to go to an endocrinologist. they will understand and listen and help you.