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Hi all, my name is , I am a 48 year old woman and have had symptoms of

tiredness, depression and weight gain for over 25 years.

I have just come back from the doctors where although she admits that my

problems all show the classic thyroid deficiency symptoms, she won't do a T3

or T4 test because my THS (I think its called that) test has come back

withing normal range.

My last doctor, before I moved house, was a brilliant doctor, he just

couldn't pin down my symptoms, so did a Testosterone test which is very

unusual test for females.The test came back as low but within so called'

normal' range. He sent me to the local hospital tests and the specialist put

me on Testosterone patches which worked brilliantly. But my new doctors

threw their hands up at the cost and the fact that they aren't licienced and

refused to prescribe them for me. I started to wean myself off them and

dropped into a deep depression and phoned the specialist in desperation who

made an appointment for me to have a testosterone implant. In the meantime

my doctor tried to treat me as a normal depression patient and gave me

anti-depressants, which caused chronic muscle cramps when they flushed all

the salt out of my system. I stopped using the anti-depressants after only a

week. She got really pissed off when I had the implant and my symptoms

dissapeared within 2 weeks.

Yet even with the proof that my personal testosterone needs are higher than

normal and therefore maybe my other levels need to be higher than 'normal'

for good health, she (or any of the docs at the paractice) will not do any

further tests.

I am now self medicating with an iodine supplement and waiting to see if

there is any improvement. The doctors reaction to the iodine supplement was

to basically fob it off with the idea that even a placebo effect is better

than none. What the hell are doctors trained for these days, where do they

expect nessesary vitamins and minerals to come from, fresh air instead of

food?

Rant and into over with.

Glad to be here.

Juilie