RE: Re: Self-treating was: where do you go?

June 7, 2004

yeah, me too. now that i know what my problem is, i would not be afraid to

self-treat my hypoT/Hashi's. i know how my body reacts to the medicine and what

it needs to work optimally. i thought i was gonna die. i'm thankful those days

are over! hugs, sheila

Janaina Viggiano <janaina@...> wrote:

I am like you, Sheila - I am not scared to self-treat *now*, that I know

I do have a thyroid problem, but in the 5 years I was seeking treatment

desperately, all I knew was that there was something wrong, but I didn't

wanna self-diagnose and say it was the thyroid. I thought I might have

something else. I was so desperate I remember going for an HIV test

without telling my husband about it, thinking maybe I had AIDS.

Anyway, after my cousin gave me meds and told me how to proceed when

upping the dosages, I wasn't afraid anymore. So now I up my dosages

regardless of any doctor. So self-treating, yes. Self-diagnosing, that

is what I was afraid of.

Jan

Re: Re: where do you go?

I'm really sorry for everything you've been going through. Being told

your symptoms are due to anxiety or some kind of emotional problems must

make you feel so hopeless...at least that's how I would feel.

Like you said, though, it would be different if you were a member of

those doctors' families. They would not stop until they found out what

was wrong with you. But since you're not family or a friend, they just

chalk it up to some kind of emotional disturbance. It's not fair.

I wish I had advice for you. I'm not sure what I would do if I were in

your shoes, but I *think* I would probably plan a vacation in which I

travelled to see one of the best docs who knows how to deal with

hormones.

I would be too scared to self treat...maybe not if i was that desperate