Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 Clinical symptoms may be [or may not be] the way to go for the average person [who's the average person?] but for someone like me whose symptoms are seldom typical that presents a problem. Likewise my reactions to medications in many cases appears to be atypical, so that presents yet another level of problems. I had no hypo symptoms that could not be attributed to hundreds of other illnesses [or age], until the TSH tests showed abnormal. I've had absolutely no symptomatic response to having the TSH brought within normal [high] range; but we have increased the Synthroid to bring it closer to the norm. All doctors are IMHO trained to treat the " average person " ; a good doctor must learn to treat the individual. Our insurance and tort system tend to prevent this I believe. A doctor who treats a STANDARD illness using STANDARD METHODS has a good legal defense when the outcome is poor; while the one who sticks his neck out and uses nonstandard procedures is in an untenable position when the outcome is poor [from the legal standpoint]. Not to mention that your insurance may not reimburse him for such treatment. I'm not overly enthralled with subjectivity when it comes to my health. When my doctor gives a medicine that is supposed to help and it does not, that is not a subjective report by me; but an objective one... Based upon an [objective] result. When the same doctor insists " that medicine cannot possibly have the result you describe " and yet I insist that it has done so on many occasions I am reporting an _objective_ observation. Finally he agreed to use what works... He said I probably had a positive response to one of the [typically] inert ingredients in the medication. If you've ever had an asthma attack [or even seen someone with one] then you have absolutely no question in your mind as to whether an inhaler works or not; this is not a subjective report. If you take an adrenal medication based upon symptoms that you interpret as indicating poor adrenal function when in fact you DO NOT have poor adrenal function you can do irreparable damage to your health. The same thing applies to many other conditions; you can kill yourself with improper medication. The doctor can do the same thing; but is probably at least a thousand times less likely, because he has at least a thousand times more knowledge and experience than you or I. The internet has a vast store of knowledge; some of it is even factual and helpful. But how do you separate the nut cases from the informed? If you self medicate based upon what I personally tell you [knowing nothing of my abilities] then you are skating upon very thin ice indeed. Bottom line is, we're all individuals. And while clinical symptoms are ONE indicator they certainly are not the only indicator. If they were we could dispense with all lab tests, x-rays, MRI's, CAT scans and so on; a very foolish [and deadly] proposition. >Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:21:36 +1000 > From: " Kerry Ann Faithfull " <kerry@...> >Subject: RE: Adrenal vs thyroid > >the only peers I am interested in reviewing my problems are those that >know what they are talking about - most doctors don't - that is why we >have these forums - to have an alternative to the dreadful world of >objective science - here subjectivity does count! IMO. >The tests are woefully inadequate - clinical symptoms are the way to go >and a good doctor knows this. >Kerry > > Adrenal vs thyroid > > >I didn't know that. Is it well documented, say, in peer reviewed >literature? > > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: 8/4/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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