High blood pressure, depression, and 'chronic fatigue.' Doctors just threw scripts at me with barely speaking to me. I stopped going once I found out in AZ that I can order my own bloodwork. I was 'too young' for XYZ according to the doctors and they would not test for things like thyroid issues.
I ordered my own bloodwork. My thyroid was practically not functioning. I also tested for thyroid antibodies. I have late stage Hashimoto's thyroiditis. If they had been willing to do the tests when I asked back in my early 20s I would have been so much better off.
The damage is too far along. My ultrasound has my thyroid looking like a sponge (I found a naturepath willing to order that for me). BUT I take dessicated thyroid, 1mg flushing niacin, 4.5mg naltrexone, vitamins A, D, K, and others as needed. All done based on bloodwork I have done regularly.
I changed my diet to get rid of inflammatory foods. My blood pressure has become normal. My depression is gone. My cholesterol is normal even though I am on a high fat diet. I have more energy than I have had in decades.
The doctors do not want to look at root causes. They only throw scripts at the symptoms.
BTW my symptoms all started shortly after some really bad reactions to 'required' vaccines when I was 17 and got a college scholarship. It was such a joy dealing with college with rheumatoid arthritis in every joint on top of the fatigue.
Looking back, I have no idea how I did it and kept my academic scholarship while taking care of a house and husband. If they had discovered the thyroid issue then, at least I wouldn't have so much damage and I could have managed the symptoms. Being told I was a hypochondriac was insane. A simple, cheap bloodtest that I asked for over and over would have pointed in the right direction.
I got my thyroid checked - normal. Went back to the doctor 6 months later, "Let's check your thyroid again."
ok...
Went to the facility to get my blood drawn and all the Karens at the counter lost their shit that I wasn't wearing a mask. Never got my blood checked. Fuck the Rockefeller Medical Industrial Complex.
Quest Labs and the post office are the places I wear my handkerchief. I hate it. But I need my mail (which they don't like to deliver to my apartment) and I need my bloodwork so I can adjust my meds myself. So far they haven't insisted on a real mask.
Those must have been some really shitty doctors!
naltrexone
Why would you need an opioid blocker for a shitty thyroid?
At low doses it actually suppresses immune responses. My body is killing my thyroid (along with other organs) via wacky immune responses. It reduces a lot of my strange allergic reactions to all kinds of things. I never knew day to day what would trigger hives. Taking a low dose of naltrexone has reduced my thyroid antibody levels and my pancreatic functions have increased. I'm guessing I was also eating up my pancreas.
There are a ton of off label uses for it for autoimmune issues. It's even made some people with autism better.
My thyroid is 7cm long on one side and 5 on the other. But it functions fine. I was told to just get it cut out and take a pill for the rest of my life. Haven't been back to that doctor.
The majority of them Google your symptoms and then prescribe something. That same majority will not take a chance on anything alternative. It's rare to find one who even studies their specialty after school is over.
Good on you for figuring out your own situation. If I could find a way to naturally shrink a goiter, I'd be all over it.
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