Several years ago (and two moves later) I had a great endo doctor.

Now I do not and I get very concerned about my Hashimotos. My PCP takes care of my hypo thyroid now. I get concerned because I'm often not sure where the thyroid problems start and end and where the MS comes in.

I've always questioned whether I have true MS. Yes, I do have lesions but they are not greatly changed. I wonder if thyroid can cause lesions also?

My doc relies totally on the thyroid panel he does every 6 mos.

I'm thinking more and more that when I see my neuro in late January I will ask to see an edocrinologist who specializes in thyroid.

Sorting out health issues is very complicated isn't it.

Tootsie

DianeD, me too! I went to an endo to try to sort out where some of my dizzy issues might be coming from. He immediately began lowering my Armour doses a little at a time (which didn't effect the vertigo at all). What did happen is increasing cog fog, joint and muscle pain. Scary and really noticable.

I stopped going there. Any doc who insists on changing your brand of thyroid from a natural to a synthetic..run..run away fast.

The natural contains both T3 and T4. T4 not bound to thyrogloulin is the only T4 available to be converted into T3. Estrogen creates more globulin and therefore lowers the effectiveness of oral thyroid.

Since the natural contains both, a person taking it does spend a portion of the day slightly on the hyperactive side. As the T3 is used, that evens out. So how you test actually does depend on the time of day blood is drawn.

There are other "T's" in the natural for which medicine has not yet found its biologic actiity. They don't know what they do. These are not in the synthetic.

I've been on Armour for 41 years now and am really protective when it comes to any doc who wants to mess with my levels or brand based upon their testing. I know how I feel!