Glad to hear this has started a conversation, it is essential for anyone who feels they may have a thyroid problem to request to see a specialist, your levels only have to be out a little for you to feel uncomfortable, fortunately I too had a great Dr,who listened to me, it was only by going to a Dr when I was 21 and saying to them I feel like a hypochondriac but these are my symptoms one blood test later and it was revealed about my thyroid being over at that stage, I have had surgery to remove 3/4 of my thyroid gland, which worked well for many years, but however chronic stress again worked its magic and I had to have radio active iodine to totally remove what was left and then a lifetime of being on medication, its a condition that does tend to effect more women than men, and it is something that unless you have a good gp who listens, can go undiagnosed for a long time, so again, its a matter of listening to our bodies and if something does not feel right go to you GP and if they wont do anything about it, change, sometimes just asking for the blood test can help but then you need a doctor who can interpret the results correctly, also one thing it was a while before a doctor told me that thyroid medication needs to be taken on a empty stomach, so for several years I was taking my medication incorrectly, just a simple thing but made a huge difference,
