Hashimotos has ruined my life. Countless doctors denied my thyroid issues for nearly 5 years, telling me my TSH was within 'normal' limits as it crept up until it finally jumped from 7+ still no treatment, to 100+ in 6 months. I gained 90 lbs in 5 years. Exhausted, muscle pain, joint damage, tooth loss on and on..
But levothyroxine was going to fix everything. But it didn't. To spite normalized TSH levels my T3 levels remained low but doctors only care about TSH and the majority of Endos won't prescribe T3. They don't understand how to dose it. It's been 11 years since I was diagnosed. I do much better on NDT!
The new 2029 regulations coming will increase the cost of NDT even further as they have to pay for new licensing. Those with doctors willing to to prescribe Compounded thyroid should be exempt but the law wants it all listed as biologics.
Our environment is destroying our hormones causing more and more autoimmune problems and the drug industry and medical and insurance companies only want to treat symptoms not fix the disease. We need help.