Question: I am 72 yrs old & 42 yrs ago my dr did all the test for thyroid including the iodine uptake. he said I had hypothyroidism & put me on synthroid. my mother had a goiter in my teens & then thyroid cancer. she had her thyroids had a lump outside her glands & it was cancerous & they then went back in & took her glands out. she like me had been on thyroid since her early 50's. I stayed cold all the time, especially my nose & hands, my hair was coming out, & weight gain. I am only 4'11" so one lb really shows up. I had the same dr for 37 years & he checked my thyroid monthly & had to adjust my med up or down. Three yrs ago after he had been retired for 3 yrs the dr I was seeing in his place had kept me on synthroid. Then one day I saw a PA & she looked at my lab work & took me off synthroid. She said my level was normal. I told her my dr had told me when it was normal it meant the med was working. So she would not write me a prescription. Now I have been off of it for 3 yrs and had gained 60 lbs (I have worked hard & lost 30 but am still overweight), my hair started coming back out & still is, my nose, face & hands are always cold, & I have 0 energy level. I have talked to the MD I started seeing when mine retired & he said to try it without synthroid & see what happens. Well I have to see a different PA nor NP almost everytime I go as the one MD stays so busy & I think he sees mostly his old patients. What should I do? My last labs were on 2/22/17 & my TSH was 0.81 mIU/ml &FT4_6 was .11 & I was told every thing was fine.

Brief Answer:
Check the TSH to confirm the under active thyroid:
This does not help me at all as I had my thyroid test results in my question. Also, it was a PA that took me off & I have asked to be put back on med just to see if it would help with my energy level, staying cold, hair loss, and weight gain problem, but have been unsuccessful in getting anyone to let me try again. Seeing a different PA or NP every 3 months does not help. My old dr saw me once a month & checked my thyroids with his hands. No one has checked them unless I ask. I have a lot of problems being 72 and I don't need not having any energy and being fat to add to them. My TSH was 0.81 mIU/ml in Feb as I stated in my discussion above. The range on sheet is 0.34-4.82. I would say .081 is on the low side, but the last PA said was fine. Well I don't feel fine & all these problems started shortly after being taking off the synthroid. Evidently, there is nothing you can do either as I am sure you can't prescribe on the internet & like all the PA & NP's I see, no one really cares. So I will see if you have a better answer, if not I will ask for my $29 charge be refunded or contact my bank to stop payment. Thanks!

Thanks for trying, but I feel I should not have to pay as I provided all the info & the solution to what I feel my problem is. You can see my TSH level is low & I have results from T3 also. I would just like to try the synthroid to see if I can get rid of the symptoms I have. I sit inside with sweat pants & shirt with another shirt under it, socks & bedroom shoes with fur inside & usually have a blanket/throw over me when I am sitting. My hair looks awful, my nose is red, & I am fat & inactive as I have no energy. Maybe I can find a website from Canada or somewhere to get some synthroid, even if it cost a lot. XXXXXXX Weeks