From the above You Tube: NHS Drs hardly dare go against the guidelines put in place by they RCS and the BTA despite over whelming scientific and historical evidence that they are wrong about thyroxine only being best treatment, and the TSH blood test is also not as gold standard as they would have you believe. This lady had to go to TEN specialists before getting any help, the type of which she will mostly have got ideas about from talking to others on forums. There are other treatments and other reasons for not getting well on thyroxine. Other viable treatments which the Drs either avoid or are ignorant about. As well as Thyroid UK there is Thyroid Patient Advocacy with great advice and Drs who advise them, or in the US google Stop the Thyroid Madness (also for excellent treatment advice ie what to look for in a Dr too) and Real Thyroid Help. Don’t put up with them fobbing you off with antidepressants and weight loss advice this is serious stuff. Lack of T3 is implicated in fibromyalgia and thyroid disfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome. Many serious health risks are associated with thyroid disorders, but if NHS Drs step outside the ”guidelines” they can find themselves up in front of the GMC, so they don’t, they let you suffer. They could give you some triiodithyroidine or Armor natural or its generics, if you don’t feel well on other treatments. Just some of the disgusting policies in modern medicine. Dr Chris doesn’t tell you the alternative here either does he? Neither does he debunk it but shhh we may get into trouble.

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Hello,

My name is Mary Garito and I wanted you to know that I am one of millions of people treating my hypothyroidism with dessicated thyroid medicine. I am also one of the many who do not use the TSH lab test to determine how sick I am.

From what I understand your group is skeptical about this kind of approach to treating hypothyroidism. I’m not sure why you feel this way but I want to assure you that this is not something that you need to be afraid of.

I used to have all these strange issues with my health. I called it “Mary’s Mystery Sickness.” I could never figure out why I was always so thirsty and cold and tired.

No doctor was ever able to figure out what was wrong with me. Unfortunately all my symptoms did not line up with the only lab they would run: the TSH lab. It took over ten years of worsening health for a thoughtful doctor to pose the idea that perhaps I had a thyroid issue. She said, “all your symptoms sound like hypothyroidism.” She wasn’t even a endocrinologist or a thyroid doctor.

So I started on my journey of intense research. I read everything I could. I slowly started to be convinced that I had hypothyroidism. Every symptom lined up. I found a doctor who agreed that I probably had that. The TSH lab didn’t reflect that I had it at first. But another year went by and FINALLY the lab test caught up with reality. By then the lab test didn’t even matter. I knew what was wrong and I finally started on dessicated thyroid medicine.

Well the turn-around my body went through was nothing short of extraordinary. I now feel like I did when I was 6 years old. Happy alive excited! I’m rarely tired, never thirsty, and never colder than anyone else. A list of other symptoms the length of my arm have also lessened or gone away. To this day my fiance is so proud of me for figuring it out. My life and his life (and our relationship) is renewed and we couldn’t be happier.

It is with the help of thoughtful doctors who look at a person’s symptoms that we could all benefit. I hope that you can open your mindset and allow for people to treat themselves how they see fit.

If your reasons for attacking Dr. Skinner is because it undermines the drug industry’s ability to make money or because it shakes the medical status quo than I think you should take a moment as a human being and decide if that is good for the world. Why do you want millions of British people to suffer? Americans are thrilled to feel energetic and warm and excited for life for the first time in months, years or decades because they found dessicated medicine and a doctor who knows how to read symptoms and various medical labs. Why withhold this same right?

Mary Garito

This is in reference to the case:
Dr. Skinner
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