Quote Originally Posted by Blueberry View Post
Thank you all for responding. I'm really hopeful that I'll start feeling better once medicated, as I've felt bad for a long time and I have not accepted that I just feel like this. I do plan to ask for treatment - but I wanted to be as armed as possible as I fear that docs will have a tendency to say "don't treat" at these levels.

So...would you stick with primary care, or go ahead and make a back up appt with an endocrinologist?
I'd start with a primary care doctor myself, but that's probably because I'm not a huge fan of my own endo. Do you have any reason to believe you might have an autoimmune disease, e.g, do autoimmune issues run in your family. If you thinks it's just a straightforward case of hypothyroidism, then I don't know that you'll gain much from talking to an endo unless your PCP just refuses to treat (which I actually doubt). The treatment is relatively straightforward. It arguably would be helpful that whoever sees you runs a comprehensive blood panel and looks at more than just TSH. This is what I've struggled with in terms of my own endo.

I'd add that endos can be really hard to get into (they're busy treating diabetics for the most part), so even if you want to be seen by one, it might not be for some time.