Experiences with Armour Thyroid?

[mckennarose]

The quack doctor I went to actually got fired or "let go" from the group office he was at. (The 2 receptionists & the phlebotomist all saw me crying as I was leaving. From their looks to each other, they knew it wasn't because I received a bad diagnosis, but because of how I was treated by this quack.) He actually said to me, "I prescribed you with Synthroid that is right for your height & weight. You are on the right drug and the right amount. It IS working. Your problems are in your head. If you are so depressed, you need to be seeing a psychologist for that."

I was so brain foggy, physically & emotionally weak and depressed as he was saying this, that I didn't realize till after I left, that I had joined the "club" of all the women, whose posts I read on the various natural thyroid forums, who ALSO were told it's all in their heads. To go home and stop complaining. And if they needed to talk & complain, to go to a psychologist. My quack turned out to be a classic textbook example of the kind of Dr. I was warned about.

His former group office sent me a letter some 8 mo to a year later, telling me he was gone. That they still have my medical records and would I like to come back and try someone else?

Uh, NO. They are the ones who lacked the judgement to hire him in the first place. WHY would I go back there?

That's sad, and something that unfortunately happens all the time. I had a similar experience with my first endo. He gave me a sample pack of antidepressants at my first visit. I asked him "If my problems are a thyroid hormone imbalance, why don't we address that first?" He said he will, but the antidepressants will help the mental effects. If my problem was a thyroid hormone imbalance, why not fix that and see how I'm doing down the road. It was nuts. I threw them in the garbage on my way out, fixed the thyroid issue and felt better mentally.... go figure! LOL!