McCall McPhersonFounder, Modern Thyroid Clinic.

Navigating Thyroid Challenges: A Patient's Story to Becoming an Expert

4 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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First-person patient account (McCall McPherson) describing living with a diagnosed thyroid condition and ongoing treatment (Synthroid/Levo). The speaker lists classic hypothyroid symptoms (fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, hair loss, very dry skin, low libido) and mentions lab findings (high cholesterol) and interactions with primary care and an endocrinologist about management.

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I had already been diagnosed with a thyroid condition. I was being treated for it. I was on Synthroid. I had already gone through. Oh, you're on Levo. Let's move you to Synthroid. That'll help. Went to my doctor, complained of all the classic symptoms of hypothyroidism, of fatigue, brain fog. I could hardly think. I was probably 15 pounds heavier than what was normal for me. My hair was breaking, it was shedding. My skin was so incredibly dry it was cracking in areas. I had zero libido. On a scale of 1 to 10 it was negative, like 300. I had high cholesterol on my labs for which my doctor tried to put me on lipitor as a 27 year old. Like I was going to do that for, I guess the rest of my life. Went to my doctor, my primary care initially. Then an endocrinologist asked to see if it was my thyroid because I already was practicing medicine.