PATIENTS' PETITION FOR BETTER DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THYROID AND THYROID RELATED PROBLEMS Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/patients-petition-for-better-diagnosis-and-management-of-thyroid-and-thyroid-related-problems.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:33 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Diane Gallagher [Signature #402] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15055457?utm_medium=rss I have been suffering with hypothyroidism for 18 years and still only receiving livothyroxine. I desperately need combination or dessication thyroxin but doctors still refusing to give it to me despite all my symptoms, fatigue, weight gain, cold, depression etc. Please Help.

]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:52:58 UTC 15055457 Richard Steele [Signature #401] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14998175?utm_medium=rss - have watched my wife suffer with Hypothyroidism because the NHS uses blood tests and Levothyroxine only. She is well now that she is under the care of a private Dr who prescribes natural thyroid medication for her.

]]> Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:35:54 UTC 14998175 susan steele [Signature #400] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14998161?utm_medium=rss I was left to suffer for 5 years because my GP went only on my TSH level and took no notice of my symptoms, then another 5 years on Levothyroxine I was still unwell. I had to take matters into my own hands, do lots of research on Hypothyroidism and find a private Dr who treats me with Erfa (natural tyroid) and now I am well!

]]> Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:28:04 UTC 14998161 Louise Payne [Signature #399] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14996438?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:54:24 UTC 14996438 Radka Rottenbornova' [Signature #398] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14995151?utm_medium=rss The problem extends to hyperthyroidism also. Many people experience symptoms classified as psychological - anxiety, depression, tearfulness and irritability, while actually hyperthyroid. This can happen even after a simple dental X-ray. The lack of expertise and proper guidelines is truly tragic for the affected - many loose 1st their dignity, and consequently family and jobs...I consider myself lucky(?), that after years of suffering my 3rd GP actually agreed to test for antibodies. Even though high in anti TPO-Ab, and symptoms like hell, your only option is an antidepressant, and maybe Selenium. You are percieved & called hypochondriac, by Doctors!, even though unable to get out of bed or stand - hypo or hyper. There is a valid research proving, that those with autoimmune thyroid condition are most likely to suffer from depression & anxiety, plus, as neuroimaging studies show - reduced cerebral perfusion=cognitive problems - memory etc. Despite NORMAL TFT!!!!!How long this will be allowed to happen? Every lab has different vaules, despite relevant calibration, it is impossible to diagnose!!!There should be more Dr.Skinners, who actually treat people by symptoms - not lab values.

]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:29:44 UTC 14995151 maria ahlberg [Signature #397] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14990202?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:36:24 UTC 14990202 sue partington [Signature #396] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14989374?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:33:28 UTC 14989374 Katy Mason [Signature #395] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14989258?utm_medium=rss I had a partial thyroidectomy in 1993 and for ten years I seemed to be coping well on my T4 monotherapy.The problems began in 2004. The GP surgery became my second home! I was tested for many a disease including lupus, sarcoidosis - I was under the care of a rheumatologist for a year who did every test possible but couldn't quite pinpoint my problem. Throughout all these tests I kept mentioning if it could be my thyroid misbehaving, but the medics especially one of the endocrinologists said I had one of the best TSH results ever and everything was fine, keep on taking the T4. However things were not fine and I was becoming worse having to go from working full time as a nurse to part time and then eventually losing my contract due to my health. My social life had gone I was always cancelling due to pain or fatigue issues. I went to see a nutritionist and she fortunately put me in touch with a metabolic doctor. Within minutes he knew I had adrenal exhaustion, I was probably not converting T4 into active T3,and could also have candida issues which causes many problems. He has been my lifeline.We need more medics to be made much more aware of what can go awry even if a TSH is "normal"!

]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:04:47 UTC 14989258 Jon Berrill [Signature #394] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14984849?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:02:46 UTC 14984849 Abi Steele [Signature #393] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14984657?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:26:17 UTC 14984657 Sue Stott [Signature #392] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14984631?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:21:19 UTC 14984631 C Slater [Signature #391] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14984618?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:19:18 UTC 14984618 Maxine Simons [Signature #390] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14984604?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:16:14 UTC 14984604 Linda Steele [Signature #389] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14984597?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:14:54 UTC 14984597 Anonymous [Signature #388] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14913470?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:57:37 UTC 14913470 David Phillips [Signature #387] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14912926?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:59:50 UTC 14912926 Kevin Casey [Signature #386] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14912768?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:20:07 UTC 14912768 lisa rochelle [Signature #385] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14912738?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:12:00 UTC 14912738 Heather Marko [Signature #384] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14912671?utm_medium=rss I was sick for at least 5 years on Levoxyl only. Within a few weeks of switching to NP Thyroid, my energy levels had increased, my mood improved, and the constant muscle pain I had experienced for 5 years had lessened. To refuse to provide patients with an alternative to T4-only drugs can only be described as a flagrant violation of the principle "do no harm." The amount of harm done to me by my doctors' refusal to try a proven, inexpensive treatment is incalculable.

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:57:50 UTC 14912671 Anonymous [Signature #383] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14909836?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:09:10 UTC 14909836 Eugenie Bate [Signature #382] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14908431?utm_medium=rss The NHs appear to ignore some thyroid problems and not offer correct diagnosis in many cases, this must be costing the NHS millions at a later date! I myself have lived a healthy life style e.g. never smoked, always exercised, eaten sensibly and drank very little alcohol yet in my latter years my thyroid has gone untreated because of NHS blood testing guidelines etc. and my health has carried on deteriorating in many ways. I am aware that my thyroid problems are genetic and feel we should be moving on now from 1950's etc and investigating how important proper thyroid function is to our bodily functions and well being! I am impressed by the presentation of the two ladies and the Scottish Parliaments resolve to investigate thyroid function testing, well done!!

]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:08:24 UTC 14908431 Sandra Lorenz [Signature #381] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14907596?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:12:38 UTC 14907596 SHELAGH GUTHRIE [Signature #380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14907576?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:08:05 UTC 14907576 Nancy Giffin [Signature #379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14907310?utm_medium=rss Please make this change so you can help patients throughout the world.

]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:10:37 UTC 14907310 malcolm maclean [Signature #378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14905926?utm_medium=rss This petition to the Scottish parliament is not the only protest reaching representative government about what is, in effect, the control of healthcare by the drug industry that does a disservice to patients. In November 2012, the president of U.S. C.P. (Political platform: “Seeking to end the corruption in medicine that is harming human health”) was heard at The Congressional Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Although the specific topics raised at Congress were different from those raised in the Scottish Parliament, they both share the basic concern; that the sale of patent medicines has been allowed to override concern for patients welfare, increasingly so over the past half century. The US Department of Justice has fined drug companies an aggregate of about $10 Billion over the past ten years for criminal mis-selling of drugs (Including falsification of research), about 2/3 of the total being accounted for by British drug companies (http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/GlaxoSmithKline). The experience of the petitioners illustrates the price which the public pays for this folly. This criminality must stop.

]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:11:44 UTC 14905926 Sandra Stokes [Signature #377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14904969?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:34:45 UTC 14904969 Annie Flanders [Signature #376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14904864?utm_medium=rss i have hypothryroidism and have problems with the doctors in treatment of my condition - so this is important for all people who suffer from thyroid issues.

]]> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:10:24 UTC 14904864 Carol Siddiqi [Signature #375] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14904332?utm_medium=rss I have been taking Nature-Throid for 3yrs & feel better than I had been in the last 30 years. Was on Synthroid & generics and felt terrible with lots of hypo symtoms like brain fog,ect. 39 yrs way to long to feel terrible and the doctors did not get this. At 73yrs I feel wonderful. I lost a lot in my life because of the Drs. not really listening or did not believe in the natural thyroid. I have been wondering what my life really would have been like, enjoying my family more.

]]> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:54:37 UTC 14904332 Kathleen Posell [Signature #374] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14903432?utm_medium=rss Until recently all my doctors treated to the test and had me on a low-dose of synthetic T4, and I felt horrible. Recently I found a doctor who treats based on symptoms and who put me on a higher dose of NDT. I feel normal for the first time in 15 years.

Doctors need more education on hypo symptoms and need to stop saying it's all in our heads when our test results are "normal". Doctors also need to stop listening to drug reps who work for the synthetic pharm companies about what NDT is and isn't.

]]> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:14:19 UTC 14903432 Linda Donaldson [Signature #373] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14901994?utm_medium=rss On T4 only for 42 years, I was slowly dying. My BP, choleserol and weight were all up. They are down with desiccated thyroid. Please allow physicians to order necessary tests, and prescribe NDT to their hypothyroid patients without fear of retribution.

]]> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:44:53 UTC 14901994 Vera Leininger [Signature #372] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14901393?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:31:57 UTC 14901393 Lauren Taylor [Signature #371] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14882897?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:10:04 UTC 14882897 Cathy Cavanagh [Signature #370] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14878335?utm_medium=rss I write in absolute support of the above petition. For many many years my health and life were compromised to the extreme by a regime of Thyroxine T4 only therapy. My existence has be transformed by the addition of Liothyronine T3. A result that is reported continually by people who experience this combination of thyroid therapy. This combination of treatments needs to be made readily available to people who are suffering needlessly by only having T4 therapy made available to them. Similarly NDT providing a natural combination of the above has proved itself time and time again to provide relief to those for which T4 therapy alone has not.
Why is it and how can it be just on any level to deny someone the opportunity of reaching optimum health ? The diagnosis and management of thyroid and thyroid related problems has to be reviewed, as at present it is not fullfilling the basic human right of every individual, that being, ready access to the resources that will return them back to good health . everybody deserves that opportunity.

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:42:06 UTC 14878335 Stella Kynaston [Signature #369] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14878031?utm_medium=rss I have lost the last 7 years of my life. I have all the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism but as my blood tests are all within range I have been unable to get a diagnosis. Instead I have been given a diagnosis of ME/Fibromyalgia which means am left to cope alone without help or hope. My health is progressively deteriorating and I am now virtually housebound. My TSH would be high enough to obtain treatment in many other countries but not the UK. I have been sentenced to this existence because of a number on a page. This must change.

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:50:30 UTC 14878031 Anonymous [Signature #368] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14877860?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:25:33 UTC 14877860 Anonymous [Signature #367] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14876426?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:25:32 UTC 14876426 Karen Black [Signature #366] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14872579?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:48:13 UTC 14872579 Fiona McCabe [Signature #365] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14868040?utm_medium=rss I have been surviving for the last 5 years
With hypothyroidism the 1 solution offered hasn't worked for me. Instead the assumption is that I am depressed, making up the symptoms or over exaggerating!
This is an equality / feminist issue the vast amount of those affected are women once again we are being labelled as mad or sad. I am neither- just very tired! Exhausted and angry that I have to fight for medical professionals to take me Seriously

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:05:07 UTC 14868040 Deana Jensen [Signature #364] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14867230?utm_medium=rss Treat tyhroid patients by symptoms not numbers.

]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:26:27 UTC 14867230 Julie Archambault [Signature #363] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14866285?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:44:39 UTC 14866285 Anonymous [Signature #362] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14865844?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:00:28 UTC 14865844 Jason Rindall [Signature #361] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14865584?utm_medium=rss This is a very serious illness, and has to be treated as such. People all over the world are suffering, dieing, and commiting suicide because no doctors belive us, until its too late! Thank you for your commpassionate concern, the world needs more governments like yours!

]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:14:36 UTC 14865584 Tammy Hopkins [Signature #360] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14864696?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:30:00 UTC 14864696 Melanie Lalonde [Signature #359] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14864303?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:07:51 UTC 14864303 Sylvie Roy [Signature #358] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14864118?utm_medium=rss I'm currently taking levothyroxine only because it makes my doctor feel better when my TSH is in range. Not only do I still have all the same symptoms that got me to request a thyroid check up in first place, these symptoms have only progressed to the point of becoming debilitating. Though I'm not sure how tis problem should be treated, I know that levothyroxine only is not the answer.

]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:25:46 UTC 14864118 Roberta Page [Signature #357] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14863480?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:46:25 UTC 14863480 Sian Simmonds [Signature #356] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862918?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:19:53 UTC 14862918 Jill Southgate [Signature #355] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862880?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:03:14 UTC 14862880 Caroline Traa [Signature #354] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862861?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:55:37 UTC 14862861 Kathleen Copeland [Signature #353] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862852?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:51:16 UTC 14862852 Scott Kyle [Signature #352] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862693?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:52:35 UTC 14862693 Natalia Marin [Signature #351] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862538?utm_medium=rss Please! We need change! We are all suffering due to very ignorant drs. who ignore the patients with thyroid disease.
Thank you, and i hope this reality changes to have a dignity life.

]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:38:39 UTC 14862538 Elvera Lemke [Signature #350] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14862174?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:39:05 UTC 14862174 Terry Trueman [Signature #349] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14861890?utm_medium=rss Hi Sheila, thanks for all the hard work that you're
doing on behalf of all of the misdiagnosed people.

My spouse had given up hope of ever regaining his health, and now that we know about natural thyroid, we'll try and find someone who understands this condition. The Scottish Parliament interview was amazing, Bravo!

Gracias from a Glasgwegian in Mexico.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:52:35 UTC 14861890 Grace G. Kelly [Signature #348] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14861871?utm_medium=rss The recommendations in this petition offer the opportunity to really HELP people---- to help them feel better and live their lives more fully. I strongly urge you to be open to the truth that is being provided in this petition.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:44:58 UTC 14861871 Jan Kulp [Signature #347] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14860640?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 03:29:50 UTC 14860640 Anonymous [Signature #346] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14859541?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 11:55:04 UTC 14859541 Teresa foley [Signature #345] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14859524?utm_medium=rss Current guidelines for thyroid evaluation and treatment are absolutely ridiculous, and are keeping people sick! Maybe that's the point. Sick people=more money for Big Pharma. It's a sad state of affairs.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 11:51:01 UTC 14859524 Eva Putnam [Signature #344] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14859413?utm_medium=rss I support world-wide movement that the medical community would recognize the importance of the thyroid treatment.... The one that exists is of the 19th century and not many doctors are current on new science about it...

TIPS FOR PATIENTS:
So many tired and depressed people have thyroid dysfunction and do not know it.
There are given antidepressants to address the symptoms without looking for the root cause...
1. Check your thyroid--and not just the infamous TSH but Free T3, Free T4, Reversed T3 and thyroid antibodies.
- Do not believe your doc who tells you that your thyroid if fine because your TSH is between 0.45 and 4.5. If he/she says it, ditch them. Your TSH should not be more than 1.5.
- Do NOT accept a synthetic thyroid supplement if you need one. Get dessicated pig thyroid, Armour Thyroid, for example.

I hope for a better future for thyroid sufferers.
Regards
Eva Putnam
Colorado

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 11:24:09 UTC 14859413 Caitriona McGlynn [Signature #343] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14859389?utm_medium=rss I was misdiagnosed, though I have Hashimoto's and had to fight to receive the true diagnosis. I was then treated with T4 only, by my GP, which made me depressed and ill. Now I am being treated with natural desiccated thyroid and I'm much improved. I am not being treated by my own GP. We NEED better care!!!

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 11:18:43 UTC 14859389 Stewart Spinrad [Signature #342] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14859223?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:41:59 UTC 14859223 Jenny Meares [Signature #341] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14859059?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 10:07:32 UTC 14859059 Eileen Doyle [Signature #340] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14858933?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:40:49 UTC 14858933 Irena Bieniarz [Signature #339] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14858792?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:09:29 UTC 14858792 Elizabeth Bernier [Signature #338] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14858751?utm_medium=rss Maltreated with levoxyl for 30 years resulting in a cascade of illness. Now on T3 only, health improving.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:02:16 UTC 14858751 James Rayburn [Signature #337] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14858750?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:02:16 UTC 14858750 B. Fifield [Signature #336] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14858322?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 07:53:25 UTC 14858322 Janine Woodward [Signature #335] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14858082?utm_medium=rss After diagnosis in 1991, I was put on standard thyroid meds. I still suffered fatigue, dry skin, and many other debilitating symptoms, but was told I was fine. Now, in 2012 I am finally on NDT and feeling so much better. Protocols need to be changed for thyroid patients. Too many have had my experience. Using the TSH test only as a diagnosis, without adding Free T3 and T4 and then prescribing T4 only treatment leave many untreated. Millions of people around the world are counting on you to take the steps necessary to make a profound difference in their suffering!

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 07:16:57 UTC 14858082 Anonymous [Signature #334] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14857813?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 06:23:59 UTC 14857813 lizz river [Signature #333] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14857731?utm_medium=rss I felt I must respond to this petition as I have been suffering the symptoms of an underactive thyroid for many years - they have crept up gradually for over a decade. I am now in a lot of pain - muscular, bone and joints. I suffer from concentration and memory problems, I have tinnitus, a goitre, a very swollen scalloped tongue, hair and eyebrow loss and much more- all classic symptoms of a thyroid problem but the only diagnosis I have is Fibromyalgia because all my results are ' normal'. I hope my very shortened story helps me and the many many people who are ill with thyroid problems get the help that they need.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 06:05:45 UTC 14857731 ELIZABETH WALSH [Signature #332] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14857703?utm_medium=rss Hypothyroidism is a miserable condition to exist within. Every cell in the Body is compromised, and life looses its colours and meaning - simply trying to cope with this burden.
To then be treated like some 'heart sink Patient' who has nothing better to do than complain at the surgery is intolerable cruel.
Many of us are shocked to discover that ill conceived Medical Paradigms such as the current trumpeted 'Gold Standard' used to diagnose and treat Hypothyroidism, can be bullishly upheld in the light of ample research to the contrary.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 05:59:43 UTC 14857703 Susan Wilkinson [Signature #331] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14857700?utm_medium=rss Please stand up and make history by forcing the GMC to improve diagnosis and treatment of thyroid hormone imbalance.

We are suffering. We are frightened. We want our lives back.

You can make historic, groundbreaking changes that will help women all over the world, but firstly here, in the UK.

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 05:59:13 UTC 14857700 Virginia Moore [Signature #330] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14857162?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Mar 2013 04:06:35 UTC 14857162 Anonymous [Signature #329] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14856644?utm_medium=rss I fully support this petition as I have Hashimoto without antibodies in blood, so docs didn not take my symptoms serious, therefore it wasn't discovered + I didn't get thryroid treatment, then only Elthyroxin and my health got worse. Most endocrinologists do not know much about thyroid diseases+the right treatment, the right diagnosis, how complex the symptoms can be as well as other health issues that go along with it like e.g. Adrenal Fatigue, a lack of Vitamins B12, D3, etc. etc.
If at all, docs only prescribe T4 but know almost nothing about T3 (including T3/T4 conversion problems) or desiccated thyroid. THIS HAS TO CHANGE! The voice of millions of thyroid patients worldwide needs to be heard! Please support us!

]]> Sat, 9 Mar 2013 02:06:36 UTC 14856644 debby simpson [Signature #328] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14855969?utm_medium=rss went undiagnosed autoimmune for over 10 years now diagnosed and being given levothyroxine which is not working and just constantly being fobbed off by doctors who tell me its common in women of my age. common it may be but im a 45 year old who feels like a 90 year old..

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 11:27:15 UTC 14855969 Robert Kinamon [Signature #327] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14855722?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:38:26 UTC 14855722 Bettyjo Weaver [Signature #326] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14855711?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:36:54 UTC 14855711 Kathleen Dintaman [Signature #325] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14855313?utm_medium=rss We patients who deal with hypothyroidism need a medical community that follows the research and patient findings/experience. The treatment of hypothyroidism should be addressed like diabetes is being treated. It is a day to day challenge. Symptoms guide us patients.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:11:41 UTC 14855313 Terry Reno [Signature #324] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14855265?utm_medium=rss T4 kept me sick. Natural thyroid works. TSH is suppressed in my case and doctors want me to take NOTHING - which is crazy talk since I have no thyroid. Please change your standards and help us.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:00:32 UTC 14855265 Dianah Beattie [Signature #323] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14855195?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 08:48:30 UTC 14855195 Paula Jacobs [Signature #322] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14853365?utm_medium=rss My GP says I have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism (for the past 17 years). It's rampant in my family. However GPs treatment is not effective and referral to a consultant led to a letter saying 'seeing this patient would be a waste of time'. My only hope is to continue buying desiccated thyroid online from abroad. The NHS has let me down, and many other patients are in the same situation. Thank goodness you have the courage to confront this problem. Many thanks. Paula

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:54:32 UTC 14853365 Jackie Gilligan [Signature #321] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14853035?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:05:46 UTC 14853035 Catriona Edwards [Signature #320] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14853030?utm_medium=rss Suffered for years on T4 only, recovered my health on NDT.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:05:07 UTC 14853030 nicholas harrison [Signature #319] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14852845?utm_medium=rss I have a partner who is going through so many symptoms of thyroid disease, its so depressing seeing my partner so drained and unhappy on a day to day basis and i get so upset, the doctors just pass it of as depression and anxiety, there is not enough specialists to help and to diagnose, they are so easy to hand out antidepressants instead of listening, my partner has been suicidal because of how she feels, there is no help out there for people who struggle with this horrid ordeal and things needs to be looked at, the so say ranges are different in all areas of the county, if my partner was in a different area she could possibly get a diagnosis, because people are in "so say" ranges they shrug them off!
the symptoms need to be looked at, my partner also has a thyroid nodule so surely this should be looked into, i personally feel sorry for anyone that is going through this, like i said my partner struggles through life and its horrible to see my bubbly partner cry each and everyday because its making her sick.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 03:32:15 UTC 14852845 nichola watson [Signature #318] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14852785?utm_medium=rss I am currently trying to get the right testing for thyroid disorder, the united kingdom only does the tsh and i have struggled through many symptoms regarding a thyroid problem, i have a thyroid nodule and everyday is a battle for me, im signing this petition as more needs to be done on thyroid diagnosis!

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 03:22:31 UTC 14852785 Dr Shoshana Garfield, PhD [Signature #317] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14851609?utm_medium=rss I have recently been diagnosed with both adrenal fatigue and an underactive thyroid. it explains years of having to work harder than everyone else to get less result, in everything from studies to weight issues and exercise. Only newly on appropriate medication, I eat less than my 8 y.o. child. Thyroid problems are not considered very important and even if on a GP radar, virtually glib tests are used. For me, the worst of the impact has been horrific. Thyroid problems are known to engender reproductive problems, and despite loving children very much, I only have one living daughter. I have also had 12 - yes, 12 - miscarriages, and, a full-term, stillborn son. My placenta was examined and found on the lower end of adequate and there were signs in my son's corpse regarding his brain and liver size ratio that indicates he was not getting enough nutrition even though I was extremely careful and taking loads of supplements. I have been tested thoroughly for a cause for my pregnancy problems - but no one even thought of checking my thyroid. It is abominable and unacceptable that with all the diagnostic tools right here, and treatment available, that this is not dealt with satisfactorily.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 11:58:16 UTC 14851609 liza mccarron [Signature #316] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14851072?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:17:39 UTC 14851072 Kim Murray [Signature #315] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850972?utm_medium=rss I believe there are too many low results being ignored and left untreated even with strong family histories and displaying symptoms Dr's still will not treat as they go on blood results alone and will not even see the person who has all the the symptoms, leaving them struggling with daily life . They need to look at other countries protocols and offer people a small dose to see if that alleviates symptoms

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:59:31 UTC 14850972 Sue Morgan [Signature #314] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850798?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:18:40 UTC 14850798 Vanessa Stafford [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850662?utm_medium=rss I have had an Under-active thyroid for 20 years and been on Levothyroxine for that time. I have been overweight and suffered from brain fog and tired, also terrible aches and pains. Not sleeping. Doctors not been interested. 3 months ago I ordered Armour from America since then I have lost 2 stones in weight, brain fog gone I have no aches or pains and feel great. Now why can't be given this on prescription when it suits me so much and is not harmful for me as it is natural.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 08:48:31 UTC 14850662 Stephanie Trolle [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850388?utm_medium=rss It is crucial that Thyroid patients be helped after being neglected for so long!

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:44:44 UTC 14850388 Sharon Evagorou [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850363?utm_medium=rss Please please you need to be aware that it is serious matter.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:33:34 UTC 14850363 Anonymous [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850308?utm_medium=rss Doctors ignoring hypothyroids are causing decades of illnesses and misery - and inability to work because of that - which can be solved if they only take some notice of basic diagnostic techniques - ie the temperature of the patient! Then prescribe natural thyroid extract and iodine and supportive mineral and vitamin supplements and the patient would be on the road to a cure of their thyroid problem! Instead people (mostly women) are left to suffer, and are generally patronised mercilessly as well, and left to quietly die.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:13:08 UTC 14850308 L HARVEY MESSINA [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850215?utm_medium=rss The addition of liothyronine to my daily thyroxine medication has improved my symptoms no end. It seems bizarre that this treatment is not allowed routinely on the NHS, nor the testing to see if it is a worthwhile trial, so patients could purchase it themselves if it was still ultimately unavailable on the NHS. I no longer experience any of the symptoms that kept me going back and forwards to the doctor/ hospital etc, and T3 in my case will have saved more money indirectly than it has cost. Please rectify this wrong and do more trials into this medication route, or just accept that some patients are not adequately replaced with T4. Many thanks.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:47:18 UTC 14850215 Susan Leith [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850214?utm_medium=rss For 7 years I have been diagnosed as Hypothyroid, with sever symptoms. & years of being on Levothyroxine has made very little difference. for the 7 years I have been informing my doctor that the medication was not working...but all he thought to do was pop me full of anti-depressants and dangerous pain relief.
Eventually I found out about T3 treatment and a doctor who would recommend it as my own doctor blatantly would not believe it was my thyroid, It couldn't be as my blood tests said everything was ok.
Within days of being given small daily dose of T3 there has been a dramatic improvement. As each month goes by my mind and body get so much better.
7 years of not only my life, but my children's life have been ruined due to the debilitating symptoms that I was left to endure because the medical profession say that these thyroid tests and Levothyroxine work the same for everyone,.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:46:33 UTC 14850214 Jackie Kay [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850155?utm_medium=rss The use of the flawed TSH testing has prevented me getting an NHS diagnosis despite having so many worsening hypothyroid symptoms for so long. I've been ill for over 40 years. This has ruined my life. I've finally paid to see a private specialist and buy my own meds (thanks to the brilliant TPA advice).

This condition is so common. Please stop thousands and thousands of us suffering.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:27:23 UTC 14850155 chris hodgson [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850101?utm_medium=rss I was diagnosed with hypothyroid when I was 16, I spent the next 20 years on levothyroxin and spent them in a cloud of fatigue, sleeplessness, depression, lethargy and weight gain. The medication did not make any difference to my wellbeing and despite regular blood tests to monitor my disorder I was only running on 50%. After research I discovered NDT and after a lot of procrastination I decided to start self-medicating.

I have not required a NHS prescription since and have been buying my medication from internet pharmacies. I went to discuss this with my GP (Tayport, Fife) just last week and was told under no circumstances was she allowed to prescribe these drugs despite the one I've been using now requiring a prescription. I am now forced to change medication again to another form of NDT that is available.

Since taking NDT I am approx 2 stones lighter, have energy to be active, regularly running and mountain biking and more importantly can function normally for a 12 hour period without crashing.

I requested an adrenal test as I still do not sleep well but this was dismissed as unnecessary and the saliva test invalid and unworthy scientifically.

This needs immediate attention

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:06:12 UTC 14850101 elizabeth benson [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850095?utm_medium=rss T4 is definitely not the whole solution for this complex condition. Doctors are in general un sympathetic to symptoms if the TSH levels are 'within range'. My daughter has had some horrendous consultations where she has virtually been told she must be imagining it all!

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2013 06:02:53 UTC 14850095 Gillian Baxter [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850084?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:59:38 UTC 14850084 HELEN DOBRICIC [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14850041?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:44:31 UTC 14850041