Long Wait for Appointment - Thoughts?

Hi, I have not yet been officially diagnosed with a thyroid condition, so I hope this is OK to post.

I am 20-years-old, and I have been having symptoms for the past few months. I saw my GP two weeks ago and she ran thyroid tests. I've had symptoms of significant weight loss, hair loss, and fatigue. We expected my results to come back clear for hyperthyroidism, but they did not. Even though my tests came back fairly normal, my doctor still wants me to see an endocrinologist. I have family history of both Graves' disease and diabetes T1. I called the endocrinologist's office to schedule an appointment - the earliest available appointment is mid-October.


I worry about being a bother, but should I try to get another referral or get my doctor to push for an earlier appointment? Any suggestions? I begin classes again and worry about how I will preform feeling like this.

Thank you!

Thank you, scorpio-girl :)

Hope your symptoms are straightened out. The thing about hyperthyroidism that doesn't match is that I have a decreased appetite, no temperature intolerances, and my periods have remained regular. I hope that the endocrinologist will be able to help me, though I'm not sure what other thyroid tests they will run that my PCP did not.

Is 2 1/2 months a reasonable amount of time to wait? Am I just over-reacting as I have been very fortunate in getting quick appointments with other doctors?

Thanks again!

2 1/2 months sounds pretty standard for a specialist, esp if its the first visit and done publicly.

Its annoying not knowing isn't it? I'm at the same point as you, trying to figure out whats going on. I have decreased appetite too but thats probably more due to my GI issues, and I have ridiculous temp problems so that does fit with hyper. My family has a history of Graves so its looking like I'm probably hyper.

Good luck with the endocrinologist, try not to worry yourself too much while you wait :(

Hi meganec17,

Each time you go for blood test you should ask for a copy of the results, write on it the medications you were taking and the doses and how you felt, this will become a valuable record for you.

Without knowing what is your thyroid results we can not help you, once you have them please do post them here and we will be happy to help you interpret them.

Do you know what tests were done? in addition to TSH, Free T4 and Free T3, you need to be tested for the thyroid antibodies, those are TGab and antiTPOab for hashimoto and TSI for graves.

Best of luck,

hypoHasimoto: I should get the results. I'll try to get them and will share. I know for a fact T3, T4, and TSH were checked, I'm unsure about the antibodies. Thank you!

SharonZ: Definitely frustrating for sure. I will work on getting the results, thank you.

Yeah, its normal to take a long freakin time to get an appt.
What you can do, I do sometimes, is call the receptionist regularly to see if there is a cancellation.

2. You could be in the beginning stages of Hyperthyroidism, so maybe thats why you dont have all the symptoms..?

Then theres the Iodine deficiency topic. I just joined so I dont know if theres a post about this. I will in the future.. If you dont know about this, google Dr Brownstein. He says that we are deficient in Iodine, not enough in our bodies, so thats partially why we have these problems. I look at it from many angles.
best!

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