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Should I Look For A New Doctor?

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munchkinette Collaborator
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OK, so I've been gluten-free for about 6 months, and I'm still TIRED. All the time. Nothing I try helps. I told my doctor last week during my physical, and she did all the tests again including iron and thyroid tests. Everything is in the normal range, but still at the very low end of the normal range. What should my next step be? I've been complaining about being tired for a few years, and she keeps running these tests, but then we don't take a next step. I've talked about this with my psychiatrist (a doctor, not a therapist) and he seems to think that my general doctor needs to do something more. I'm just not sure what to do or where to look.

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OK, so I've been gluten-free for about 6 months, and I'm still TIRED. All the time. Nothing I try helps. I told my doctor last week during my physical, and she did all the tests again including iron and thyroid tests. Everything is in the normal range, but still at the very low end of the normal range. What should my next step be? I've been complaining about being tired for a few years, and she keeps running these tests, but then we don't take a next step. I've talked about this with my psychiatrist (a doctor, not a therapist) and he seems to think that my general doctor needs to do something more. I'm just not sure what to do or where to look.

Are you supplementing with iron and sublingual B12? If not I would start. I wish I could be of more help.

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The thyroid tests can be inaccurate. Do a search on Broda Barnes, a medical doc who pioneered research on other ways to test. He came up with a basal temperature test that is more accurate. I know I was subclinical low thyroid and taking some over the counter sure helps me a lot!!! It brought my temps up, too.

My doc always has tested hemoglobin for iron, but I had another doc do an iron saturation test. You might ask for this as well. I don't really know the difference, but it might be worth looking into.

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I knew a guy who said he found after giving up milk that it was what had caused his constant fatigue and brain fog.

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Well I don't have a whole lot of dairy. I use lactaid on cereal. Besides that, I only have dairy in cheese form.

I've had the CBC (blood count) and ferritin.... maybe some other ones for the iron tests. I've had TSH and Free T4 for the thyroid.

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I don't know, just based on when you went gluten free you haven't been gluten-free for that long, it's all relative to how long you were sick before diagnosis.

Have you had all your vitamin levels checked? The one's off the top of my head, B, K, D, folic acid? If all levels have been checked give your body some time to recover. It has taken me almost 3 years.

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