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Comments

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Not read, but my (former) endocrinologist tried telling me to treat my hypothyroidism by going gluten-free.

That was the day I fired her.

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Had any treatments for hypothyroidism been working for you?

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Medication keeps it somewhat controlled, but I have Hashimotos, which is a gradual disease that means every few years I need my medication upped a smidge to keep up with the degradation. She was adamant about finding any excuse not to prescribe a different dose or different medication, for some reason.

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt
Your endocrinologist kind of sounds like an ass.
The only reason I can think of for your endocrinologist recommending a gluten free diet is if she suspected that you have celiac disease (like the poster below said).
But hearing the entire story, it sounds like good-riddance

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Playing devil's advocate.

If your thyroid problem is autoimmune, she wasn't completely off the mark.
I'm not a doctor, but I have thyroid problems too, and I would recommend that anyone with autoimmune problems gets a full allergy and food sensitivity work-up. It's how I found out that I have more than one autoimmune disease (Hashimoto's and Celiac). I'm not sure of the statistics, but it's common to have more than one. I also found that treating my Celiac disease, which was cutting out gluten and dairy completely actually reduced the severity of my Hashimoto's symptoms.

That being said, I'm still on HRT and seeing a specialist. There's zero harm in trying alternative treatments and having more tests done, as long as you have sound medical advice in the first place.
I think your Endo just approached this in a really bad way.

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

There's a significant difference between recommending someone get an allergy and sensitivity work-up, and suggesting they go gluten-free right out of the gate. The former is reasonable, the latter is worse than useless, since not only will it not help at all if the patient's not Celiac or gluten-sensitive, it will render any tests for gluten sensitivity ineffective.

Re: Terrible advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Yeah, definitely not the right approach. I just wanted OP to know that it wasn't a completely random idea, like holding a full moon drum circle to improve fertility or something.

Having a doctor at least suggest that I should have a work-up might have saved me two and a half years of pretty much not having a life.