Insilun resistance?

Question

Im going to an endocrinologist for treatment of my thyroid disease (hashimoto's). Well she has diagnosed me as being insulin resistant. I get very sick if I try taking the medicine she prescribed and am wondering if I am truly insulin resistant. She started me on metformin which I could not take at all then switched me to glumetza which also makes me sick. She did this based on 2 glucose fasting tests that I had done by another dr almost a year and half ago, my levels were 102 and 105. Yes I am a bit overweight due to my thyroid not being under proper control (at another dr's expense). I exercise every day watch what I eat and am very active. When I do get blood work done from my endo. it is always just focused at my thyroid levels. Is this normal...can the results from a year and half ago still be correct, should she be doing more tests? Only thing she told me was to take the glumetza and stay on a no carb diet.

Id like a 2nd opinion, but my insurance is through the Army and they told me this is the only specialist in this area that they work with

Duckie she tried telling me that I have PCOS (again with no testing done) I dont have facial hair, acne, i have very regular periods, only time i missed them is when I was pregnant (3 times)... it seems like she just doesnt want to hear what i have to say though

Answer 1

No reputable physician would start a patient on medication based upon blood tests that are 1 1/2 years old. This is gross negligence. The physician should be reported. In addition fasting glucose readings of 102 and 105 mg/dL (5.7 and 5.8 mmol/L) may indicate insulin resistance but by themselves they do not warrant pharmacologic intervention. Other testing should have been done. Again - this is gross negligence. The physician should be reported and you need to see another physician. You are also correct that if you have fluctuating thyroid function from Hashimoto's Thyroiditis that this will affect your weight which will affect your glucose. I am terribly disturbed to hear that a Board Certified physician is treating you in such a careless manner. I wish you the best of luck and the best of health. May God bless.

Answer 2

I disagree with your endocrinologist, for two reasons. That is Thyroid diseases really have nothing to do with being a diabetic, embalance brain cells are more of a cause for thyroid diseases. I feel to cure your thyroid disease you should seek an inhome care taker, simply because thyroid disease is very much in questions as to what is the actual cause of it. Some physcians, feel that thyroid chemical embalance of brain waves, and cells, their is a minute theory on diabeties being the cause amongst physcians. The truth is that there is not yet a clinical finding on what induces thyriod diseases. All that is know is that if your feel uncontrollable imbalance, and sick to the extent that you have know controll, at that point I would immediatley hire an inhome care taker, simply because, an over active thyriod, can over act you to a severe phsycriatic imbalance status, that you would not have controll of yourself, senses, and you can loose the sense of even your surroundings. This does not mean that Thyroid disease is a phsyciatrc medical cause, it just means that The illness itself can cause you to become severely disoriented. Like other illnesses, heart diseases, diabeties, and high blood pressure, can also cause disorientation to an extent where people that suffer from these types of diseases need to have the disease monitored to prevent any further problems.

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Answer 3

Hmm do you suffer from any other symptoms such as facial and body hair, acne, abdominal cramping, spotting?? If so has your doctor checked you for PCOS??? Most woman who have PCOS are also insulin resistant. That is the only other thing i can think of.
Hope i helped!

Answer 4

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