endocrinologist? | Imamother

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 5:39 pm

can anyone reccomend a n endocrinologist in the brooklyn area or near it who takies americhice and listenes to his patients, not just the number on the test results?

chocolate moose

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 5:40 pm

I have someone in Chinatown but he listens so much that you wait hours for your appt.

PinkFridge

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 5:45 pm

Is this thyroid, diabetes, or neither? I don't know NY but you may get better guidance that way.

If you mean thyroid, do you regularly get not just TSH but FreeT4 and FreeT3 as well?

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 5:48 pm

its for thyroid. I have been on desiccated thyroid and cytomel most of my life. my tsh levels are always too low and every doctor go t tells me I'm taking too much, but my hair has been steadily falling out for 11 years and is so dry and course that it's painful to brush even after conditioning,I am resistant to weight loss, my basal temp is always low, my nails are soft, I have brain fog, irregular periods when not on BC and in general always feel like a limp noodle.it takes me all day to recover from any significant physical exertion. I am supplementing with b vitamins,iodine and selenium but it hasn't helped at all. im looking for a doctor who will look beyond the tsh who takes my insurance.

PinkFridge

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 5:56 pm

A dr. can't go by TSH alone!!!
Do you have your latest TSH? My inquiring mind wants to know!
A few good books:
Living Well with Hypothyroidism by Mary Shomon (I love her but her hyper book is very flawed)
Thyroid Power by the Shameses

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:00 pm

thanks but I know that. thats why I am looking for a better doctor. I think my tsh was .1.. not if I remember correctly though.

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Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:01 pm

does anyone know of a doc?

Yocheved84

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:01 pm

Actually met with an amazing endocrinologist on Friday to discuss hormonal issues (TSH, FSH, ACTH, prolactin). Harvey Benovitz. In Manhattan, but is well worth it. (Not that it matters, but he's also frum.)
:212-877-2100 .

Hatzlocha

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:02 pm

Yocheved84 wrote:

does he take americhoice?

PinkFridge

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:04 pm

Tweedledee wrote:

thanks but I know that. thats why I am looking for a better doctor. I think my tsh was .1.. not if I remember correctly though.

My apologies. I hope you don't mind polite patronizing; you must understand how eye-opening it is for some people though.
And a TSH of 0.1 would have you flirting with hypER...plot thickens ;-)

Yocheved84

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:06 pm

Tweedledee wrote:

Yocheved84 wrote:

does he take americhoice?

It seems like their office takes most plans. Definitely call and see. I've switched insurances about five times, and they've taken each one.

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:13 pm

then I'm a bad flirter. something is obviously very wrong. I suspect I have an autoimmune issue

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:13 pm

Yocheved84 wrote:

Tweedledee wrote:

Yocheved84 wrote:

does he take americhoice?

It seems like their office takes most plans. Definitely call and see. I've switched insurances about five times, and they've taken each one.

manhatten doctors rarely take it but I'll find out.

chocolate moose

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:18 pm

My dr was very caring, Dr Huey on Mulberry Street in Chinatown.

Tweedledee

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:22 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

My dr was very caring, Dr Huey on Mulberry Street in Chinatown.

now if he takes americhoice?

chocolate moose

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 6:24 pm

I have no idea; I used Oxford.

amother

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 9:22 pm

Tweedledee wrote:

I had similar issues that were B'h resolved by Dr. Mark Hyman, in Lenox,MA.
You need to travel once to see him and then you follow up by phone. He integrates regular medicine with supplements. He does alot of tests, he checks what exactly your body is missing or low in.
He's helped so many pp.
You might want to read his book, that is how I got to him.

http://www.ultrametabolism.com/

Refuah Shlaima, it is miserable, I can definitely relate.

PinkFridge

Sun, Jan 10 2010, 10:27 pm

Looking at your original post, you mention your TSH levels are low. I didn't read it carefully, figured since you mentioned you were on replacement, that your thyroid was low. Because if your TSH is low, why in the world are you on replacement? I'm still not clear as to what's going on, if you're hyper or hypo.

Also, about supplementing with iodine: iodine deficiency isn't too common these days. (Yes, there's a holistic MD named Brownstein who has his shitos on iodine; for various reasons he scares me, a lot.)

Here's the thing about thyroid: one can get such lousy treatment, on a consistent basis, that it's tempting to go the holistic route. Not that I have anything against complementary medicine, but when allopathic docs know what they're doing - what tests to administer, how to interpret them, how to dose - the patients will almost inevitably do well. When one goes to a naturopath, who offers all sorts of lovely supplements, etc. (sorry 10:22 amother) you have to be really, really sure of what you're taking and that the doc knows what s/he's doing.

amother

Mon, Jan 11 2010, 8:45 am

PinkFridge wrote:

When one goes to a naturopath, who offers all sorts of lovely supplements, etc. (sorry 10:22 amother) you have to be really, really sure of what you're taking and that the doc knows what s/he's doing.

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amother

Mon, Jan 11 2010, 8:48 am

The link there doesn't work. It's:www.drhyman.com