As I continue this journey, I continue to become more and more disillusioned with doctors and our medical system. I self treated until I could find a doctor I could work with and who would work with me. Self treating takes a lot courage and you must educate yourself even more than most physicians on the thyroid and the treatments available. I wouldn't trust an endocrinologist as far as I could throw him/her! I no longer trust most M.D.'s. I got tired of being told my symptoms had nothing to do with my thyroid, when a look at any medical textbook made that a lie! I have come to the conclusion, sadly, that most doctors are nothing but dressed up and legal drug pushers, at the beck and call of the pharmaceutical industry. I have left the medical system. The FDA is a joke, as is the AMA. They are supposed to be watchdogs for patients and citizens, and they are nothing but watchdogs for Big Pharma. It makes me both sad and angry. I write letters; I protest what is happening. Both political parties pander to Big Pharma and none of them can be trusted to look out for us anymore. We have to look out for ourselves and be proactive for our own health. Today's medical system can and will kill you. Look at actual statistics and you will find out that is true. Educate yourselves; your health depends on it!