What a fascinating interview. I could happily listen to Michael Rosen talk about any subject but this was particularly interesting as I have family members with Hypothyroidism.
thank you Elizabeth, we're so glad you enjoyed and we hope your family members may appreciate that you have some new insight into their condition from watching the video - they might also like to see it, please do share if you think they'd be interested!
thank you so much for this entertaining and informative presentation. I am an ex pat now in the USA and it is so comforting to listen to a british presentation ...the languaging is comfortable and insightful. I am happy to have found you as a source of information as I begin tis journey of discovery about the Thyroid...currently my numbers seem to be OK except I have antibodies to my thyroid..and even though my numbers are normamlized for now, I still do not feel that great. Chicken and egg syndrome..is it my Thyroid or is it the stress of these covid quarantine times...anyway..I am delighted to have found you and also thankyou for other resources mentioned during the interview.
Very many thanks to Michael Rosen & Lorraine. There were many new ideas & suggestions made in this wonderful session, useful for us all. Thank you so much.
It seems there was a confusion with the dosage by body weight: around 1.6-1.7 micrograms of thyroxine per kilo of body weight (the interviewer got it the wrong way round). If that's right then I'm probably on too low a dose, which I have suspected for years, and could explain why I've never gone back to feeling energetic or mentally sharp after being very ill, although most of the other symptoms are better than they were before diagnosis and treatment. Thanks Michael for an interesting conversation and all the best for your continuing recovery from covid!
HI Suzanna, yes you're right, thanks for spotting the error here, Lorraine got the calculation the wrong way round, it should indeed be 1.6 mcg for each kg of bodyweight - this is what NICE guideline now suggests as a starting dose - www.thyroidtrust.org/nice-guidelines.html
@@thyroidtrust Thank you, that's really useful. It's good to have evidence or recognised research to take to the doctors since they don't pay much attention to my actual symptoms. All the best!
every symptom is what i've got, i guess this video may have made me realize, i never heard of it before but always so pale with bloodshot eyes and never been near subtances
Michael Rosen why don't you try a private doctor and private tests - why should you be having reduced medicines when you feel better on a higher dose? It's madness you need to have the dose you feel best on!
oh this is a little disappointing - MR has a great deal of faith in doctors - many hypothyroid patients don't get treated well by doctors - are diagnosed with depression and dismissed - and many of us respond to levothyroxine like arsenic in their system - levo can be like a poison. also tsh levels are not important- T4 & T3 are important .....
Interesting guy, sounds like he went through many things I did. Well apart from finding a good doctor that didn’t insist I was fine or mentally ill. 🙄 Covid gave me horrific eye problems too which no doctor or optician would even believe and I found the medical gaslighting more damaging than the actual virus as I was made to feel like a hypochondriac all over again after a lifetime fighting doctors for an explanation for my health problems and only ever being made worse which caused enough damage without the untreated hypothyroidism on top. 😪
What a fascinating interview. I could happily listen to Michael Rosen talk about any subject but this was particularly interesting as I have family members with Hypothyroidism.
thank you Elizabeth, we're so glad you enjoyed and we hope your family members may appreciate that you have some new insight into their condition from watching the video - they might also like to see it, please do share if you think they'd be interested!
thank you so much for this entertaining and informative presentation. I am an ex pat now in the USA and it is so comforting to listen to a british presentation ...the languaging is comfortable and insightful. I am happy to have found you as a source of information as I begin tis journey of discovery about the Thyroid...currently my numbers seem to be OK except I have antibodies to my thyroid..and even though my numbers are normamlized for now, I still do not feel that great. Chicken and egg syndrome..is it my Thyroid or is it the stress of these covid quarantine times...anyway..I am delighted to have found you and also thankyou for other resources mentioned during the interview.
Thank you so much - such a wonderfully easy listen 😊
You're very welcome Christine! We're so glad you enjoyed it!
Yes I could listen Michael Rosen talking to paint drying! I wonder if you experienced more severe Covid & longer recovery due to being hypothyroidism?
love this guy
i'm one of the few people who in the 1990s was taught "we gotta go through it!" from his book in primary school
Very many thanks to Michael Rosen & Lorraine. There were many new ideas & suggestions made in this wonderful session, useful for us all. Thank you so much.
Many thanks for the warm feedbackTheresa!!
Ive lived with hypothyroidism for 12 years now and it doesnt get easier
It seems there was a confusion with the dosage by body weight: around 1.6-1.7 micrograms of thyroxine per kilo of body weight (the interviewer got it the wrong way round). If that's right then I'm probably on too low a dose, which I have suspected for years, and could explain why I've never gone back to feeling energetic or mentally sharp after being very ill, although most of the other symptoms are better than they were before diagnosis and treatment. Thanks Michael for an interesting conversation and all the best for your continuing recovery from covid!
HI Suzanna, yes you're right, thanks for spotting the error here, Lorraine got the calculation the wrong way round, it should indeed be 1.6 mcg for each kg of bodyweight - this is what NICE guideline now suggests as a starting dose - www.thyroidtrust.org/nice-guidelines.html
@@thyroidtrust Thank you, that's really useful. It's good to have evidence or recognised research to take to the doctors since they don't pay much attention to my actual symptoms. All the best!
every symptom is what i've got, i guess this video may have made me realize, i never heard of it before but always so pale with bloodshot eyes and never been near subtances
Michael Rosen why don't you try a private doctor and private tests - why should you be having reduced medicines when you feel better on a higher dose? It's madness you need to have the dose you feel best on!
oh this is a little disappointing - MR has a great deal of faith in doctors - many hypothyroid patients don't get treated well by doctors - are diagnosed with depression and dismissed - and many of us respond to levothyroxine like arsenic in their system - levo can be like a poison. also tsh levels are not important- T4 & T3 are important .....
Interesting guy, sounds like he went through many things I did. Well apart from finding a good doctor that didn’t insist I was fine or mentally ill. 🙄 Covid gave me horrific eye problems too which no doctor or optician would even believe and I found the medical gaslighting more damaging than the actual virus as I was made to feel like a hypochondriac all over again after a lifetime fighting doctors for an explanation for my health problems and only ever being made worse which caused enough damage without the untreated hypothyroidism on top. 😪