Hi Diane, I'm sorry to hear this but not surprised. I don't tend to bother with most doctors and these tests because they do not seem to show the real picture of what is actually going on. They seem instead to give a very superficial result.

I do not know enough about this issue, but I do know that I had testing by my doctor (who is also alternative) and it did show low thyroid. No goiter for me though, just cold, very tired, and dry hair. I would call it an unnatural kind of exhaustion. But not something that occured straight away, which is why I didn't know what the problem was.

Had I been given the ordinary tests, nothing would have shown up I'm sure, because nothing ever does, even though I'm very ill everyday.

Did you try the recommendations given on your other post about this? E.g. extra iodine, other nutrients that also support thyroid and adrenals? Diet etc? If so, have they been helpful to you?

I cannot take antidepressants, they cause too many side effects and I do not know what else they do, being a chemical. I hope that you will be able to wean yourself off them completely and maybe with more chelation you will. THe only thing that helped me with this depression was diet and the cutler protocol. Even the diet alone did alot for me at that time, but when I was in the dumping stage of mercury? Diet wasn't enough, I had to get help to chelate it and Andy's was the ticket. But I still suffered anyway, as one does when they are detoxing.

Anyway, just wanted to ask whether you have been trying what was suggested on the other thread and interested to hear if it helped or not (if you've done it). I hope someone else can better answer your other questions in more depth regarding thyroid levels etc.