I AM A 64 YR. OLD FEMAIL THAT HAS HYPOTHYROIDISM. DIAGNOSED AT AROUND AGE 30. TAKEN SYNTHROID FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS AT VARIOUS DOSES FROM THS BLOOD TESTS. WENT TO A PROFESSIONAL THYROID DR. 20 YEARS AGO FOR MORE TESTING BECAUSE MY SYMPTOMS WERE GETTING WORSE. I WAS GIVEN AN ULTRSOUND OF THE THYROID GLAND WHICH THE DR. SAID, WAS MOSTLY ALL BLACK IN COLOR WHICH HE TOLD ME MEANS MY THYROID IS PRETTY WELL DEAD. BUT INSISTED THAT I KEEP TAKING JUST SYNTHROID. SAYING MY BODY TURNS THE T4 INTO T3 BY ITSELF. FRUSTRATED WITH HIS INSISTANCE AGAINST ADDED T3, I LEFT AND CONTINUED TO GO DOWN HILL. I WAS GIVEN T3 BY MY DAUGHTER A YEAR AGO ON MY OWN AND WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE GREAT RESULTS. OFCOURSE THIS WAS DONE (UNDER THE TABLE) BUT THE RESULTS WERE EVIDENT THAT I NEEDED MORE. I KNOW I NEED THIS AS I HAVE LEARNED I ALSO HAVE HOSHIMOTOS DISEASE AND AUTOIMUNE DISEASE, hOW AND WHERE CAN I GO FROM HERE, WHEN NONE OF MY DR. WANTS TO BELIEVE JUST SYNTHROID ALONE IS WORKING. I FEEL HOPELESS, DEPRESSED,NO ENERGY, CAN'T EVEN THINK, GAINING WEIGHT, ETC. ETC. AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON INCLUDING MY BODY ALWAYS IS IN PAIN. ( ALL THESE SYMPTOMS AND MORE IMPROVED 95% WHEN I ADDED T3) ARE THE DR'S TRYING TO KILL US? I HAVE A LIFE TO LIVE AND WANT TO BE WELL. THIS IS MY FIRST STEP IN FINDING SOME REAL HELP. WHAT DO YOU SAY?