u/Altruistic_Taste1509

My pediatrician recently ordered me a thyroid panel due to immediate family's history of developing various thyroid issues developing in teenhood. Today my pediatrician got back to me and said: "Vitamin D is very low- recommend 5000 IU daily. Thyroid is subclinical- no need for medication at this time, T4 is normal will continue to monitor."

Im feeling weirdly defeated being told that I don't need medication because I'm not asymptomatic. my symptoms are really bad. Im getting my period 2-3 times a month, hair loss, heart feeling weak/skipping beats in the morning, extreme fatigue, joint pain, limb numbness etc... At my yearly physical where the thyroid panel was ordered I was speaking about menstrual problems because I assumed I had PCOS, and didn't think to bring up the other symptoms which I'm heavily regretting now.

should I communicate this to my pediatrician now or wait until what I'm assuming is another blood test in 3-6 months 🫠?? I'm 17 and have no help from my parents with medical stuff whatsoever and this is all really frustrating trying to figure out on my own. On top of that I just started a carpentry apprenticeship and I'm planning on going back to college this summer. The thought of having to continue rawdogging my symptoms after doing so for the past 4 years is scarring me really badly.

any and all feedback is appreciated :)

Im 17 and I've never dealt with something like this and I'm not sure what to do. Labs done 3 weeks ago to check my thyroids as problems run in my immediate family. while ordering me a referral I got told by my pediatrician that I would be contacted if anything came back abnormal. I got my blood test results back the same day, flagged as abnormal and under review on MyChart.

My family urged me to message my pediatrician on MyChart a week after the appointment due to not hearing anything back. I felt like a nuisance but I did so and got told by a staff member that isn't my pediatrician that they'll contact me once they review my test results. fast forward to now it's coming up on a month since the appointment and my family is telling me to message them every single day until I get told that they're being reviewed/got reviewed. this sounds really excessive and unnecessary to do and I don't want my doctors to not take me seriously over repeatedly contacting them 🥲🥲 idk what to do, hoping for a second opinion

just got off the redline and saw a bunch of people wearing red sweaters and holding up signs but I was walking too fast to see what they said