Posted by jakeman on November 27, 2004, at 17:27:11
In reply to Re: Anyone tried home test kits? » jakeman, posted by tealady on November 26, 2004, at 0:26:43
> have a read of these too
> Great smokies has a good name
> Healthcheck is good too, also recommended by a doc on her site, used by lots on the thyroid forum too
>
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=57731.8
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=57731.8.
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=62471.1
http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=57866.3 and rest of threadThanks Jan, Lar, for your input. I've contacted Great Smokies lab to see if there are any Drs. in my area that use their services. I'm especially interested in the Intestinal Permeability Assessment, among others. The about.com links are very helpful too.
My internist and psychiatrist do not seem to recognize much connection between mental functioning and physical health. If one anti-depressant doesn't work, ok then try this one-- while having done no evalution of the root causes of the symptoms. Many US insurance companies encourage this non-wholistic approach because they don't like doctors spending too much time with patients or ordering too many tests. This "efficiency" model used by my insurance co. appears to have paid off well for them-- in the past year they have had record profits and the stock price increased by over 50% (my premiums and co-pays also increased).
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