Aibu to expect to expect medical advice from my GP 2 weeks after giving birth

[Shellywelly1973]

I gave birth 3 weeks ago. Days before I got my bfp I was diagnosed as having an underactive thyroid.

I was treated by an endocrinologist during the pregnancy. She tripled my medication & the pregnancy was straight forward & thankfully uneventful.

Last week I started to feel unwell. Sweating. Heart racing. Palpitations. Anxious & intensely irritated. I called my GP to organise blood tests to see if the problems were related to my thyroid or the medication I'm prescribed.

I phoned every morning last week. There were no appointments available. The receptionist suggested I called at 6am! So i asked if a message could be passed to the gp & blood test forms could be left at reception. Each day i called to be told i couldn't have an appoointment& the gp hadn't Eventually responded to my message. By Friday I asked to speak to the practice manager & suddenly an appointment became available for tomorrow.

I've reduced my medicine as i felt so awful. Aibu in thinking any women requesting medical advice 2 weeks after giving birth shouldn't be ignored by her gp & especially if there are pre existing medical conditions.

ha, poor OP. I have a similar story. I think the moral of the story is there are many GREAT (truly great) GPs out there, the rest..... I don't know.
(doi also a doctor, &sadly the same is true of hospital medicine)

They've discharged me...there's nothing I can do about it!

The gp I seen this morning, told me no uncomplicated thyroid patients are referred to endocrinologists anymore.

I made it very clear to the receptionist as to how I'll I felt.

My midwife wasn't based at my GP practice. She knew I was symptomatic as I seen her last Wednesday. She discharged baby and I. She told me to go back to the gp...

OP, please also bear in mind that your thyroid problem could change again after you stop breastfeeding - if you are.

Also, if not treated correctly or left untreated it can inhibit milk production, as I found out with my DS.

Thanks tb I knew an untreated underactive thyroid could affect milk production but I didn't know stopping breastfeeding would affect it.

Not one hcps has mentioned that to me. The GP I seen today didn't ask me if I was breastfeeding. She didn't ask me anything at!