GP refusing to do Thyroid antibodies blood test - has anyone else experienced this?

[thereinmadnesslies]

I have Hashimotos and had a review appt today with a GP. When we were looking at the blood test results I asked what my thyroid antibody result was and the GP said that the local health authority no longer allows thyroid antibody blood tests unless the TSH level is high.

I was really astonished - surely the only really clinical measure of the state of my thyroid is by checking the antibodies?? My TSH was higher than usual at 2.5 and I'm feeling terrible (I feel well at 1) so I think my antibodies are high.

Has anyone else had problems getting their antibodies checked? And what can I do?

I've just been diagnosed with hashis today- my dr has said no need to test for antibodies at all from now on in as its the tsh that matters in titrating dose , not the antibody level. This may well be completely wrong of course! Sure cost comes into it somewhere too! My tsh is 6.5 atm. Not sure if this is of any help for u as it is all a bit new to me!