Everyone's had good suggestions about other avenues to persue (e.g. checking the pituitary, etc.). I had the same problem for quite awhile. I had a bunch of symptoms of hypothyroidism (so many that one of the doctors I saw put me on thyroid meds until he got my blood work back) but my blood work always came back "normal". I actually don't have hypothyroidism anymore because mine was being caused by abnormal pituitary function due to a pituitary tumor. So it might be a good thing to have your other glands checked.
Another thing to consider is that the range that labs/drs use to determine whether your blood work is normal or not can be quite large. Meaning you could find that if you got blood work done through another dr or lab that your blood work would not come back as normal. Each lab sets these values for themselves, there's not necessarily a standard range for all labs. One thing to do if you're worried about this is to get a copy of your lab report and see where your values lie on the scale (which is listed on the lab report), i.e. are your values on one extreme of the range?
One more thing to consider is that not everyone who has hormone imbalances will have abnormal blood test results. This is because hormones don't actually reside in large quantities in the blood, they reside in body tissues. So a blood test isn't the most sensitive lab test that can be used to measure hormone levels. Saliva tests are actually far more sensitive. They aren't generally accepted though, so you'd have to find a dr willing to order one or pay for one for yourself. If you're interested in this way of going about things, you can order a saliva test for yourself through canaryclub.org. A good reference book for people whose hormone imbalances are minor is "Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled?" by Richard Shames. It doesn't directly address hypothyroidism though and is mostly geared toward alternative remedies. Good Luck!!!
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No PCOS diagnosis yet...
Feel free to ask me about hyperprolactinemia though, just had my prolactinoma removed through brain surgery. Happier and healthier already...
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