Hi Karen, In my years of Hypothyroid Mom, one trend that is obvious to me time and time again is the number of people that reach out with a cluster of autoimmune diseases all together in one person and among family members. Here’s a good explanation of why this happens: https://hypothyroidmom.com/autoimmune-diseases-brew-in-your-body-for-years-before-diagnosis/

Barbara, It is a sad situation that patients struggle to find thyroid doctors to help them. There are a number of reasons that NDT may not be optimal for you to check including sensitivity to the fillers in the different brands, the dose not being high enough to get your Free T3 to the optimal range, and also iron and adrenal issues as in this article here can prevent people from feeling well on NDT too: https://hypothyroidmom.com/why-some-people-cant-tolerate-t3-and-natural-desiccated-thyroid-medications/