My thyroid stimulating hormone is 6- and my doctor says i don't have hypothyroidism. how can this be?

Mild hypothyroidism: Hi. Your doc is probably just referring to the fact that so far, your hypothyroidism is mild ("subclinical", meaning in spite of the slight bump in TSH, your thyroid hormones themselves, T4 and T3, (liothyronine) are still in the normal range). But if your TSH is reproducibly elevated, it IS hypothyroidism. Prove it by checking TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies. There are other VERY RARE conditions; it's hypo