Thyroid issue - not having great success losing weight
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Colorscheme wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »As a lifetime thyroid patient, I'm gonna take a guess that the beta blockers and a too-high dose of the thyroid were the cause(s). I hope you find it easier for you now.
HypERthyroid can cause the heart palpitations (not sure if that's why you were on beta-blockers.) Stay on your doctor to monitor your bloods for at least a year. I know here we can go in for just a blood draw without having to see the doctor. That makes it more streamlined, I would ask for every three months a blood draw/reassess.
how do beta blockers cause weight gain?
I take 1200 mg sectral [acebutolol], i have no issues losing weight
I don't think beta blockers directly cause weight gain, but they do slow your heart down. I tried them once, very small dose, and I was astounded how low my heart rate was (upper 40s). For sure, that has to have some impact on your metabolic burn rate.
Yes but I'd rather have a controlled hr than arrythmias. no one should be taking them if they don't have tachycardia
Agreed. I was just answering the question about possible weight gain and not advocating for or against them either way. I took them because of a high heart rate (around 120) when I had undiagnosed anemia. They worked TOO well on me, even at the lowest dose.
they dont keep your hr low all the time. i can get mine up during exercise, it just helps me not go over 200. but thanks for the possible explanation0 -
Hi All, just seeing all of these replies now I went off MFP for a few months because the weight was flying on and I just wasn't feeling great. The thyroid has now gone under active well it had in June anyway I am back on here tracking food and being good, I took up spinning 2 months ago and I love that and just started a 6 week boot-camp challenge plus I feel like its gone over active again but we will see what the docs say Thurs.1
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