Thyroid issues? Please friend request

Hi everyone,

I've had thyroid issues since I was 13. While I first diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, I have since fluctuated between being hyper/hypo thyroid. I now have Hashimoto's w/hyperthyroidism and continue to struggle with my weight. Add me fellow thyroid challenged folks

While I first diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, I have since fluctuated between being hyper/hypo thyroid.

This is what's going on with me right now. I actually go back for more testing on the 4th and 8th of this month. Feel free to add me. As another poster said above, plenty of exercise seems to help a bit.

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 27 yeas ago (I am 47). I take 125 mcg. Of levothyroxine daily and I still have some low thyroid issues. I am going to a wellness center in two weeks to see about adding some t3 to my levo.

I just started here so am looking for friends, add me too.

i know I have already posted on here but I wanted to reassure people that it is totally possible to lose weight and be healthy with a thyroid disorder.

In 2007 after 12 years of battling a 'mystery illness' I finally demanded endocrinological investigation and it turned up a thyroid disorder. A pretty ick one really. My baseline T3 had been measuring as borderline normal so it hadn't been picked up but my TSH was off the charts. The doc basically said 'that he had no idea how I wasn't in hospital, or how I managed my job as a teacher. He put me on levo and I've been on it ever since. I started on 25 mcg / day and now i'm on 100 mcg 4 days a week and 200 3 days a week. My levels have tested awesomely normal for years now.

Following this I went into a depressive spin, and wound up anorexic for a while. Trouble is, when you have thyroid issues, anorexia makes you really sick. You end up bigger, but your metabolism stops altogether and thats the real issue. I have friends who were working in a gym and so one day I went along to check it out. 18 months later I was working out as much as I wanted, energy was sky high, I'd dropped from 112 kg to 87 with muscle and I was ALIVE again.

This time around I need to lose about 25 kg, of which I have already lost 7 in 5 weeks. As I slim back down and tone back up, I feel better. I put the weight back on because I stopped listening to my body, broke two toes, had an episode of depression around the death of my darling grandmother and my fathers terminal cancer, as well as starting a new job that was a real challenge - not because of my thyroid. But I'm doing it again, and I'll win I still take levo, supplemented with kelp, coconut oil, good diet and excercise.

We are not struggling with thyroid issues, we are living with a genetic predisposition to things. We are not victims. We are people who simply have another factor to consider in life. Losing weight and being healthy with a thyroid problem is possible. It is. I'm living proof. Please please stay positive about it. Every good choice you make is improving your health, life, and thyroid function

trudijoy, i like your motivating post.
one question though, if i dont take any meds, and i know i have a hypothyroidism, could this affect my weight loss stop? if so, how bad?

i have all kinds of symptoms, just ignored them.
freezing, no weight loss, sleepy all the time, depressed, anxious, fatigue...

trudijoy, i like your motivating post.
one question though, if i dont take any meds, and i know i have a hypothyroidism, could this affect my weight loss stop? if so, how bad?

If you know you have hypothyroidism, and you don't take any meds, you could get very very ill. In fact, you will get very very ill. I was undiagnosed for so long that I was constantly ill. On antibiotics 10 days a month at least. Didn't just get a cold, got full blown lung, chest, ear, stomach and sinus infections. Was barely able to function. If you know you are hypothyroid and you do not take your meds you are dicing with death, I'm afraid.

I am also Hypothyroid and am 42. I was diagnosed about 6 years ago. I have been on the same dose of synthroid since I started, the only time they ever test me is my yearly physical. I still have all the symptoms, dry skin, cold all the time, you name it most of the symptoms I have. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant since we got married three years ago in November. February 19th we have our first consultation with a "baby Doctor". I am excited, not only for the possibility of getting pregnant, but also he is an endocrinologist so hopefully they will figure out if my thyroid is off or what is going on in the wonderful body of mine.

I also think alot of general practitioners are very uninformed on thyroid conditions. Are any of you out there on two different meds, synthroid then something for the T3?? I have been reading on treatments and it appears some specialists are prescribing a second med that works along with the synthroid.

Add me if you like.

Yep, me too! Have been hypo for around 19 years. Weight loss is extremely challenging, even though Dr. says my hypothyroidism is corrected by my meds. I had been on the same dosage since the beginning, but in June he reduced my meds to "try to make the thyroid work harder". I have gained 20 lbs since June and have been retested and Dr says everything is in range. Frustration!!

Hi there and welcome! Feel free to add me too! I've had it for years and take medication daily also. Losing weight is hard but it can be done!

Good luck!