hypothyroid = can't lose, right?

Hi Trudijoy,
I would like to know, whether this diagnosis effects the health future.

no idea what you mean? once you're hypothyroid you have it for life. it's medication every day and managing symptoms. but it's not a death sentence. I look at it more like asthma...it'll pop up time and time again, but it's manageable.

My mom had thyroid also and she was also using pills everyday which she was told she had to use everyday, forever. The doctor actually took her off of it and she hasn't been using them for a couple of years now!

then she'd be the one person ever that's happened to. hypothyroid means your body isn't producing a necessary chemical. So either her levels were borderline when she got diagnosed or she started producing again, coz otherwise i can't see how that's possible.

good for her, don't get me wrong, but.....

I know what you mean, it is kind of like a miracle.
I have a lot of other family members that are also diagnosed and they are so much younger but they will probably be on the pill forever.

I've been severely hypo since I was 13 and take both T3 and T4. We may have to work harder than the average person but you CAN TOTALLY lose and keep off weight!

Hyperthyroid means you are making too much. People who have it tend to be thin. The dr. told me that it also will cause you to age faster and can ultimately wear on your organs so heart attacks are common. Anymore, the cure is removal of part or all of the thyroid gland. If the gland is removed then you need to take pills to replace your thyroid hormone. If part is removed you may or may not need to depending on what your remaining glad is producing.

Hypothyroid is actually easier to control since usually people are fine once they find the proper dose of supplemental thyroid meds. Hypo will affect your weight loss until you get your hormone level balanced. Once that is done you will lose weight like anyone else who doesn't have a thyroid imbalance (since you are no longer imbalanced).

For some people, their thyroid will start working better. Many times it is because they lose weight but sometimes it is just because. Usually they were very borderline to begin with.

I currently am borderline. The endo has not figured out what is going on with me. He actually thinks that something else is wrong with my gland. Anyway, I have been off meds for 2 years. I can't seem to lose weight. I have battled off a few lbs over the last year and half. My starting weight on MFP means I lost 8 lbs but about 5 of those were surgical water bloat since I had major surgery a few weeks before signing up. so that means I have lost about 3 lbs in over a year. I suspect my low thyroid which is causing a goiter is the culprit. I just moved and will be getting new insurance soon. When that happens I'm going to get it checked again and hope this endo puts me back on meds. Normally my goiter responds to a low dose and will unswell.

I've had hypothyroidism since I was 15, and I've lost over 70lbs...it has been a struggle but it's possible.

I'm hypothyroid, and was always within my healthy weight range, even though I was undiagnosed for years. So hypothyroidism doesn't necessarily mean that you'll need to lose weight.

Wonderful!!