Hey everyone, my name is Mostly im 24 and I reside in Seattle. I was finally diagnosed with hypo on Saturday after being told it was just depression. My TSH originally came back a 2.2, but I requested a referral to and Endo who ROCKS and it came back a 6.5! Along with low t4. Luckily (or not) I have a serious family history of thyroid issues and have long suspected I had hypo so I had already done a ton of research and felt very prepared. My Endo was more then happy to prescribe Armour right off the bat and I took my first dose this morning. I'm really looking forward to getting this sorted out and dropping the 60! Odd pounds I gained in a year and a half despite walking over 5 hours a day and eating mostly SB phase 2. Plus getting rid of the fatigue, dry skin, thinning hair, foggy brain, and mood swings. So happy to have found this group!

Hi Everyone,


I'm Kris, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis last week. So at this point I'm still trying to understand all of the implications. I started taking 50mcg of levothyroxine and so far I feel like my body temperature has increased. I'm sweaty in the morning after I take my the meds.

Is that normal?

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos last year - after referal to numerous specialists for various symptoms over the past few years. Before that my gp just said my thyroid was hypo and put me on levothroxine 50mcg. My endo took me off this and put me on levoxyl because unless you take the same manufactorer of levothroxine (which is generic) each time you refill, it is not consistent because of the non active agents. Well now we cannot get levoxyl so I start Synthroid tomorrow and am up to 125mcg. Not thrilled about this, so I will be asking on my next appt for Armour as I have heard about the good results. Just beginniing to explore various websites and discussion boards on facebook and beginning to research our special dietary needs. Things my endo never brought up at our appts, so my list of questions for her at my next appt is getting longer. One thing I have learned over the past few months is that we must be our own advocate when we are diagnosed with a disease. I am grateful that I have a few friends who have lupus so they understand some of what I am dealing with symptom wise - otherwise I might feel like I am going insane. Support is so important. Check out Hashimotos 411 on facebook. This is a private discussion group and I have found lots of help there.

I just had a thyroid uptake done yesterday for suspected Grave's disease, which was found by my APRN gyno. When I'm not eating like crazy, I lose about a pound a day, like I am now. I am eating around 1200 cals and weight drops off me. But, I am 40 pounds overweight from all the eating I've done in the last year. I was so hungry all the time.