You're lucky if you haven't gained any weight yet having hypo. I wasn't so lucky. ugh

My doctor prefers synthroid brand and not the generic (levothyroxine). I also started cytomel which makes me feel much better. Cytomel. T3 and T4 levels need to be checked. If you are going to a G.P. ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. G.P. can not handle thyroid correctly, no matter how much they assure you that they can.....they can't....
Low thyroid will cause weight gain. You might find it easier to loose weight if your thyroid is well controlled. Different medications work for different people....I do not think there is one book or one way to deal with this problem. It is very individual.
Feel better!

Hiya, I was just diagnosed with hypothyroidism a few weeks ago and my doctor started me on the same dose as you. It's only been 3 days so I can't give any personal anecdotes yet, but fuzzipeg's post pretty much nailed it.

I actually have already been feeling like I have more energy and the scale has gone down a few pounds but I also started going to the gym recently and watching my carb intake.

Hi! I've also just been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I started 50mcg of Levothyroxine 4 days ago. I was diagnosed after a routine physical. I hadn't complained about any symptoms since I was writing them off on being overweight or getting older (even though I'm only 31). It's nice to know that isn't the case. I'm looking forward to feeling better but I am a little worried about my hair thinning from the Levothyroxine. That is the one symptom I didn't have.

Temporary hair loss was listed as a side effect of the medication. I know I've seen others mention hair loss being caused by Levothyroxine.

Not everyone will have hair loss as a reaction to levothyroxine, many only have benefits. I agree, temporary hair loss can be natural adjustment to new hormone levels. The thyroid regulates so many of our bodies systems and I think we have to wait for our systems to repair the "important" ones in what ever hierarchy it decides, unfortunately. I realise the idea of thinning hair is disturbing but for me to set the possibility against the other, worse thyroid symptoms I have, which I would love to see gone, salicylate toxicity veering into chemical sensitivity so I not only have to restrict the foods I eat but also avoid gatherings, because of the domestic and personal hygiene smells which are external toxins which my body can't cope with, even with masks at times.

The chemical sensitivity became more of an issue since I was unable to tolerate levothyroxine in tablet form and was not permitted it without maize, the filler/binder and it pushes into insignificance my other thyroid related problems. Now I am on liquid levothyroxine, because I saw and endocrinologist, he didn't do allergies. I had to remind him of his responsibility for toxin elimination!. Now I have improved lung function, not diminished as when I tried the pill form and the medical response had been to take another product to make it better again. Counter intuitive. I walked away.

I know I'm at the "Edge of Science" my immunologist told me so. My system has been pushed this far and so this is conjecture on my part. Others like myself could find the additional salicylate from the maize starch in their pills could be enough to increase their degree of toxic response to salicylate and therefore increase the pressure on their thyroid. Some may be better able to utilise the pill form of medication than I was when I took originally it. So in time there will be sufficient levothyroxine in their systems to balance the higher intake of salicylate and eliminate it, particularly if they are at a higher dose. (I was 60 and because of this I was started at a very very low dose). Someone who reacts to aspirin for example which has salicylate as the active ingredient, or someone who is asthmatic who is probably advised to avoid aspirin because it can effect their breathing, may also have issues with salicylate. I discovered the thyroid- salicylate connection on a thyroid support site. Also it is now being recognised that maize starch can be one of those things a person with reducing thyroid function might report. Thyroid UK was good, STTM too, and Salicylate Sensitivity helped with the salicylate.

One thing is for certain, we're all different, we all have our "pet" symptoms, probably our own list of stories of how we were disregarded as hypochondriacs, being over anxious, depressive, getting older or your female and its what you have to put up with, and we have our own ways of reconciling them.