If you have hypothyroidism and are on meds correcting it - i

abyssfully
abyssfully Posts: 410 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm wondering if you're on the correct dose of thyroid medication if your body is still effected by hypothyroidism in certain ways?

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  • bcweisen
    bcweisen Posts: 118 Member
    I think so. Even when my synthroid is the right level I've never felt like I did before. Weight loss is also much harder, much slower now.
  • abyssfully
    abyssfully Posts: 410 Member
    If anyone has anything to add, please do so! I'd like more information on this! TY :)
  • mikki3
    mikki3 Posts: 63
    I think so too. I was put on Synthroid last year and had new blood work after three months. It showed I was in the "normal" range. I was still ridiculously tired all the time, and had to really push to have the dosage upped. I no longer nod off at my desk, but I am finding it really hard to lose weight. It's not all do to my thyroid though...I'm not always under my net calories.
  • B140
    B140 Posts: 56
    I have been on synthroid for hypothyroidism for 7 years. It took about a couple months for me to feel ok after getting diagnosed and put on medication. I have been overweight the entire time, but have lost weight normally (and gained it back) during that time too. I think my hair is a little thinner than it might be "normally", but my nails are good enough for me. If you are worried that you still have some symptoms I would definitely contact your doctor. It sucks to feel like the deck is stacked against you in weight loss and maybe talking to your doc will help you both decide if your other symptoms are still from the thyroid or if there is something else going on with you that was masked by the low thyroid.
  • cowlover22
    cowlover22 Posts: 309 Member
    dont know why this happens but it does. One of the side effects listed is weight gain too. I thought I would be smart and take extra meds..guess what..I GAINED WEIGHT!
  • abyssfully
    abyssfully Posts: 410 Member
    I have been on synthroid for hypothyroidism for 7 years. It took about a couple months for me to feel ok after getting diagnosed and put on medication. I have been overweight the entire time, but have lost weight normally (and gained it back) during that time too. I think my hair is a little thinner than it might be "normally", but my nails are good enough for me. If you are worried that you still have some symptoms I would definitely contact your doctor. It sucks to feel like the deck is stacked against you in weight loss and maybe talking to your doc will help you both decide if your other symptoms are still from the thyroid or if there is something else going on with you that was masked by the low thyroid.
    Speaking of hair, my hair has yet to stop falling out. At this rate I'm going to be bald by Summer.
  • kacarter1017
    kacarter1017 Posts: 651 Member
    A post in this thread said that he/she still felt like the thyroid medication wasn't doing everything it should and was able to talk to their provider and make additional changes. I had posted in another thread that every person has an optimal TSH level. Some people need to be closer to 1, others are fine as high as 4 or 5. You need to listen to your body and talk with your medical provider if you still aren't feeling close to normal. Be your own advocate and get pushy if you have to.

    As far as having difficulty losing weight or gaining easily once you've been diagnosed with hypothyroidismeven though corrected I think this may be perhaps an age related phenomenon, a difference in activity level, etc. I know that now that I'm on the back side of 40, if I'm not diligent in my exercise, or am more sedentary as far as my activity level in a day, my weight loss will slow quickly. Never used to be like that. In talking to my contemporaries (same age) they say the same thing. Their thyroids have always functioned just fine.
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
    There have been lots of questions about underactive thyroid in the last couple of days. I was diagnosed about 10 years ago, long before my weight loss journey. I've been on generic Synthroid since diagnosis. I don't know that I feel a whole lot different on my medicine.....and I have never taken it at a certain time of day or anything like that either.
    The "kick in the seat of my pants" for weight loss was elevated blood sugars. Since I have a family history of adult-onset diabetes, I wanted to avoid that.
    Long story short---you CAN lose weight if you have an underactive thyroid if you are dedicated and truly want to lose weight. You can't use the thyroid issue as an excuse.
    Five years....-70, +20, -10 pounds later, I am living proof. I would like to lose about five-ten pounds more again, but I am truly happy anytime the scale says less than 140. I walk anywhere from 3-5 miles five to six days a week, and more in the summer......and walking is my main form of exercise.
    Kaye
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