Hypothyroid nutrition

Are you taking brand name or generic synthroid? And what foods did you eliminate? I'm also hypothyroid, on .225 much of synthroid daily. Can't take generic as it doesn't work for me.

chey282 wrote: »

Are you taking brand name or generic synthroid? And what foods did you eliminate? I'm also hypothyroid, on .225 much of synthroid daily. Can't take generic as it doesn't work for me.

Just curious, as it is extremely rare for generic to not work vs generic, do you know why it didn't work for you? Was it a certain excipient in the generic?

vaness2911 wrote: »

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism 13 years ago but they've never gotten my hormones to level out and my medication doses have been up and down! It wasn't until I started researching nutrition and thyroid & took certain foods out of my diet I started to feel better. Anyone else out there experience this? I'd love to chat with someone who can relate:)

Your medication needing adjustment is normal. It is rare to not need changes every few years, if not more frequently.

All they have told me is that in synthroid, it's the one medicine that for some reason generic isn't the same as brand name. I hadn't heard the variation in doseage, that's a pretty big swing. It just doesn't work the same. Even the military pharmacy where I fill my script carries name brand synthroid instead of generic. It's about the only brand you will get in name brand if there is a generic available!

There are certain foods that can affect the thyroid such as almonds, broccoli and sprouts, there are more but i cant remember, thyroid uk has the full list on their website. I've never noticed a difference with eating them though although a lot of them are on my I don't like list lol! (cooking is supposed to reduce this effect).

Gluten free or paleo diets are supposedly also helpful when you are hypo but I'm just not willing to cut out anything from my diet. So I haven't tested the theory to be honest, basically I'm happy as I am but I have very steady thyroid hormone levels so that may be a factor.

I've been hypothyroid since I was 13 and have tried twice over my 34 years on this planet to use the generic and it just didn't work. I felt like a train wreck, so I too, have to stick to name brand. I don't know what it is about it, but it just doesn't work. It's the only medicine I've ever encountered that won't work with me as a generic. It's strange. As long as I stay on the brand my levels stay normal.

As far as diet I've not really encountered anything that interferes with my levels. I eat a well rounded/balanced diet, however I do make sure I get a little iodized salt and extra calcium in me somehow. Through supplements or whatnot. I know that it is a little harder to loose weight with hypothyroid, but sticking with it and being consistent and the weight comes off (finally!) I have finally hit the sweet spot and am losing, I've lost almost 65 lbs just under a year.

I have hashi's. I take time released compounded T3 and do well on it. I can't tolerate T4 meds and I will never ever again subject my body to the poison that is Synthroid. I'd like to go back on Armour or the equivalent someday, but right now T3 seems to be working best.

I follow my doctor's instructions not to eat gluten and that has helped lower my antibodies from the thousands down into the hundreds, but hasn't eliminated them. I don't eat soy (or rarely do...it's hard to find chocolate without soy). I have used the GAPs diet and the Autoimmune Paleo diet. GAPs provided some permanent healing, but takes a lot of willpower, work and planning. AIP helped me identify some foods that exacerbate my health problems, but again, willpower, work and planning are a challenge for me.

I am careful to eat plenty of fats, to eat fairly clean, and to not go too low carb. My thyroid likes some carbs. I don't usually avoid the goitrogen vegetables, but I do eat them cooked most of the time since I have read their goitrogenic properties are reduced or eliminated when they are cooked.