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xjchic98
xjchic98 Posts: 85 Member
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So I don't know if anyone has posted anything thyroid weight related, but I have Hashimoto's Disease. Just wondering if I'm the only one with this issue?

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  • almostanangel21
    almostanangel21 Posts: 143 Member
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    I'm hypothyroid too, but it's not Hashimoto's. My TSH looks normal, but my antibodies are way up and T4 is next to nil. It took me forever to find someone who'd do the full panel and find the problem. Tl;dr, you're not the only one.
  • sweetconcern
    sweetconcern Posts: 26 Member
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    MFP has a group called hypothyroid you can join and read about MANY with Thyroid problems and successes. You are not alone!!!!!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,870 Member
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    Or, if you do a search in the forums, you'll find many, many posts on the subject. Lots of us are hypothyroid, some from Hashimoto's, some from other reasons. Some think it hinders weight loss, some don't.

    I'm hypothyroid, non-Hashi's, didn't find that it hindered weight loss.
  • hubbardcasey28
    hubbardcasey28 Posts: 30 Member
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    Hashimotos can make it extremely hard to lose weight, I work for an Endocrinology specialist. My aunt was also diagnosed with Hashimotos about 10 years ago, but when she was in her early 30's miscarried 6 times...the doctors now told her that was probably due to underlying Hashimotos.
  • xjchic98
    xjchic98 Posts: 85 Member
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    hubbardcasey28 wrote: »
    Hashimotos can make it extremely hard to lose weight, I work for an Endocrinology specialist. My aunt was also diagnosed with Hashimotos about 10 years ago, but when she was in her early 30's miscarried 6 times...the doctors now told her that was probably due to underlying Hashimotos.

    It has definitely been rough! Supposedly I'm on the correct meds but I sure don't feel like it!
  • clambert1273
    clambert1273 Posts: 840 Member
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    Hypo/Hashi's here.. I can say that doing this all previously, I lost almost 30lbs just by calories and weight lifting :) the trick is to make sure your meds are working and keeping everything in check.. I take an extremely high dose which is the only thing to keep my levels normal.
  • xjchic98
    xjchic98 Posts: 85 Member
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    clambert1273 wrote: »
    Hypo/Hashi's here.. I can say that doing this all previously, I lost almost 30lbs just by calories and weight lifting :) the trick is to make sure your meds are working and keeping everything in check.. I take an extremely high dose which is the only thing to keep my levels normal.

    What's considered a high dose? I'm currently on 100mcg and I'm not sure I'm feeling anything, but the doctors swear my levels are normal. Guess I just have to keep pushing forward!
  • clambert1273
    clambert1273 Posts: 840 Member
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    Haha 300mcg ;)
  • xjchic98
    xjchic98 Posts: 85 Member
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    clambert1273 wrote: »
    Haha 300mcg ;)

    Ok then! Haha!
  • clambert1273
    clambert1273 Posts: 840 Member
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    xjchic98 wrote: »
    clambert1273 wrote: »
    Haha 300mcg ;)

    Ok then! Haha!

    I meant it.. Extremely high dosage LOL but it is the only thing that worked for me and my docs know that I want to keep my my TSH around .5-.8 because that is where I feel best.
  • rocket_dino
    rocket_dino Posts: 3 Member
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    *raises hand*

    Hypo says hello!
  • sihung7
    sihung7 Posts: 2 Member
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    I'm just listening to an online lecture about hormones and the speaker talked a lot about hypothyroidism. One thing she said was that if the medications brings down your TSH and your T4 levels are correct but you don't feel any better then get your T3 levels checked. Because sometimes this is a problem when the symptoms persist.
  • audrasm
    audrasm Posts: 3 Member
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    I'm also Hashi/Hypothyroid. I was diagnosed at 10 and put in levothyroxine but my symptoms never went away even though my TSH always came back normal. I just started seeing a specialist who put me on a T3 medication as well as levothyroxine (T4 med). She's also repairing my adrenals, metabolism, and hormones.

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