frustrated and losing hope

kneulander
kneulander Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
hi im a 46 year old female. i have a history of hypothyroidism, that has been mostly well managed. i have mantained my weight in a healthy range by excersise and eating a relatively well balanced but semi strict diet. about 18 months ago, while i havent changed anything, i put on about 40lbs over the course of about 5 months. i cut back on calories, increased my workouts, still gained lbs. my main doc upped my thyroid, and all subsequest docs have done the same; now im about 3 times what i was in the past. while the weight gain has stopped, i cant lose any. every doc i see wants to put me on diet pills. i eat between 1200\1500 calories a day, high protien, high fat, low carb, and work out with a personal trainer 5 days a week. i dont need diet pills? im lathargic, i have headaches, and im moody. ive had my lady hormones tested, they are "fine". ive seen internists, GPs and an endo. they all test my blood, tell me im healthy, and give me a diet pill. im fat, but worse, i feel like crap!! my question is...what kind of doctor should i see that will really dig in and look past the chubby old chick sitting in their office, and really look to see what is going on? cuz something isnt right. im in chicagoland btw. thanks!

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  • HippySkoppy
    HippySkoppy Posts: 725 Member
    Ah I'm sorry that you are going through all this, it sounds really awful and very frustrating. I've just been diagnosed with Hyperthyroid issues with multiple nodules on the gland so I have been struggling myself with mood changes and anxiety combined with doses of debilitating lethargy.

    Doctors are keen to see "how things progress" over the next 6 months and I'm really not sure that I can go on like this for that long, so I really appreciate your frustration with the medical profession over lack of progress and answers. Perhaps too it is time to ask for a referral to another endo. who can look at your situation with fresh eyes, it certainly can't hurt and I've always found that being completely honest about the frustrations with your primary Doctor is the right way to go, persist with them and if they won't listen give them the flick and move onto another Doctor.....maybe choose a female if you have a male at present, they may be more smpathetic.

    I see that you are 46, I wonder whether you are experiencing compounding syptoms of peri-menopause. I know your lady hormones have been deemed OK - so were mine but 3 months later my ovaries completely tanked and in desperation I went back and demanded the repeat of the test. It was either that or someone was going to come to some serious harm!!!

    None of this is really helpful I suppose but I wanted to reply and let you know that I do sypathize and wish the best in finding answers.

    Perhaps, to revisiting your logging and making sure that it is completely solid would help, just a thought.

    Best of luck.
  • ronjsteele1
    ronjsteele1 Posts: 1,064 Member
    You might consider finding a functional medicine doctor (MD). They tend to go after the causes of what is making one feel like crap rather then just try to throw pills at you. If you're on synthroid, you may benefit from going to something like naturethroid or armour instead. A functional medicine doctor will generally do that - *most* (not all) others will not. I think you'll get a bit further though with a change in the type of doctor you're using.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    So is your thyroid under control yet? Because until that is sorted you're kinda buggered

    Sounds tough

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Your profile says you only joined today. How have you been measuring your calorie intake?
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    What were your thyroid panel results? There are several outstanding endocrinologists in Chicagoland.

    To be blunt if you are not losing weight then you are not in a caloric deficit. Are you weighing your food and closely monitoring your intake?

    Doctors need objective data and cannot make any sort of accurate diagnosis with subjective information. With hormones this becomes a vicious cycle as simply being overweight will make it impossible for your hormones to be in balance. Hypothyroidism may cause ~10-15 lbs of weight gain due to cellular absorption, but that's about it.
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