New Group - suffers of hypothyroidism unite

I haven't been diagnosed with this, but my levels were 2 points above underactive. I haven't had it checked in over a year though, so who knows now. I would like to snoop around your board if you wouldn't mind Wishing you energy to burn!! :flowerforyou:

Oh, and you should have your thyroid levels checked regularly...possibly every couple of months in the beginning because regulating these levels can be tricky at first. Once you find a balance, you should get checked at least annually (if not every 6 months.

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I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. My Dr had me go through a bunch of tests and see a specialist before he would start me on meds just to make sure there wasn't some other underlying problem, I did have some underlaying non-typical symptoms (constant nausea was the main one - they all kept asking if I was pregnant :laugh: ) It took a few years of testing every 6 weeks trying to get the medication levels right, but there was an almost immediate shift from zombie to just tired. My Dr was surprised I was still functioning my levels were so low. I have been on the same dose for over a year now and it seems to be doing the trick.

Like BrenNew said the medication isn't a magic pill. It will help with energy levels, but you still need to put in the work with diet and exercise. I am down 55 pounds in just over 6 months when I started watching my intake and upping my exercise. The biggest thing for me was to stop using it as an excuse. It is a challange, but it can't stop you unless you let it.

Good luck and if you have any questions just ask!

I am hypothyroid and had to have my left thyroid and parathroids removed. I have been on meds for about a year and a half and still not right. I had gained 30 pounds in less than 6 months before I was diagnosed. I have my blood levels check and my doc says all is well but I still feel like crap. I started reading this book called "The Thyroid Diet" by Mary J Shomon. She is a hypothyroid sufferer whose docs wouldn't listen to her but only paid attention to her blood level numbers. Anyway I highly recommend it. The title is a little misleading though. It is really not a diet but talks about how food works how choices you make can influence your thyroid. Also, it talks about other diseases or symptoms that the doctors might pass off as something else (depresion was a biggie for me). It is a very easy read (about 400 pages and I finished it in about 3 days). There is a diet section and some food combinations in it at the end of the book.

Before I was diagnosed, my levels were normal. The only reason they pushed it was that I was having kidney stones all the time. HUGE ones that had to be surgically removed. My calcium was WAY high. Turns out my thyriod was messed up and causing my calcium, vitamin D, B12 and some other things to be all out of whack. As soon as my thyroid was removed, the calcium, B12 and D went back to normal and I haven't had another kidney stone since. I guess my point is, just because your doc tells you your levels are fine, if you don't feel good, question it. I had kidney stones for 4 years before they diagnosed me so hard telling how long I had actually been hypothyroid.