looking for hypothyroid buddies

Are you looking for a 25 year old with no thyroid. I battle my weight and my low energy every day. I had my thyroid removed in 2011 due to lipoma.

Hi ya, I hope you get things sorted? I have all the symptoms of an under-active Thyroid and have had a couple of blood tests at my Doctors which didn't show anything up. I started taking Kelp supplements which have a high Iodine content and my weight is shifting, quite quickly. Can't say for definate it's them helping but I'm happy and maybe worth a try as they are cheap to buy.

I went in at the end of March to my general physician for metabolic and hormone testing. All my T3 & T4s are normal, but my anti-bodies are out of range.... he said it may be Hashimoto's but I'm going to a specialist on May 1st to find out. I think the combination of encorine issues during my high risk pregnancy and the losing weight has left my body way out of sorts. I just don't feel like myself and I know something is up. I should have had tests done right after I had my children because I felt amazingly healthy then and was at the lowest weight I can remember (236 lbs.). I am currently at 240 lbs. (getting close to the lowest weight) down from 349 lbs. a few years ago. It's been a struggle to lose every single ounce... a daily contstant battle where I feel like everything for me is all uphill. I work out way too much and eat way to healthily to still be so heavy, so exhuasted and to never ever get a decent restful night's sleep. I'm hoping to get a clearer answer after I go in May to the specialist. Not that I want to have something wrong with me, but I want an answer to what's going on. My body is insanely strange right now with these dark skin patches and rough texture to my face... weird hair growth that has never ever been there... my fingernails are thin, dry, peeling and break at a moment's notice. Ya know, just little stuff like that that causes me to say, "Hey! What gives?" Hoping to find out but nervous to do so at the same time.

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism when I was 21 and now I'm getting ready to turn 37. I have always struggled with my weight, even when I thought I was skinny. I take 175mcg and I feel good at this level. If I don't take it for a few days, I can tell I get cranky and stay tired. Losing weight can be done, it just seems you have to work a little extra harder than most people. You are not in this alone and together we can lose the weight together

I have hypothyroid but for me it's been a blessing because when I was undiagnosed there was a while when I couldn't eat much of anything or even look at food without feeling nauseous. I lost 23 pounds! (I was 210) Feel free to add me if you wish, I hope to lose 55 more.

I found out back in 2000. My weight will drop to 175lbs, i get stuck and before I know it I'm 185-190

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I take 90 mg of Armour Thyroid. I've been on Armour for a little over a year. I took Levothyroxin for two years before that. I started MFP in November, and am about to hit the 50 pound mark. One of my proudest moments at my endo was when he told me that I lost weight because of what I was doing - not because of my medicine. It's just something to keep in mind. Thyroid meds will keep you functioning, but they are not diet pills. You still have to do the work.

I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid with goiter which is the swelling of the neck when I was 16 years old. It's a struggle everyday. I will be so tired that I do not want to get out of bed. A lot of people at work think that I just need more sleep, but don't understand that I have thyroid issues. Nor do I care to share it because I don't want it to be an excuse. I have a sign a coworker got me that says "Yawnville"!