Category: Thyroid

I lost weight after my the birth of my son when I was on thyroid medicine, and quit losing soon after discontinuing use. I have about 30 lbs to lose, and now I have been back on thyroid medicine for a few weeks and have lost about 2 lbs. I exercise regularly and try not to eat excessively, (about 1600-1900 calories a day, and I’m moderately active). Has anyone had luck losing weight after being diagnosed with a thyroid condition and starting on medication?
joe: No, I’ve kept the weight off, but I still needed to lose more, and even working out 2 hours a day and eating 1400 calories a day wouldn’t make a significant dent in the scales.
Here lately, I’ve been working out a little less than usual, eating a little more, and still losing weight. Weird!

Hi,

Would a Thyroid Booster supplement exhaust my thyroid instead of getting my TSH to normal levels ?

I have a slightly high TSH hormon its 3.5 where normal range is [1.0 – 3.0]. And my T4 and T3 are in really normal levels.

I’m kind of feeling not ok, my hair is falling and i have no energy.

My doctor did not prescribe in thing to me and said it’s a sub clinical case.

Thanks,

I’m going to get checked out for a thyroid disorder. Can my primary physician help me as far as testing and prescribing meds or am I better off seeing an endocrinologist?

I know someone who was diagnosed with hypo thyroid. Of course she was given a prescription for the diagnosis, but she wants some natural cures. Any ideas?

My husband was recently diagnosed with an underactive thyroid which explains all his symptoms of lethargy, depression, sleep walking etc. Can he get discharged from the air force for this? The doc says it’s not bad enough "yet" to put him on meds, but obviously it’s bad if it’s causing him all these symptoms. What do you think?
She is a military doctor. She didn’t tell us his levels, just that they were low. He has been to a phsychiatrist and they don’t really say anything either. I know it doesn’t "make" someone cut themself but it could make him depressed enough to try it. I am just really concerned and the doc won’t do anything.

So I made the mistake of getting my blood test results sent to my house. The tests came back normal with the exception that my T3 uptake was a little high and out of range. The other thyroid tests were in in the normal range (T4, T7 and TSH) . I have been scouring the internet and now have convinced myself that I have hyperthyroidism. Can anyone help me interpret these results before I get over to my GP?

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

i want a cure that can help with thyroid
that is naturally

I have a teen daugh. never sick in her life(other than normal colds). Mature for her age, upbeat, and happy with herself.
1 mo ago, she woke up vomiting, heart palps/racing, chest pain, dizzy, felt hot and was sweating despite the air conditioning, crying asking for help, was delusional.
Took her to ER, doc dx panic attack, prescribed Ativan. 2 days later same thing happened, was told she had major depression despite the fact that she told them she was not depressed or stressed about anything – asked them to chk her thyroid, since it’s in family (hyper and hypo). Doc refused, instead gave Paxil in addt’n to the Ativan, told me she has a UTI, for which he prescribed Cipro. Aft 2 wks, her symptoms were worse, she lost 5lbs, couldn’t eat w/o vomiting, asked for TSH test – doc ref. again and that night she freaked and they put her in psych ward, increased Paxil. Demanded Thyroid test again, so they did – told me TSH & T3 norm, T4 1.75, doc will redo. Will the meds affect her TSH tests?
Also, from the onset of her symptoms she hasn’t been able to sleep for 3 hours straight even w/the meds, she’s fatigued, her mind races, and had no menstruation for almost 3 mos (it did come down this month). Very irritable, and she feels worse. I’m afraid that the meds will cause false normal readings, my 16 y/o cousin (long ago) was dx’d psychotic w/major depression, on meds for 2 years for the same symptoms, and ended up comatose before they realized she was hyperthyroid, not depressed(her mother(my aunt) was hypothyroid, but they refused tests on my cousin despite her mother’s and our grandmother’s thyroid histories) I don’t want the same for my daughter – what are the "normal" ranges for thyroid (I know they’ve changed over 25 years)?

My TSH was .02 on the 5th day past ovulation(conception), and I’m now 17 days pregnant. Based on the low value of .02, my endo asked me to stop taking the 50mcg/day syntrhoid now, but I know pregnant women usually need thyroid meds increase instead of decrease or even stopping taking meds as the endo suggested. I do not have any symtoms of synthroid overdose, except heartburn that might come from pregnancy. My heart rate is 80/minute, and I usually have constipation rather than diarrhea. I requested a new thyroid test to see the new TSH, but the doc insisted on putting me off synthroid for 3 weeks and retest by then???? What should I do? I heard it’s dangerous to stop taking synthroid while pregnant and the most important thing is I do not have any symtoms of overdose, I have pretty normal heart rate and I feel tired & sleepy all the time.

Ok I thought the thyroid was a gland up by the throat/neck part of the body~~~ How does it mess w your period? What is the disease & do any1 know the cause of it?