Thyroid Issues

[peacequeen 434]

I have hashimotos thyroiditis. It's made losing weight difficult before surgery and since surgery my tsh levels have flucuated so much that I've changed synthroid doses twice..so far and I'm a slow loser..not sure if it's thyroid related now or not. Is anyone else having problems or issues associated with thyroid disease?

[peacequeen 434]

twice? Sheesh, I feel absolutely disabled by comparison. Took my doctor five attempts before they got my hypothyroidism under control.

I realize that hashimotos thyroiditis is different than being hypo - I feel for you though, it's not fun having those kinds of autoimmune problems.

OMG 5 times??? You poor thing! I feel bad for you!

[sleevemeup 41]

I was diagnosed with Hashi's 14 years ago. I also have Celiac Disease, which I have been told that they are closely related autoimmune diseases. I take Armour thyroid. I have tried all of the others, and have found that this works best for me. I have had my meds changed so many times that I can't remember. I am pre-op, and with my past diet history, I can loose the weight to a certain point, but I can't maintain it. I also know that if I am not on the right meds or the right dose, it is virtually impossible for me to loose weight.

My suggestion would be to stop eating all gluten (I had to, but this is what I have also been told when you have hashi's), if possible work with your doc to find your sweet spot on blood tests. If something is not working, change it. There is a large range of "normal" and I need to be at the low range of that, others may be different. I am wondering if/how all of this will change after surgery!

[Foxbins 625]

I have Hashimoto's too. My synthroid dosage was too low before surgery but my previous PCP refused to change it. After surgery, as I lost weight, my TSH slowly fell from the top of the range to about 1, give or take a little. I feel good at the lower range. My present doc says that TSH levels can swing widely on any given day and that the best way to prescribe the dosage is to look at the overall trend. Maybe ask for individual T3 and T4 tests to see what's going on?

[fluffylibra30 323]

I have it as well. Mine must've stabilized, I have had levels checked 3 times since surgery and they have all been good. I have been at 100 mcg for 7 months. It actually hasn't hindered my weight loss, even though I was really worried about it, but I do 7 hours of workouts a week so that could be helping. it really is a pain to get it under control!! I was diagnosed 2 years ago, I gained 64 pounds in that time which Is why I decided it was time for surgery.