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| outofwhack
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:52 pm |
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I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in June of 2007. I was an extremely healthy, athletic, 22-year-old female. I immediately started at 25mcg of Synthroid and have since struggled to stay within the normal TSH range of 0.3-3.0. I understand that my thyroid is slowly "dying off" and should soon be finished working. However, after two years of this I'm still nowhere near the normal range and cannot seem to get close. I now have a TSH of 5.8 and just upped my Synthroid to 200mcg. The best I ever felt was when my TSH was as close to 1.0 as possible.
It has been so long since I've felt good. I'm constantly exhausted, have extremely thin hair and dry skin, and have steadily gained 25 pounds while exercising constantly and eating a very healthy diet. I am 5'5" and was 120 pounds for years until I developed Hashimoto's. I now am around 145 pounds and the weight gain does not seem to stop even though I probably eat around 1500 calories a day.
I am now 24 and am so frustrated. I'm afraid my weight gain is making me depressed. When will this stop? When will my thyroid levels level off for good?
Thank you for your time.
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| endomess
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:49 am |
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Im not a doctor but I ran into a problem that you may be having.
I started on thyroid medicine and it worked a little bit, but increasing dosage had no effect.
Later I discovered my low cortisol production was effectively blocking absorption of the thyroid medication. Cortisol is required to shuttle the T4/T3 to the cells.
My cortisol was fine in the morning but fell off a cliff by 11am, so it fooled my doctors for a long time. My thyroid medication made me feel like hell with more fatigue. Get a saliva test you can take at 4 different times during the day to make sure you cortisol is within range for the whole day.
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