I don’t have any tips, but I need the tips that you have and any advise. I was diagnosed first with hyperthyroidism and had to have radioactive iodine treatment. After that I was put on the lowest dose of synthroid and then armour thyroid…since then (4yrs ago) and now in the hypothyroid class and now about a 100lbs over weight and on 200mcg a day which is a very high dosage I still feel like crap and have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism I am frustrated and I don’t know what else to do…my endo dr. can’t regulate me and I am at my wits end and I am so depressed about my weight gain and I am only 40yrs old I should be having the time of my life, but I am not….please if anyone is out there that can help me I will try anything…..I just need help…

i just found this site, however, I have been going to a lot of different sites and there seems a general theme of serious weight gain and an inability to loose it. This has happened to me I’ve gained 40 pounds I am in my late twenties and due to the weight gain I have no romantic life to speak of withing 3 months it was gone and i am devastated. My body is an absolute wreck, aches, muscle stiffness, pain, crushing fatigue, hair loss dry skin, dizziness, brain fog- insomnia ect. I really have little hope of getting my life back let alone dating. As of late August my TSH was 1000 and my new doctor has put weight loss at the bottom ranking interms of importance. I really despair over this becuase I am reading posts from dozens of people who are struggling for years-why is the care so bad? I want my life back.

My son has hypothyrodism, and I’ve done a lot of research on it. Your thyroid produces HORMONES that regulate many things in our body. Like any other hormones, everything has to be in balance in order to work. Those of you on this site that complain of low libido – this is a testosterone problem – whether you’re a man or woman. I, myself, have testosterone in my compounded bio-identical hormone creme – it has brought back my libido problem, and also I have the lubrication back that left years ago -I thought would never return! I am 55 years old. My son is only 31. Talk with a professional bio-identical hormone doctor that deals with hormones to get yourself regulated without going on synthetic medications.
When you have your blood drawn for your thyroid check – Get T3 & T4 FREE level readings or results (not TOTAL levels) – they are more normal and accurate readings. Your T4 (which is basically inactive), and your system should CONVERT The T4 hormone to the T3 (Active) hormone. Sometimes your body system cannot do this conversion, so you need help with that; but talk with your doctor before taking selenium or only take it as directed on the bottle. Selenium enhances the conversion of the inactive T4 thyroid hormone into the active T3 thyroid hormone. Medications like Synthroid, Levoxyl, and Levothyroxin are biodentical medications, but are only T4 (inactive) hormones. If your bodies system cannot convert T4 to T3 (active) hormones, they will not be effective. You can contact ZRT Laboratory to get a saliva test or blood spot testing done, to check for all the other hormones that need to be in balance with your body. This type of testing will also check you cortisol level. High cortisol levels will not let T4 convert to active T3 hormone.
If you want to take the conventional pills from your doctor, Cytomel is another bioindentical medication containing only T3 (active) hormones, and can be used along with Synthroid, Levoxyl, and Levothyroxin (These are only T4’s) if you’re having trouble with conversion. Armour is another bioidentical hormone that combines T4 & T3 combination that can be compounded for each patient as needed (In a 4 to 1 ratio of T4 to T3). There were a group of doctors that gave ALL their patients iodine for their thyroid, regardless of the numbers that came up on their bloodwork, and they found out the iodine supplementation alone helped them. Iodine is crutial for a healthy thyroid, and is present and used in every cell of our body. Two types of iodine is necessary for optimal nutrition and thyroid function. Iodine, and Iodide. You can get both of these at your local pharmacy. If you’re like me, my Mother, years ago used iodine on my cuts and scrapes as a first aid antiseptic. It’s a reddish brown liquid in a small brown bottle (1 Oz). 96% of all people tested are iodine deficient, and 72% of our world’s population are iodine deficent. This is a HUGE PERCENTAGE of people – nearly all of us! Unfortunately, most of us do not get enough iodine in our bodies, because we do not eat enough of the right foods that contain iodine. With iodine in your body, you can eliminate so many ailments like: exhaustion, sleeplessness, tingling in your hands and feet, ice cold hands, muscle pain, high cholesterol, depression, swelling ankles, and migraine headaches – just to name a few! Proper thyroid functioning also helps with the carrying of oxygen in your blood throughout your body.
Our pharmacist just today, told me no one needs to take synthroid or Levothroxin pills – all they have to do, is get some Tincture of Iodine from your local pharmacy – rub a spot the size of a quarter to a fifty-cent piece on your stomach at night before you go to bed, and if it’s gone the next morning – your body is needing and absorbing the iodine, and keep doing it every night until it’s not being absorbed anymore – then you can stop for about a week. Then check it again after that week – again every night until it remains and stops absorbing in the skin, and stop again until the next time. Check it on and off every week or so. He told me your body will absorb the iodine it needs. If for some reason, you’re getting too much of it, you will feel fluttering in your heart, so then stop for awhile. But this is the remedy told to me in order to not take the pills. We will be trying it on my son for sure.

I was diagnosed as having sub-clinical hypothyroidism 2 years ago, my doctor put me on Levothyroxine. It seemed to help with some of my symptoms, but he kept upping the dosage and that made me nervous. I don’t like the idea of having to take these synthetic medications in the first place, and I really hated the dosage being raised constantly. I decided when my prescription expired, that I would try to treat it through better diet, exercise, and natural supplements. I have really just started about 3 weeks ago taking a natural supplement. I’ll let you know how it is working, but so far I am just starting to feel a difference. I guess it takes a little bit to get in your system. I really feel that with this and better diet and exercise I will conquer this.

You are all complaining about your TSH. Mine is 60!!!!! Try teaching kindergarten every day with that! I’ll take your 20-30 range!

gud day guyz… I am newly diagnose with hypothyroidsm and i need some advices on how to get rid of this illness..tnx

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism 6 months ago, when my doctor noticed I was gaining weight, after I told him about my symptoms (tired, sore, etc…). I was prescribed levothyroxine at 50mg a day for the first two weeks, and now two pills a day-100mg. I can tell you honestly that when I was watching my weight and what I ate-excluding most carbs and all sugars, I did lose weight. But lately I have not been doing that thanks to holidays (lol) and I remember before this I was at 124 lbs. I am now at 146 pounds, but I feel so much better as far as the depression, sleepiness and no energy. I know that if I dedicate myself to exercise again, I could do it. But still, my hands are always stiff in the morning when I wake up. A small price to pay in exchange to what I use to feel like!!!

I found that going on Effexor has tremendously helped me with the brain fog, horrible memory, depression and general malaise. I have tried all the meds, including Armour. I’ve seen Naturopaths, Holistic doc’s etc.. For me, I seem to never get symtpom relief of cold intolerance, dry dry dry skin, hair loss, irregular menstrual cycles etc..

Guys, if you take medication, take it on an empty stomach in the morning and wait about half an hour before you eat anything. If you take iron supplements, wait about 4 hours after having taken your synthetic hormones. Swap your salt for high quality sea salt with iodine. Stay away from processed foods, most of all processed potatoes. Coffee isn’t a good idea but it isn’t too healthy anyway. Try strength training too, it increases metabolism after your workout. Best is to do sport without thinking you have to – it should be fun and no stress. And try to forget about hypothyroidism, your worries are impacting you getting well. Believe me, when I started not to worry so much, my TSH levels also came down. Get well soon!

I am on synthiroid for ab 10 years,had all the bad symptoms,
2, 3 years ago i went to the site http://www.curezone.com and followed some of the advises , i did the cleansing program like anti parasite, colon,toxins,liver flushes , i use barley greens , lemons , magnesium,i still have weight issues but i feel 100% better than i used too.
So, i would recommend all these to everybody, and REMEMBER it took years to bring your body down and it takes weeks, months to get it back in shape….
Treat your body as a whole cause e all is connected and you will see good results….
also try to stay away from coffee sugar and junk food.
there is not such magical pill to solve all problems , the power its in ourself when we start being responsible for our health.
hope this info helps anyone out there who passes through the same things i did and still have regarding thyroid issues