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Hi,just wanted to find out what everone else thinks about weight gain. When I first found out that I had a hyper thyroid I weighed 120 lbs. NOW after about a year I can't seem to loose any weight. I am up to 150 and I am sick of gaining more even though I work out like crazy. Doesn't seem fair and I need some advice please!
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I am in the same situation. I have steadily been gaining weight. I thought it was the beta-blockers I was on, so I greatly decreased how much I was taking. I still seem to be gaining weight and it is depressing. I'm tired all the time to begin with, but the weight gain is just too much to deal with on top of everything else. I've already suffered a miscarriage due to the hyperthyroidism and it's taking forever to get any help.
I've had well over 10 blood tests and two hospital scans, I'm now awaiting a meeting to try medication instead of getting my thyroid removed. I was pregnant when I was first diagnosed so radiation is not an option since I still want to get pregnant again soon. However, my thyroid levels are raging (for the last 4 months) and I'm gaining weight and I'm not on any medication yet. My vision is starting to blur and it's making me angry that treatment takes so long.
My T3 levels are particularly high and I'm gaining weight. I've been watching what i eat and don't know what could 'cause this?! I'm also irritable and tired all of the time.
Wow, me too.. I weighed 120 lbs and now weigh 150..I've NEVER weighed this much!!!!
I was diagnosed Hyperthyroid 3 years ago. My appettite grew and grew. I could eat a whole 8 in cake, and not be stuffed! Once I got on PTU, it stablized, but now my metabolism is slowed because of the meds, which makes it really hard to lose weight. I developed a rash from the PTU and was switched after about a month without meds to Methimazole. But during that month, I was able to lose 15 lbs! It came off so quickly doing low carb and exercizing for an hour a day at the gym. But then the Methimazole kicked in, and slowed everything down, so I'm almost at a standstill as far as weight. I sleep a lot better though. But when I go back to the Endo, I'll ask if I can lower my dosage some and see what he says.
Hello. I, too, am fighting a similar battle. I suffered a m/c in November 2005, had a successful pregnancy/birth in December 2007, then another m/c in March of 2009. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroid in July 2009. My TSH was at 0.1, T3 at 30.0 & T4 at 4.7. Symptoms were excessive heat intolerance with terrible night sweats, tremors, enlarged thyroid gland, increased appetite, and weight gain. I, too, want another child, but my cycles were irregular to begin with, but have become regular since being put on Propylthiouracil, though I am not sure I am ovulating. I've made an appointment with my OB/GYN who advertises infertility treatment this upcoming Monday. I expect to have to have the medication increased, but am not sure since have been on 100mg 1x/d since 3/10. My advice, find a dr you trust, whether OB/GYN or ENDO and stay on top of it. I wish I would have, but am going to make up for it now. Keep us posted as to the weight issue as I am also hoping to take up running again to aid in managing it and hope I will be successful.