... thyroid symptoms and my blood work was within normal range. Over the past several months I have gained 20 lbs. rather quickly, hair is falling out, fatigue, heart rate is lower and I last weekend I spotted for 3 days (I haven't had menstual cycles for 2 years since I went through the change of life), I'm also more agitated which is not in my nature. My blood work revealed 0.874 which is in the range, however my last reading was 1.470. I don't feel like myself and I'm concerned and need more advice
Underactive Thyroid - I have been taking Levothyroxine 50 MCG since November 2009 with no no more?
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- 16 Jun 2011 by jdepugh
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- underactive thyroid, thyroid disease, levothyroxine, fatigue, blood disorders, thyroid
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mustangsa...24 Jun 2011
This is probably a hum drum response but I really think you should see a doc. This may or may n o t be related to thyroid. You mentioned spotting. That tells me, get it checked out, especially with uncharacterized fatigue. ( I know, thats not a word but it works for me ). Your symptoms also point to iron poor blood. See a doc and give yourself peace of mind and MABE, God forbid, catch something important EARLY. The things you got going on point at to wide a range to try to second guess it. Good Luck. I'd like to keep tabs on you if you could keep us posted.
2 Jul 2011
Hi jdepugh,
First off, if you feel something isn't right with your body, it's critical that your doctor actually listen to you and take you seriously (if they don't - find a new doctor!).
Your symptoms for the most part do sound like underactive thyroid, but if your bloodwork shows normal results, I would look into other autoimmune disorders. Unfortunately, it's very common for someone with one autoimmune disorder (such as hypothyroidism) to have, or develop, others (particularly other hormone deficiencies, and vitamin deficiencies caused by the body not absorbing nutrients effectively). Some symptoms could also be side-effects of medications, are you on any other medications, besides the levothyroxin?
16 Jul 2011
Hi Jdepugh,
Get with your doctor, I also take levothyroxine 100 MCG, I nolonger have a Tyroid I had it remove. I have the weight gain problem, and getting ready to change my eating habits. I will take out bread, cookies, rice, grits, fried foods and see if this will bring my weight down. I gone from 142 to 175, and I am very depress and fatigue. My hair have grown over half-way my back, I am please with that, but the weight has to go.
I will let you know how the change in diet work, let give it a few weeks.
Take care,
16 Jul 2011
If it makes you feel better, I am 62 and am on 88mcg. of levo. since June of 2010. My numbers are all in range and I feel good. But in the last yr I gained 15 lbs, I had lost 20 lbs the yr prior to taking meds and am doing the same thing (diet and exercise on WW) that I did before, but it's not working. I am 2.1 range, and the endo doc said they like patients to be about 2.0, so maybe your range is TOO LOW even tho' it's within range? Maybe you need a change of dose or a change of meds to get closer to 2.0. She said some people need to switch around meds until they are happy. My DIL was in range too but didn't feel good. She changed meds and doses and is in the UPPER normal range now and she feels good. So maybe you have to find the right numbers for your body that are still within normal range. I saw a second endocrinologist this week and discussed my weight questions. Her answer was that the thyroid pill should not be impeding my weight loss.
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Hi Laura,
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I needed to lower my sodium, cut my fat intake and lower my carb intake because of diabetes and heart disease. I got right into it. Then I realized that my quality of life as I saw it had declined because in addition to 'eating to live', I'd also 'lived to eat' and that joy was gone. You've heard that old saying "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I applied that philosophy to diet. If we take drastic dietary steps and end up not enjoying ourselves, relapsing to our 'old ways' of seriously overeating and/or eating all the wrong things is virtually guaranteed. The secret is MODERATION. My weight is stable where I want it and I enjoy the food I like in moderation, neither depriving myself totally, nor over-indulging. Restricting total caloric intake is essential but don't starve yourself and make your diet unappealing. Don't 'take out' the foods you list; you'll be much happier REDUCING your intake of those foods. My diabetes and heart disease are now both well-controlled, obviously with appropriate Rx meds. I'm also post I-131 hypothyroid, I take 200 mcg levothyroxine daily and my thyroid profile is normal.
I think you would benefit from a second opinion yourself. Depression and fatigue are symptoms of hypothyroidism and some of your weight gain may be a result of water retention. Improvement in the hair loss situation suggests you are less hypo than you were previously, but I think you're still on the hypo side. My endo always had his boxers in a twist over TSH. I put up with 3 years of dose adjustments. When my T3 and T4 were both normal, my TSH was slightly out of whack and the endo wanted to cut my dose of levo. I flatly refused. Medical treatment is not just about numbers... it is, or should be, about relief of symptoms and if my symptoms are gone, my dose is just fine, thank you very much. I no longer see that endo and my fam-doc prescribes my 200 mcg/day levo.
BTW, I'm bipolar type 2 with depression as my predominant symptom. I know what you're feeling. Fatigue is a symptom of hypo but also of depression so you really need to get re-assessed, hopefully leading to a levo dose increase which in turn should deal with both depression and fatigue.
I hope that is of some help too you.
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Gord