I Have Hypothyroidism

I was diagnosed 2 years ago with hypothyroidism in my first year of college. I was always overweight even though I exercised pretty well and ate mostly right apart from a few times a month or so. I went on a medication and stopped it...

I am a nineteen year old girl who was just trying to get through college and experience life when I got diagnosed with Hypothyroidism about five months ago. At first I really didn't understand that it would have such a big role in my...

I am 29 years old (30 at the end of July). On the 8th of this month, my labs came back with elevated TSH (normal T4), and elevated anti-thyroid antibodies, so my condition is likely Hashimoto's (I am a CLS so I am familiar with the...

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in December of 2010. I have been taking levothyroxine ever since. I will be 21 in a few weeks and annoyed at the fact that I have to take this for the rest of my life every morning before I can have...

I've had hypothyroidism since I was 9 years old. Growing up, I always felt a little chubby compared to my really thin older sister. When I hit third grade, I had plumped up pretty good. I was chubbier than my classmates, and so aware of...

Anyone else on Hypothyroid meds and noticing changes in their weight/puffiness/energy-levels/etc? If so, how long did it take you to notice a difference?!? Thanks!

When my husband met me, I was energetic, allert, and in control. I kept a tight ship, as far as housework went. I could easily keep track of him and our six kids. Then I started getting sick.
My husband, who is military, thinks it is...

I've been on hormone replacement drugs for years and had dozens of blood tests done to check my hormone levels, but I still have all the symptoms. I have been doing a research project for school on other methods to control the thyroid...

I was officially diagnosed with hypothyroidism a year after my son was born.  The dr put me on levoxyl and I get blood drawn every 3 months.  And I am still tired, muscle aches, no energy what so ever, and have given up trying...

I've been sick with colds all winter. I've never had so many colds in a row. It knocked me down so hard, aside from going to work, my life has been put on hold. A Dr chastised me for missing 6 days of work in January, and I got so...

i was put on sythinthroud i know i misspelled it but oh well, the side effects were bad it was almost 90 out side and i had a full winter coat on i was so cold i know i need to get back on my meds , and talk about gaining weight lord...

Hi everyone. New here. I'm 32 and yesterday diagnosed with Hyperthyroid. The doc said I could very well have hashimotos disease, but my blood tests would confirm. Anyone have this and how big of a deal is it?!? Thanks!

I first knew something was wrong when I was 17... I gained around 5kg, for the first time in years. I am 5'4 and have always been a steady weight of 53-55kg. Never more.

I thought I was eating too much junk food so I decided to get...

This is going to be a rant  about my latest experience with members of the medical profession , dizziness and a thyroid disfunction.
So bear with me  but, let me tell you, they ALL  suck, big time !!
I have been suffering from...

i have had hypothyroidism now for over a year. i have always been underweight and small.  and the meds that my doctor has me on with is the synthroid makes me lose even more weight. i always thought that people with this gain...

I am heavy set. I am only 17 years old. I used to be on track and was a great weight. However, I started getting cravings and started eating more... Finally the doctors found out that I have hypothyroidism. It's something that has to do...

I never thought I'd write those words in the title when I was first diagnosed in 2003 by a nurse practitioner (NP). I believed HypoT, as I'll refer to it from here on, was a mild disease and that my NP was treating me correctly. Boy was...

Yep, I'm hypothyroid.  Gotta take pills every day for the rest of my life.  Woo!
The most important thing that I could say to someone that's got a thyroid disorder (or any disorder, for that matter!) is to never let a doctor...

Could this be hypothyroidism??
So basically i have like classic symptoms, fatigue which is sometime so bad that i feel like i cant even talk because im sooo drained, weight gain, i mean like excessive weight gain, i have bouts of...