Okay I have lost some weight I use to weigh 300 lbs but it seems that I have stop losing weight I have started a new diet plan and a new exercise routine hopefully it works I will keep everyone up to date I also started new meds by the name of Topamax® (topiramate) i have really bad migraine headeaches. Has anyone heard of it? it has literally taken my taste buds away I dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing oh wells we will see...
I have diagnosed with MS so I want to lose weight before I cant do much on my own so i am optimistic if you can call it that...wish me luck...here I go on my journey...
Every 10 pounds...
I read that there is a correlation between D3 deficiency and MS. That if D3 deficiency is improved based on some test (not sure which, not the basic D level, the test has to check to make sure your body is able to use it) that symptoms are helped.
Sorry I can't remember exactly which one.
Last edited by deetermined2; 01-09-2011 at 05:06 PM.
does anyone know what your levels should be because my doctor just reduced my thyroxine because they said it was abit over but when i go next month im going to get the actual levels and see what is what as i am still tired all the time and hair falling out
ems 81wales - you need your doc to pay attention to your symptoms. you still have hypo symptoms and he is reducing your meds can you get a copy of your latest bloodwork? it is a good idea to always get copies of your bloodwork.
After reading the posts in this thread, I think I may be in trouble...
2 years ago I went for a medical check up and the doctor found a tiny cyst in my throat/neck area. She prescribed Synthroid (half of the tablet) but I don't remember what it was supposed to do. I took Synthroid for about a week but each time, my chest would tighten which made it hard to breathe. So I stopped and never got back to my doctor. Since I wasn't officially diagnosed with hypothyroid, I thought I would be ok.
Now I checked the website posted here with a list of symptoms, and I have almost ALL of them... my skin and hair are really dry, feeling cold all the time, hair turning white and falling off (I'm 29), constipation, slow weight loss, etc.
So I want to have another check up... but I don't know how to go about it... do I have another x-tray to check the cyst? Do I just tell the doctor I think I'm hypothyroid? I really wish I paid more attention to this before...
And did anyone get the same reaction to Synthroid? It felt like my throat was closing up... and it was giving me migraines, too... Or is that how it's supposed to work?
has anybody here had problems with Levothyroxine? I recently switched doctors because I moved, and when I went to pick up my Synthroid in November, I noticed it was the generic. Since it was 4 dollars instead of 30, I went ahead and took it for two months.
I wasn't actively losing weight those months, it being the holidays, but I have never been an over eater and was still making healthy choices. I intended to maintain, which I have never had a problem doing when I am on the right meds.
When I went in a couple weeks ago to get my levels checked again, they were HORRIBLE and when I stepped on the scale, I had gained 25 pounds in 2 months.
I am back on Synthroid again, and the pounds are coming back off, but I am extremely mad about working so hard to lose those 25 pounds and now I have to do it all over again!
I am also mad at myself for not catching it in time, I tend to wear leggings and big hoodies for most of my clothes since I work from home so I didn't feel anything get tighter... I am super depressed about this.
HokieLoki - Sorry to hear about your bad experience. My doc did mention that some people do not respond to levothyroxine like they do to synthroid, but for others it seems to work just as well. I started on levothyroxine, if my hormone levels don't respond to that I can get switched to synthroid, but my insurance won't cover it unless it's proven medically necessary. Good luck resuming your weight loss, I know it can be really frustrating.
9 days into my renewed weight loss efforts and I've gained 2 pounds. Awesome. I'm starting to think this whole weight loss thing might not take off again until I get this thyroid business straightened out, but that's no excuse to not keep on exercising and eating well. I'd really like to be able to wear most of the clothes in my closet again.
Last edited by shananigans; 01-11-2011 at 05:06 PM.
I have never heard of synthroid before iv always been on levothyroxine and always struggled with my weight on it i have to be so strict to lose weight and exercise alot I dont know what to do as they recently just reduced mine like i said before they are testing my bloods again next month. Do they automatically check your t3 when testing the thyroid or shall i ask them? xxxx
ems81wales,
You may need to specifically request not just T3 test but FT3, but also reverse T3 (rT3), also FT4.
If your body is making good levels of FT4 but you still have low FT3 it could be because your thyroid is making
rT3 instead of FT3. Having too much rT3 can give you all those bad hypothyroid symptoms. RT3 is like the "evil twin" or mirror image, so to speak, of the FT3.
Ems81wales - do you know what tests they are running? i would be sure to get a copy of whatever they have done, even if they tell you everything is fine.
Since this seems to be the Hypothyroid thread, I have a question.
I've been on levothyroxine for 1 month exactly. Haven't really noticed a difference yet.. my doctor even said I'd most likely end up on a higher does than what he started me on (50mg). I don't get my blood tested again until like April, although, he does want me to go to an Endo (which means actually have to go get my referral papers.. they've been waiting for me for 3 weeks lol)
Anyway...So I've been on this medication for a month and what I am noticing is: Heart Palpitations and minor dizziness.
Now, I know that every once in a while our heart "Skips" a beat (I know it's actually adding). I can honestly say that it probably happens to me once or twice a year. But I've had 5 in the past month. And a few "almosts" (It felt like it was going to do it, but didn't) I've also gotten the whirlies. That's happening more frequently. Especially after I'm getting up off the floor quickly, or if I've been crouching down for a while. But just this past week, I was sitting at my desk talking to a co worker when it happened.
My mom isn't being helpful (She has hypothyroidism as well, and has been on levothyroxine) I ask her about it and she goes "It's your thyroid!" But I didn't have these things before the medicine.
(And a side note, I also have to have an ultrasound done on my heart to make sure I don't have mitrovalve something or other... My doctor just wants to make sure I have chest wall syndrom and not something else. He doesn't think I do have anything wrong with my heart.. my EKG was good, but just incase. Chest wall syndrom is hereditary.. my dad had it....) But I still didn't have these palpitations or dizziness until I started this medication.
So.. is this normal? Or should I be running to my doctor? Thanks!
