Hypothyroidism Support Group
Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyrohormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism following radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism. Advanced hypothyroidism may cause severe complications, the most serious one of which is...
This is my 3rd week on synthroid and I haven't lost any weight. I have been doing weight watchers and not sure if I should continue since I'm not losing any weight. I was hoping to loose since most people do. I wonder if the synthroid is working?? Maybe I need a higher dosage??? Help, any advise
After 6 to 8 weeks you go back to get bloodtests and make sure to get Ft4 and Ft3 along with TSH, because you will want to focus on the frees to see if you are converting to Ft3. Ft3 is the active hormone and Ft4 is just a storage one.
I know it seems like a long wait to get there but you will and the weight will be much easier to lose.
Give it some time and have your blood tests regularly to see if you need anything further to help, as bm55 mentioned.
Good Luck...When your levels are optimal along with the Weight Watchers program...you should see the scales drop quickly.
It takes easily 6 months and usually closer to a year or slightly longer for levels to be optimized......and that's if the patient is working with a thyroid-savvy doctor (or is at least able to convince the doctor to do what it takes to optimize levels).
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SUGAR needs to go away in all of its hidden names on the boxes of practically everything in the supermarket. Drop the processed sugar, drop the pounds. And having a thyroid condition doesn't help since it regulates blood sugar, so dropping the excess, unnatural sugars is a win win situation. Way too many people are afraid to eat fats, good fats are needed, and bad fats are bad. We should be afraid, very afraid to eat sugar: it is turning us insane.
Even before I was diagnosed with this disease I was, clearly, imbalanced in many ways, obviously, but it helped tremendously when I quit sugar, and when I mean quit I mean quit it all the way, even fruit juice and dried fruits. I went on a hypoglycemic diet, which helps us with thyroid conditions to regulate blood sugar.
I lost about 25 pounds when I quit sugar before my diagnosis and have stayed at that steady weight ever since. I have dropped another few pounds since quitting dairy and gluten.
Hope this helps. All the best!
Hypothyroidism puts weight on me like crazy. when my levels were in the basement a couple of months ago - I saw no real change until 6-8 weeks later when I gained 20 lbs in TWO WEEKS. (So not kidding).
Here's the thing - when my levels stabilize/optimize - I stop putting weight on, but losing the weight rarely follows AFTER optimization.
For me, there's no short-cuts. It's nutrition (which I was doing anyway), and exercise that help me shed the lbs. Otherwise, they stick around for the next thyroid crisis.
I can't wait around for my "thyroid to kick in" hoping to lose the lbs - it simply would NEVER happen. It's old fashioned hard work and dietary adjustments.
Oh, and I agree 100% with what Vonpat said.
I'll have to lose more before I worry. I've been on the Levo about 6-7
weeks.