wondering about my daughter

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Reading about taking T3 in pregnancy is making me wonder.

Although I only figured out last year I need to take T3, I have probably been

hypo my whole adult life. My temp has always been low, I have always had to eat

very little to not be hugely obese. I have a 7 yo dd who is obese. Always has

been. (She was 9 pounds at birth.) She is very tall, almost 5 feet, but she

also weighs about 130 pounds and has to wear large women's clothes because she

has such a large tummy. Since I have been taking off weight, she is now larger

than I am. As my clothes get too big for me, she starts wearing them. A few

years ago she had a thyroid panel done, but it did not show the rT3, of course.

We also ruled out a genetic issue at the same time. I have been hesitant to

have blood work done again because it was such a traumatic experience for her.

She is so chubby, it was hard to find the veins under all of the fat. Her diet

is awesome. We stick to a mostly organic, whole food diet. We limit grains,

although that is hard because it's what she craves. She eats very little, often

skipping meals during the day because she is not hungry. Is it possible she

needs T3? Can you medicate a 7 year old? If she's too young to medicate, I

would probably wait to go through the trauma of blood work again.

What are your thoughts?