Re: Re: losing weight with hypothyroid

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Straight away Katy..............in about 6 weeks I lost 12

pounds...............people are freaking when they see me, asking what I've

been doing........how do you begin to explain hypothyroidism and piggies to

some-one, I usually say I have a medical condition(most people , except

family,don't know I'm hypo, it just never comes up in conversation) that

causes weight gain and I've just changed my meds and it's agreeing with

me..I've been taking it for about 8-9 weeks now, and am up to 4

grains............I started at 3, after 12 years on thyroxine, I was up to

300 mcgs,.........split 1x 3 times daily, amazingly no adrenal symptoms,

then to 3 & 1/2 then to 4. I will hold it there for a bit. I am playing with

the timing of the dose, at the moment it's 2x2 times daily,

sublingually.......was taking it about 6 hours apart but yesterday was out,

forgot my dose and took it a little later and I think it worked better for

me, so today the same, so at this stage am spacing the dose around 7-8 hours

apart.

I don't know if I'm at my optimal dose yet. I plan to hold this dose around

4 weeks. I'm also getting just a few heart palps when I go to bed at night,

not too bad, they settle after a few minutes,so am looking at adrenal

support, will probably order some Isocort next week. I really expected my

adrenals to be fried and to be screaming from the get-go. The heart palps

are the only adrenal symptoms I can say I have

So 12 pounds in 6 weeks, after spending 9 years getting around 20 pounds

off.... first 3 years I was hypo, I didn't even try......I am nearly back to

the weight I was before I went hypo, .......it wasn't picked up for at least

5 years , my doctor tested me, I was " NORMAL " .....haha.....then I proceeded

to gain weight, I put it all on in 18 months, then it was another 4 & 1/2

years before I was diagnosed

Still a ways to go in the brain fog/energy stakes but am certainly getting

better................Meleese in Oz xxx

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> Hi Meleese

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> Can I ask when you began to lose the weight? How much Armour are you

> taking and how long have you been taking it? Would you say you are at

> your optimum dose now?

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> Katy

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>> I am losing heaps of weight

>> on Armour

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