Graves disease and weight gain
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Diagnosed today with Graves disease. I'm a 39 yr old female. Worried about weight gain on Methimazole. Can I take appetite suppressants with this medication?
Everyone is different when it comes to medications and their thyroid disease-though weight loss is more common of Graves' disease, some people gain, just like some people lose weight being hypo.
I was on 5 of methimazole myself when diagnosed with Graves', and gained 15lbs. For me, it was much needed-I had lost nearly thirty pounds in just a few short months being un-medicated.
My mother was diagnosed in her early 40s with graves disease and her thyroid was removed, around the same time she was diagnosed with stage 3-4 colon cancer. I'm aware there are connections between autoimmune diseases and thyroid and intestinal diseases/conditions. As I'm getting older I'm noticing I'm following in the same physiological footsteps my mother did before she was diagnosed.
I am a 33 yr old female who was diagnosed with Graves disease almost 2 yrs ago. At this point it is pretty much out of control and I am having problems getting into see an Endo. My TSH is .009, T3 1329 and T4 3.94. I have had a numerous amount of symptoms develop over the last few months the one that concerns me the most is a constant feeling of someone chocking me. Although my levels are extremely high I have still managed to gain 25lbs over the past year and a half.
i have hyperthyroid.. is there any bad impact of taking avacado for trying to
What was the basis for the hyper diagnosis? Please post whatever thyroid test results and reference ranges you have so that members can provide the best response.
I am only addressing the thyroid levels.
Which states you are hyperthyroid and T-3 toxicosis which is seen in Graves' disease. This could be the reason for your fatigue and possibly weight gain. Not all hypers lose weight.
The solution for thyroid is to get treatment for the hyper side of the disease. Either RAI or ATDs. Surgery is an option with growing, hyperfunctioning nodule or thyroid cancer, which would entail more test to verify.
MY TSH IS LOW BUT MY T3 AND T4 ARE NORMAL MY TPO WAS OVER 24,000 MY TPI WAS ELEVATED AND MY SCAN SHOWED NODULES AND GRAVES BUT AGAIN I DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS BUT WEIGHT WHICH RIGHT NOW I AM OK WITH AS MY WEIGHT CURRENTLY IS 145. I HAVE THE MEDICATION TAPAZOLE 5MG BUT MY ENDO TOLD ME TO JUST TAKE 1/2 A PILL EVERY OTHER DAY. I WAS JUST HOPING THAT MAYBE IT WOULD HELP LOSE THE COUPLE OF POUNDS I HAVE GAINED.
What result is that? Is it a TSH level? A TSH of 0.28 is quite low... TSH is counter-intuitive; when it's high, thyroid hormone levels are, typically, too low and when it's low, thyroid hormone levels are, typically, too high... the latter is the case with Graves Disease: low TSH/high thyroid hormones.
Is that the only test you've had done? What about Free T4 and Free T3? It's very rare to gain weight with Graves Disease, though not impossible.
I just want to make sure that if I maintain my activity and eating healthy, will that prevent weight gain. I saw hair loss, rashes, and hoarse voices can also result from this drug. How common are these. I am 31 and have always been healthy. This year was very stressful because I am getting an MBA and work full time so I don't know if the stress caused this or if it something that I already had?
Any advice with this medication would greatly be appreciated.
hi im 37 and was diagnosed with Graves in March 2008. I lost alot of weight since march 2008 until now, were the weight is without increased diet piling back onn rapidly. I feel ok at present I have no tremors heart racing nothing atall. Sometimes im like a bear with a saw head but other than that i feel well. I have not taken any medication for my graves because of fear of gaining weight , Please can you answer why my weight has increased without any meds????
I am currently undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer and my daughter had Graves disease and hyperactive thyroid 2 years ago. She had to have hers removed and it actually had cancer in it as well. She had the same symptom as you and gained weight. It is not the norm but we were told it could happen.
I was Diagnosed and Treated with radioactive Iodine for Graves Disease in the Fall of last year. Since then I have been battling hair loss, weight gain, muscle cramps and extreme tiredness. I recently in May went on the synthroid but haven't had much change except for the muscle cramps have reduced. My question is though, how does taking synthroid effect your periods.
They wanted to start treatment right then for Hyper. I was concerned that her earlier weight gain was related and was uncomfortable treating for one. I made an appointment with a different Endo. This Endo agreed that it appeared that she was cycling between the two conditions and ran more tests that showed the presence of both antibodies. He concurred that treatment for one could cause problems when she cycled to the other.
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