Dr. Say No HYPOTHYRIOD

[LittleNemo]

Hi Everyone-

Can someone tell me if they have ever experienced this:

I have gone to the dr multiple times. THey have done blood work and each time they tell me I am alright. However, I am half Chinese. My mother and her 5 sisters are all around 5'1 and over 150 lbs, and my chinese grandmother also falls in this category. However, one sister had her thyriod removed and is now around 80 lbs. I am convinced I also have a thyriod issue, or something genetic.

But the doctor tells me i don't according to blood work.

[2big4mysize]

ask to see your blood work results and ask for a full testing panel for your next test.

It isn't fun tobe hypo so I guess you should be happy your doc says you are healthy but if you feel you are then look and see what your TSH is under 3 is now the endocrine society's recommendation for healthy.
there are lots of ways you can be hypo that will not show in a simple blood test. you can have thyroid hormones bound up in your blood and the level will look high unless the test included freeT4 and T3 levels.
you can have something else interferring with your TSH/ T3 negative feed back loop.

estrogen interfers with thyroid too
as does goitrogen foods we eat like soy and many of the acceptable veggies

see there are lots of ways you can have issues.

[stephbob]

That is very interesting! My best friend has doubled in weight since having her daughter 3 years ago, going from 98 lbs to 198 lbs. Her dr has done the necessary blood work and said theres nothing wrong but shes convinced that she's suffering from it. She does eat a lot of soy products and her estrogen levels are all over the place, but drs here are useless. They told her that she may also have pcos and that she needs a scan, but they wont make an appointment for her. good luck!

[ksing88]

Please see my article in this forum today: Subject:Thyroid and weight gain