HYPOTHYROIDISM OR JUST FAT?

Question by ☀sunshine❀daydream☮:
hypothyroidism or just fat?
ok so i have been STRUGGLING to loose my pregnancy weight, my son is 6 months old and i breast fed him fully for 4 months then slowly went down for some complications on his end.. poor guy wasnt gaining weight.

so, i will be honest and say i weighed about 125-130 after i lost 15 lbs in my first trimester, then delivered weighing 170 i am 5’5 and normally weigh around 145-50, however after i delivered i went on a diet, slicing my portions smaller, eating the ideal foods i could ect. i live on the 2nd floor and make sure to park farther away from stores and such. . i always carry the carseat, and stay active during daily activities. . anyways, i seem to be gaining weight still at an alarming rate. i now am topping out the scale at 200lbs. i never imagined i would get this big, since i have always had an average metabloism and a slightly thicker build, my muscles are very massive but i didnt have much FAT on top of them.. i have been diagnosed with depression, and was prescribed zoloft, i have since stopped taking it due to emotional side effects… my ob felt my neck for about half a second and filled out the script. . i have looked at the symptoms on many sites and i have all of them,
•Fatigue, i sleep around 12-14 hours a day. . and am constantly ready to fall asleep
•Depression, have been diagnosed.
•Modest weight gain..lol, beyond modest..
•Cold intolerance, i used to love 65′, now i freeze..i live in ny where 65 is a blessing most days
•Excessive sleepiness..stated above
•Dry, coarse hair, i brushed it off as if it were my shampoo change, or horomones
•Constipation, sometimes. . more than not
•Dry skin, especially on nose and near hairline
•Muscle cramps, i have had these since i was very young
•Increased cholesterol levels, need this checked
•Decreased concentration, i was told that that was a part of depression
•Vague aches and pains, i have always had what i thought were growing pains that went from either hip-knee-ankle (reverse) knuckles, wrist, elbow (reverse)

i have a check up in a month and a half but i dont know if i should call and go in earlier or not.. please help, what do you think

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Answer by REASON IS NOT A 4 LETTER WORD
I had all the symptoms when I was diagnosed, too. I blamed myself on the weight gain until I realized I was not over eating and got plenty of exercise chasing my young children.

Have your physician check your TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone to see if your thyroid hormone is utilized properly. Learn about the other tests. Get them all. Read Raymond Peat and John Lee. Go to aboutthyroid.com (your ideal resource)

My daughter was 5 and I was at my wits end when I saw a Prevention Magazine at the drugstore. I had been praying for an answer to my health crisis, I could barely get out of bed. I recognized myself in the symptoms listed on the cover of that magazine. How weird, no it was God!! My symptoms were on the cover right in front of me. I told my OB?GYN she tested and confirmed.

I finally knew what was wrong, but would be treated with a synthetic replacement that left me basically untreated for the next 5 years. My body would not convert T4, so I was still sick.

The next obstacle once I read about resistance and how I needed a replacement with T3 was finding a physician to prescribe natural thyroid replacement, one with T4,T3,T2 & T1. I found out that if you go to a compounding pharmacist they can tell you who prescribes armour thyroid (natural)

Do your homework. If you are hypothyroid and it is autoimmune (ask!!) take vitamin D to stop the autoimmune response.

Based on your symptoms I would say there is a good chance you are hypothyroid, but see if other imbalances caused it. I like female doctors. Try to find one who works with hormone balance and natural hormones.

I will not bore you with details, but this can be so debilitating. untreated, under treated or mistreated it will also mess with your adrenals causing major stress and insomnia.

MOST IMPORTANT hypothyroidism can begin as estrogen dominance, like me, eventually leading to hypothyroidism when balance doesn’t return. Progesterone opposes estrogen and re-balances your hormones. I do not know, but unless you have been hypothyroid for a long while your thyroid probably has function & progesterone might fix the underlying cause (estrogen dominance) and you will not be hypothyroid or deal with thyroid replacement or further complications. That would be the ideal case scenario. Often estrogen dominance occurs after pregnancy when hormones do not return to balance. Left in that say the thyroid function is next affected, followed by the adrenals.

God bless you. I wish you well!

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