Is it true people loose weight with hypothyroidism medication? If so how does it work?
I am a 22 year old female with hypothyroidism and am being referred to an endocrinologist. I am not sure what to expect. For a little over a year now I have not changed my diet or exercise and I slowly gained weight. With hypothyroid hormone treatment will it help or make it easier to loose weight? How does that work?
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The answer to your question is yes. Hypothyroidism is caused by the thyroid's inability to produced a hormone. By replacing the hormone with a synthetic one it will speed up the body's metabolism and thus burn off more calories. This will result in weight loss, although not quickly.
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Yes! Hypothyroidism runs in my family. I know my mom always gains weight when she is off her meds for it and then will quickly lose the weight when she starts taking the medicine again. Growing up, my family was very poor and my mom often had to go without her medicines for like a month or more at a time. She would become very tired, pale and gain weight every single time. Then when she was back on the meds, she would be fine and the weight came off. She didn't diet or anything.
They have more money now and so she stays on her meds constantly and her weight doesn't go up and down all the time. We had a doctor tell us it was being off her hypothyroidism medication tthat caused the weight gain and then being back on it that made it come off again. Hope that helps.
They have more money now and so she stays on her meds constantly and her weight doesn't go up and down all the time. We had a doctor tell us it was being off her hypothyroidism medication tthat caused the weight gain and then being back on it that made it come off again. Hope that helps.
YES! I'm only 17 and I started meds a year ago and I was pretty chubby and now I actually look pretty good as far as weight control goes.
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