Piling on the weight

[R1oma234]

Any advice - my t3 and t4 are acceptable but at lower end of range and I am taking 1 and s half grains of armour but just keep piling on the weight - iron b12 and selenium all in range - does any body know If I ask my doctor to Add t3 whether this can help - feel so helpless

Please any suggestions

[shaws Administrator]

Welcome to our forum,

In your Profile you haven't given any information of your thyroid history. When were you diagnosed? I assume you are on levothyroxine? what dose?

Thanks.

[greygoose]

'Acceptable' is not good enough. You need your FT3 to be optimal FOR YOU. We're all different, but you know when you feel good, and when you feel bad. If you still have symptoms - and weight-gain is a symptom - then you are not optimised. You need an increase in dose.

Same goes for iron, B12, etc. 'In range' is not the same as optimal. Your B12 should be about 1000 to be optimal - anything Under 500 is dangerous. Iron should be mid-range. The ranges are just a guide and shouldn't be seen as the be-all-and-end-all of thyroid treatment. The aim is to illiminate all your symptoms, not just to get the levels 'in range'. Unfortunately, doctors Don't know that.