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[Hels74]

Diagnosed with hypothyroidism 4 months ago and now up to 100mg, now my iron is at 8 and am on ferrous. Please can someone help me with when some of the tiredness will stop and I can loose some of the weight I have piled on...

[Clutter]

Welcome to the forum, Hels74.

Most people will feel well and able to exercise a few weeks after they are optimally treated and for most this will be when TSH is just above or below 1.0 with FT4 in the upper range.

If you get a printout of your results with ranges (figures in brackets after results) and post them in a new question members will advise whether you are optimally medicated.

You haven't posted the range for iron so I don't know whether it is low. If your doctor has prescribed iron, it's obviously low and will be causing fatigue. Take iron tablets with 500mg-1,000mg vitamin C to aid absorption and minimise constipation and take iron 4 hours away from Levothyroxine.

Vitamins are often low/deficient in hypothyroid patients so ask your GP to test vitamin D, B12 and folate. Post the results and ranges in a new question for advice on supplementing.