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weight! cant seem to get it off

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my Doctor increased my thyroid dosage to 0.125mcg. the weight is still a problem. I am taking SYNTHROID.

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Perhaps you're not converting very well. Have you had your FT3 tested? If you can't convert the synthroid to T3, it doesn't matter how much he increases it, you'll still be hypo. But doctors are too dumb to understand that!

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