Feeling condemned!!!!

[Snoddyoddbod]

I have a request to ask please

I would be very grateful if any one would private message me with information as to where I can obtain T3

I know I shouldn't ask but getting desperate

Many thanks in advance

[Kitti1]

Hi Snoddyoddbod

Why shouldn't you ask ?

Have you had any bloods done that include your t3 to see how your converting or not converting ? With how rotten your feeling it does sound like levo is not working fully for you. Also have you had your key nutrient levels tested. They can make a big difference to how you feel.

After hearing about t3 on the trust me I'm a doctor programme, I thought that must be what I need. Previous to that I'd blindly believed the doc's that my levels were 'fine', so thyroid stuff fine, so symptoms must be something else. And duely took all the anti-D's that I was prescribed believing the docs that it was my mental health.

Anyhows to try and cut a long story short, i got the t3 ordered but in the mean time, because of this wonderful forum, realised I needed to get my bloods done first. So i knew my starting point, the nutrients I needed to add and how bad exactly my conversion was. So this will give me the best chance of getting everything in place to feel better. So t3 has been sat on my shelf a month until I could afford the tests. I'm desperate to take them, but after 30 years of feeling crap I can wait another few weeks.

Sorry with all this and your previous posts I'm presuming you've not had the full bloods done. I went for plus 11 with blue horizon. Hope this helps

[Snoddyoddbod in reply to Kitti1]

Thank you kitti. I am waiting for the results to come in. T3 being done by medichecks and the rest by my gp.

I'm on 150mcg levothyroxine and put on 4 stone since RAI treatment in April 16.

Stood on the scales this morning to see another 10lbs has arrived.

If I eat any less I might as well live on tea and nothing else. I'm getting to the stage where I no longer want to eat

[Kitti1 in reply to Snoddyoddbod]

I really do know how you feel. I was dieting hard last September October & November, 700-800 calories a day. Aerobics 2-3 times a week and walking the dogs for between 11/4 - 2 hours a day every day. Didn't loose a pound, just got more depressed - lack of calories. I'm a size 14-16 on the bottom half and 16-20 on top.

Since finding out about t3 I've given up and enjoyed my food 😀👍. Not to excess though. No longer beat myself up over having a bacon butty at the weekend. I've put a bit of weight on but I'm not going to beat myself up about it. This is my body and because of thyroid I can't do much about it at the moment. So I'm not going make myself feel worse by dwelling on what I can't change at the moment - hopefully at the moment. I'm hoping more than anything to feel healthy alive ( i suffer from bad brain fog ) and happier, possibly even happy, that would be a revelation ! Then hopefully with a bit of effort weight lose will come.

Your feeling bad enough as it is don't make yourself feel worse by hating your body. Oh and personally I'd chuck the scales ! I go off my clothes.

Glad to hear you've had the blood tests. 👍

[Snoddyoddbod in reply to Kitti1]

Thank you for your lovely reply.

I think had it just have been a little bit of weight I wouldn't have taken so much notice. But I know my metabolism is greatly affected by the Graves. Back in 2013 when i suddenly went hyper I dropped 2 and a half stone in 9 days. It was scary. My gp said I had flu!!! When it came back to 'normal' I put the weight on and stayed stable. Then in 2015 it happened again dropped 2 stone and was told no more carbimozole RAI was the way forward.

If the T3 situation had been explained fully and the fact that they will do RAI treatment without being able to deliver the full after care I wouldn't have had it done. Knowing that my body is so responsive to the thyroid levels RAI was the worse thing ever for me

I've put on about 5 stone in total and only being 5ft 3" it's causing problems

Sometime i would like to have a sign on me that says I'm this size because of a medical issue not from over eating!!! I eat less now than I have ever done I do a full time physical job and yet I'm still gaining.

It's very depressing disheartening

[Kitti1 in reply to Snoddyoddbod]

I understand how you feel I've had 30 years of it. Perhaps I find it easier to think arh sod it because I'm 48. And over the years the weight issue has had me distraught. I've also felt robbed of the best part of my life. Spent 20 odd years taking pro plus to be able to go to work. And just as many years on anti depressants thinking its my head that's the problem.

But the t3 road is not guaranteed to solve all the problems. It works great for some but not for all. So please do try not to beat yourself up so much.

[ljk1]

Oh my poor darlings! Please be kind to yourselves! It isn't your fault and dieting and exercise don't do anything except make you tired and miserable! I've gone up to 25 stone despite doing everything including starvation! I now know that I won't loose it until I have got my vit levels etc up and I can include T3 because I don't convert. Re direct what energy you have into sorting out your meds first and you will be able to sort your weight out much easier, I know it's hard- if I'm not careful I can put 1lb a day on just by looking at the wrong food! If I stick to a good basic diet I can lose 1-2lb most weeks or at least not put more on,but anything more than that always goes back on,so don't be hard on yourselves,it's miserable enough as it is!