Please help

[Deeya]

I have been diagnosed with Hypothyroid. TSH is 9.6. Doc prescribed Thyrox- 50 mg. Please tell me what food I should have and what I should abstain from. I am a non vegetarian. Am also gaining weight at an alarming rate. Acute pain in lower legs and short of breath too.

[Treepie]

I suggest that you post all your results with ranges before asking for specific advice. You also need FT4 and FT3 ,antibodies tests, B12,D3, Folate,Ferritin and maybe some more others will suggest.

[shaws Administrator]

Your doctor should have increased your 50mcg Thyroxine to 75mcg after six weeks and with a 25mcg increase every six to eight weeks until you are symptom-free.

Bearing in mind doctors only look at the TSH and some mistakenly believe that 'anywhere' in the range is fine, No it isn't. We need a TSH to be 1 or lower with Free T4 and Free T3 towards the upper part of the range (these two are rarely tested) but ask GP if he will test them. Usually TSH and T4 alone are tested.

These are foods to avoid.

womentowomen.com/thyroid-he...

You need sufficient thyroid hormone replacements (levothyroxine) to raise your metabolism to normal. Low metabolism (hypo) usually causes weight gain and levo (thyroxine) helps to raise it back to normal (if GP gives you optimum doses). The aim is relief of all clinica lsymptoms.

Always get a print-out of your results with the ranges for your own records and you can post if you have a query.

If GP hasn't tested B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate ask for these to be done because if we are deficient we may have symptoms.

[Deeya in reply to shaws]

Thank you, Friend. My reports came out day before only. Doc has not done any other test. Shall speak to him about B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate tests.