Frustrated

[Rhondoll]

Have had hypothyroid and hasimoto for 5 years I immediately gained 40lbs and was pretty much bed bound I had to quit my job with no comp I have since not been able to lose the weight and am currently waiting on a referral to an endocrinologist and tips or tricks on weightloss?

Love you all for listening

[humanbean]

You need to know whether your treatment is adequate, for a start. You also need to fix any nutrient deficiencies.

Ask your surgery to give you a copy of your blood test results from the last few years, including the reference ranges.

The things that, ideally, would have been tested are :

TSH

Free T4

Free T3

Anti-TPO antibodies

Anti-TG Antibodies

Vitamin B12

Vitamin D

Folate

Ferritin/iron (or preferably a full iron panel and a full blood count)

CRP and/or ESR (both are measures of inflammation in the body)

[Saggyuk in reply to humanbean]

Yes these are all important so find out all your results and post and then people here can suggest what you can do to help - many docs leave many hugely undermedicated etc

[Saggyuk in reply to Saggyuk]

If you haven't got results, you can ask for a print out from the GPs receptionist