Underactive thyroid?

Question

I am 33. I got weighed by my gp last month and I was about 75kg and when I saw her yesterday I weighted in at 99kg and she is sending me for blood tests for an under-active thyroid.

I have always had sensitive skin but at the moment my skin around my mouth is covered in spots so I look like I am a teenager again. The doctor has also put me on Lisinopril for High Blood Pressure. I generally feel like an auld lady and am finding it difficult to walk anywhere with various aches and pains in my muscles. My hair is very dry as well as my skin (having to use hand cream every day as the skin between my fingers was getting very sore).

Everyone says my face looks puffy and my tummy looks so bloated that you would think I am pregnant....which I am not.

My tongue is constantly furred white.

Answer 1

First off all if you are in the UK, 99% of doctors do not know how to treat thyroid disease. They only know about Thyroxin which is a synthetic CHEMICAL and should not be in your body. It has many side affects, some (few) don’t feel unwell on thyroxin as you may well find in a couple of months...weight gain, extreme fatigue, frequent bowel movements, puffy eyes and dry skin, and many others.

In the long term it leads to osteoporosis. In time you will experience these side affects, so please keep the information that I am about to tell you as you WILL need it. You can treat your thyroid by natural medication with NO side affects. The medication is called Armour Thyroid and is derived from pig’s glands that have a great success rate. They actually used to prescribe it in this country for people with thyroid disease. Yet most doctors don’t even know that, in fact most doctors will not have heard of it and advice you against it while not being able to give you scientific evidence why you shouldn’t! That’s because it’s all about money not health. Their problem with natural products is that nobody can patent them, so the government cannot have exclusive ownership. But they can by making up synthetic chemicals.

What you need to know is that about 85% of people are unable to transfer T4 into T3 when they use Thyroxin. T3 is essential to the function of the main organs of your body. Armour thyroid naturally has T4, T3 and T2 and T1 and it make you feel well with no side affects. Thyroxin does not have T2 & T1. Once you research it at the site below you can order it from the recommended site www.internationalpharmacy.com

I was on Thyroxin for two years and did not feel well on it I had absolutely no energy and my weight ballooned up to 19 and a half stone. I started my Armour in April this year and I am now 15 and a half stone with loads of energy. Armour Thyroid helps increase your metabolism where thyroxin slows it down. As you don’t know me, don’t take my word for your health go to www.tpa-uk.org.uk Sheila Turner (expert on thyroid disease) runs this thyroid patient advocacy site which will inform and educate you on your disease. There are over six hundred other people on that forum who are taking Armour Thyroid and can give you advice. Pretty soon you will see that doctors know absolutely nothing about treating the thyroid. They are ignorant about it.

Beware of people on this site who are not what they seem, and will try and discredit amour thyroid at every opportunity.

By the way I have hear bad things about Lisinopril and other high blood pressure tablets.  I don't think they work and that you should be looking at your diet and eat foods that help reduce your blood pressure naturally.  For starters exercise, eat fresh food and veg, fruit and drink plenty of water, don't smoke, don't eat a lot os sugar, cut out processed foods and try and relax or meditate, but don't get stressed either!  Then you won't need these synetic chemical drugs with their many side affects.  Do your own research, Good luck

Answer 2

i got diagnosed with it few  months ago and im only in my 20's however my symptoms were dry skin, tirdness and feeling the cold easily. i did not put on weight at all. u will feel great again if u do have to take thyroid tabs as they are replacing what thyroxine u dont have

Answer 3

Lisinopril is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure. It is used in combination with other medications to treat heart failure. Lisinopril is also used to improve survival after a heart attack. Lisinopril is in a class of medications called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. It works by decreasing certain chemicals that tighten the blood vessels, so blood flows more smoothly and the heart can pump blood more efficiently.

Do not take lisinopril if you are pregnant. If you become pregnant while taking lisinopril, call your doctor immediately. Lisinopril may harm the fetus.

Hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone deficiency. Symptoms in infants include poor feeding and growth failure; symptoms in older children and adolescents are similar to those of adults but also include growth failure, delayed puberty, or both. Diagnosis is by thyroid function testing (eg, serum thyroxine, thyroid-stimulating hormone). Treatment is thyroid hormone replacement.

Answer 4

I am 46 years old and have been taking thyroid med for 20 years.  I had most of the same symptoms you described and numerous others.  After I had my son my weight went up to 300+ from pre pregnant wt. of 140.  I also had 4 miscarriges before my son which was caused by tyroid disorder.  After my son I didn't have a period for 4 years - again thyroid, becuse it affects your hormones.  It also caused chronic fatique, sleeplessness, irritability, severe depression, major mood swings, unexplained aches and pains, severly dry skin and hair, hair loss, unexplained weight gain,etc.

So as you see, there are numerous other symptoms of hypo thyroid disorder.  

I wish you luck and hope you get diagnosed quickly and properly!

Answer 5

my mom is 42  has an uderactive thyroid she had all the sypmtoms u explained tiredness spots weight gain hairloss high bp , she now has to take tablets everyday for the rest of her  life bt can live it quite normaly so dnt panic