anyone have an underactive thyroid? (hot flashes, thyroid meds, cold, hair)

[mimosa]

6 mos ago i was told my thyroid was suddenly underactive. it was 6 mos after quitting smoking.. coincidence? anyway, i felt awful for a long time. take meds for life now but they did straighten this out eventually. my hair was thinning, i was cold all the time, and in general felt bad. now after these months i have lost weight and they say it is normal on medication. i am sort of thin now so hope it stops. does any of this sound familiar to anybody?

[southward bound]

Originally Posted by mimosa

6 mos ago i was told my thyroid was suddenly underactive. it was 6 mos after quitting smoking.. coincidence? anyway, i felt awful for a long time. take meds for life now but they did straighten this out eventually. my hair was thinning, i was cold all the time, and in general felt bad. now after these months i have lost weight and they say it is normal on medication. i am sort of thin now so hope it stops. does any of this sound familiar to anybody?

Sent you a pm. Just want to add that I learned not that long ago that people on thyroid meds should avoid soy products as it interferes with the medication. Soy is in a lot of foods, so you need to read the lables.

[mimosa]

i. wrote you back and have no idea what i am doing. just added to your note so let me know if you get it. I don't use soy but i thought it was so good for you. anything else i shouldnt be doing? my weight seems kinda back to normal now so who knows. my md checks me all the time and keeps telling me to continue the meds. i see her again on the 11th. thanks for all your info

[Cattknap]

I have an underactive thyroid and am on medication - I eat lots of soy and my thyroid always tests normal....I have heard that soys interferes with some meds, but not so in my case.

[mimosa]

i don't eat soy knowingly, so i guess it doesnt matter with me. thanks.

[mrdude]

Originally Posted by southward bound

Sent you a pm. Just want to add that I learned not that long ago that people on thyroid meds should avoid soy products as it interferes with the medication. Soy is in a lot of foods, so you need to read the lables.

does soy interact with the medicine, or does it just lower t3 and t4 levels? if soy does interact with the meds, i would hope that the docs or pharmacists would be telling people because soy is in a lot of processed foods, even though it's not a primary ingredient.

[mimosa]

ok, tell me about this soy thing. what is it in for instance? if this is something the druggist should tell us that stinks. everything gets let go these days or i pick up a script i've taken for years and suddenly there's a warning on it that was never there before. jees.

[doll lady]

I have an underactive thryroid due to a brain tumor on my pituitary gland for which I had surgery.

I lost a lot of hair but I also had radiation. Someone mentioned hair loss due to underfunctioning thyroid. I didn't know that so maybe the hair loss was due to thyroid and not radiation. Thanks for that info. Does the hair come back at some point...anyone know?

[mimosa]

m It y hair started thinning badly and i had no idea what was going on. I just happened to have my yearly bloodwork and that's when she saw the thyroid was off. it took a month or two for the hair to go back to normal, but yes, it did and i am on these silly pills for life but they don't affect me so that's ok. thyroid controls alot of things so you dont want an under or over active.

[OREGONRAIN]

Originally Posted by doll lady

I have an underactive thryroid due to a brain tumor on my pituitary gland for which I had surgery.

I lost a lot of hair but I also had radiation. Someone mentioned hair loss due to underfunctioning thyroid. I didn't know that so maybe the hair loss was due to thyroid and not radiation. Thanks for that info. Does the hair come back at some point...anyone know?

I know I mentioned hair loss, because I began loosing alot of hair when it was disovered I had the thyroid problem, after treatment with the thyroid meds, the hair loss diminished quite a bit. Hair loss, weight gain, weight loss, rapid heart rate, hot flashes, becoming cold all the rest of the time, are all symtoms of thyroid desease. Had mine not been treated when it was, I was told I would of had a heart attack because my heart was beating so fast, it was like a gas pedal was stuck to the floor, it was a horrible feeling, I had no idea I had a problem at all, I just thought I had become very nervous all the time. I could feel my heart beating so fast, I became a nervous wreck the week I went to the doctor, and he found the cause almost immediately.