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Hi all!

I just wanted to take a couple moments to introduce myself. I was

diagnosed with Hashimoto’s almost 3 years ago after having my

daughter. It all started after delivery when my body went into a

hyperthyroid shock and I lost 38 lbs in a week (I was 250 the day I

delivered), my skin became very sensitive and I had hives growing into

my ears. By the time we figured it out I was into a hypo mode and

gained back about 10 -15 lbs and started becoming fatigued (other than

the new baby stuff!)

Since then I have worked my butt off to try to lose weight but my body

sticks me between about 196 and 208. As soon as I shed a little

weight my body laughs at me and kicks it into slow mode. I workout

moderate to hard about 4 or 5 times a week and get in a few less

intense activities the other days. I have tried every diet out there,

including juice diets, but my body continues to laugh! Now I am just

counting points with Weight Watchers just to maintain some control.

The biggest problem I face is my ups and downs, the downs happening

about every 6 months and hitting hard. I begin to be depressed which

turns into anxiety (the typical panic attacks, social anxiety, sweaty

palms, heart racing). The depression and then anxiety usually last

about a month total and then I’m smooth sailing again, motivated, and

on the run until the next battle. During my upswing I feel great

which helps but the down swing is never far enough away.

Unfortunately we have moved a bit so I have seen several doctors (too

bad I had to leave a few) and am now with an endocrinologist who

doesn’t seem very informed (or at least not as much as I would like).

I am on Synthroid and tried a combo with Cytomel but that gave me

extreme headaches so I am back to the Synthroid by itself. Although

the Cytomel did help “pick me up†out of the last anxiety phase.

When I battle my down swing I always tell my husband “it’s medicalâ€

because I know it isn’t a normal thing for me and I guess I was

looking for a group to see if others have faced any similar problems,

how they treated things, any other therapies that helped, etc.

Look forward to chatting! Thanks!

Joleen