It is one thing to read articles about hypothyroidism symptoms online but quite another to hear the symptoms straight from real people. These are real people, like you and me, struggling with a collection of symptoms so hard to pinpoint that they baffle doctors in every country of the world. While we don’t know one another personally, the truth is that we are connected, just the same, in a particularly powerful way. We are living in the trenches together fighting a battle against this thing called hypothyroidism.
The number of potential symptoms that can accompany hypothyroidism is not surprising, frankly, but rather obvious given the sheer power of thyroid hormone over the entire body.
What is your worst hypothyroidism symptom? That’s the question I asked my one million followers on the Hypothyroid Mom Facebook page. It was in the form of a poll and the results may very well surprise you. A simple, 6-word question uncovered the truth about what lurks behind this wretched disease.
And here are the results, in the order of the highest to lowest number of votes. Most people responded that it was impossible to list only one symptom and that several were equally devastating. Some of the categories, like skin problems, were broad and many mentioned specific conditions in those categories which I included below. They are quite telling, really.
418 C. Hair loss
Hello ,
1.You have mentioned you were in 150 mcgs of Levothyroxine, and then reduced it.How can you reduce the level of medication one needs.Any info you can share will be of great help to me, as recently the doctor has moved me from 100mcgs to 125mcgs.
2.Good that you are hypothyroid and slim as well.I am gaining weight very rapidly and can you please shed some light on how to stay slim with hypothyroid?
Thanks.
It’s hard to read through these symptoms knowing what I have gone through and what symptoms I am currently in the process of healing. Right now I am batteling weight gain. Sometimes I think, “well maybe it’s what I’m eating”, but the reality is my diet hasent changed, I am a very healthy eater and I don’t think sticking to a 1200-1300 caloric diet with a few days every once in a while going above that should cause any 5’8 woman to gain weight. I am going to incorporate adaptogenics into my regime, can anyone tell me if they’ve had success with Ashwaganda or any other adaptogenics? Also I have read some conflicting info on Ashwaganda and thyroid, comments? Lastly my husband and I are trying to conceive and we’ve already suffered a miscarriage, so I want to be carful with what I take, thank you!
I had a goiter on my tight thyroid, which was removed without cancer about 20 years ago, iwas never out on medication, I have always had all the symptoms of hypothyroidism that I have read about but yet the doctors tell me my test are fine. My question is what kind of doctor can I go to who will listen to me about my symptoms and help me?
Endocrinologist
Hypo mom also with a whole array of symptoms and recent gastric issues.
I have been taking Levothyroxine for 25 years and luckily not had any major problems apart from when I tipped over to being hyperthyroid on 150mcgs daily and that was awful. Anyway after reducing my dosage I felt much better. However I have recently noticed I have become more breathless especially when going uphill and am shocked at having been diagnosed with Aortic Stenosis (leaky heart valve) although I eat a healthy diet and am very slim – yes I am hypothyroid and slim! Could the thyroid have contributed to my heart problem?