Some doctors are slower to prescribe than others because too much thyroid can kill you...give you heart palpatations, etc. You can do things for yourself like exercise, if you aren't already, watch the foods you are eating, lose excess weight. Also, watch out for the carbs...hypos usually can't handle them and are often insuling resistant. Unfortunately we do not really gain massive amounts of weight with hypo - about 30 pounds can be attributed to it. The rest is from eating to medicate ourselves since we feel so bad, not exercising, eating the wrong things, or other causes.