I too, have an enlarged thyroid and am currently taking O.O5mg of synthroid. I went to doctor, he said goiter is getting smaller. It has been about a month or a little more. Increased my thyroid Rx to 0.75mg. I have managed to lose 10 lbs on atkins. It took a while, to loose it. More than a month. I started it about the same time I started the Synthroid. Hope this helps, patti

Start pushing for Armour on your first visit to the endo. Armour replaces ALL the thyroid hormones, synthroid just one. Check out the thyroid site on about.com. They have lots of info there. You can lose weight while being hypothyroid - I am proof of that - but the proper meds do help!

Unless you have Hashimotos, I think that a "natural" product will not be tolorated by people with this Auto immune disease. At least that is my understanding. patti

Wow! 61?! I thought I was feeling bad at 11. You must feel like the walking dead. Poor thing. I have lost weight on Synthroid with Atkins. I just started 7 days ago but am down 6. It can be done.

I wonder as Atriana stated above how much easier it would have been for me to loose my weight if I were on Amour? I'm mean I've lost most of my weight I know but I've been kicking my ass. Eat almost no carbs and workout 6 days a week for 60 -90 min. If I slip, I start to gain. It's almost like being in prison. TSH= 2.82 T4=1.5 on .200 of synthroid. I'm going to try and get this looked at and changed and sugestions would be helpfull.

Thanks!

Hey AntiCarb:
I have the same problems you do (I'm waiting for my test results to see if I am low thyroid functioning).

I know that for women...they say the ideal range is 1.0 to 2.0

I also know there is spare little information about what men feel comfortable at but I wonder if it is lower than women (because you have more muscles and metabolism to feed).

Perhaps you should discuss with your doctor that you want to try to lower it to 1.0 to see how you feel.

I have been dealing with hypo throid problems since my surgery in august of 2003. It is a trully rough experience, I am almost 20 this December and for the rest of my life I will be traped with this problem. I am taking synthroid 250mg along with alot of other calcium pills and magnetic pills. I did go on Atkins and lost weight but my doctor made me go off because of my calcium levels. No matter what for the rest of your life you will have to montor your weight especially if you do have the surgery. I went from a size 7 in August to a size 16 by December, but you have to displen your body and mind set.
I would make sure your doctor was highly trained in this field, because even though mine was there were still problems with the surgery and all of my calcium glands ended up coming out except one. It helps to have a doctor contect with you and who will minimize your scare. Also make sure to know all the side affects if or when you do have the surgery that way you wont be in shock to certain ways your body reacts, like with muscle cramps and spasms, etc...

I've just started on Synthroid, and I find myself feeling worse, but that is apparently not unusual. Until they get the correct dosage you may feel worse before you feel better.
There's lots of information on the Thyroid thread here on the forum. Knowledge is power!

I've read that once it gets high the actual number doesn't matter too much. It goes up logarithmatically. So, while a 60 is worse off than a 6, they aren't 10times worse.

mine was 146!!!!

I now take 200mcgs a day and have felt great ( have been taking meds for 15 years) this last time it was finallly stable enough not to raise the meds again....I have lost 32 pounds on atkins and have never felt better

My TSH was 6.37 and I'm on the T4 equivalent of 214mcgs. Susan's right; TSH when it's that high, is only interesting because it's that high

Our of pure curiosity; what were your FTs?