Weight gain w/hyper

[bgarizona]

How is is possible to gain weight while your diagnois with hyperthroidism? They have recently put me on PCL. Am I going to keep gaining? This just makes me sick. Thank you

[GravesLady]

Some hypers will lose weight, some will gain.

Just like some hypos will gain weight, some will lose.

Its not a 100 percent law in which direction weight will go.  Depends on how our system reacts.

Some of us have to work very hard maintaining and/or losing weight.

Could be worse.  Like no arms or legs.

Its in the genes.

[patient-x]

Before I was diagnosed as Hyper/Graves I lost loads of weight...aprt form it being fast weight loss & leaving my skin hanging I enjoyed the fact I could buy clothes 2 sizes smaller.

It was short lived, once diagnosed & on antithyroid I gained weight, now I am the biggest I have been n my life & hate it...but I cant change it...so have to accept it.

I hope one day my thyroid levels will get to a correct state where the weight falls off back to my original (pre unwell) state.

Its just aother part of having thyroid disease.


I do hope things improve for you, and I'm sure  they will one day.

[DLA]

Well, nice to meet you!  I am the only person I had ever heard of who gained lots of weight with Graves.  And yes, the anti-thyroid meds made me gain it faster.  Luckily once you get your levels back to normal the weight just falls off of you.  It did for me any way.  I gained 70 lbs in no time and lost 50 in nothing flat after RAI.  

Good luck it will all get better.

[bgarizona]

Thanks for the comments everyone.