Weight Gain

[PaganBaby]

I am curious to find out if anyone else out there who has Hyperthyroidism if they have had any problems with weight gain instead of weightloss?  For a solid year and a half before the doctors finally diagnosed me they couldn't figure out why I was gaining weight.  It would be a couple pounds here and there but it has added up over time to almost a total of 100 pounds of weight gain.  They couldn't figure it out because I rarely ate, so they thought it was some of the meds that I have to be on which one of their side effects was weight gain, but not at the drastic extent as mine has ended up being over the past 2 to 3 years.  After I finally told my doctors either they figured out what the hell was wrong with me or I would find doctors that could (btw I have new doctors now) the light went on and they decided to finally test my thyroid.  Outcome ended up being Hyperthyroidism.  Which they said absolutely could not be the cause for my weight gain. So I took it upon myself to find new doctors that would actually help.  I know there is a very small percentage of Hyper patients that actually gain weight instead of losing...but finally since I have different doctors I am starting to lose weight extremely slowly.  LOL  I'm just curious if there is anyone else out there who has ran into a similar problem with their weight and what they have been doing to help reverse the weight gain.  Thanks in advance.  ; )

[illsurvive]

do u know something abt hypo thyroid. do hypothyroid patient gain wait even they dont eat fatty food.

[vall401]

I was just looking for something like this on the web. I was just told that I have a hyperthyroid. Over the past 2 years, I have gained about 25-30 pounds. Used to always be fairly slim, and now I am overweight. I attributed it to eating junk food and not exercising, but I never really believed that I ate that much junk food to result in 25-30 pounds of weight gain. I think some of the weight gain may be due to the hyperthyroid, but now I worry that if I take antithyroid medicine, I will gain even more!

[hypogirl80]

Yes, Hypo people (85% of them)gain weight, Hyper people (15% of them) gain weight. I am one of the 15%.  nothing work for me so far, but I am working on it...

[three2much]

yes i was hyper 218 lbs went up 245 lbs
had treatment now im at about 275 lbs cant move
have to many painfull spasms. good luck

[hyper_what?]

I gained 15 pounds before I started realizing I had a problem and now dropped that plus 16 more for 31 total pounds.  I read somewhere that a lot of hyper people actually gain weight before they lose it.  I'd love to lose another 30 tho...ha ha!

I just started a temporary tx of tapazole until I can get in for my TT.

[duannie]

I had 3/4 of my thyroid removed 8 yrs ago..When I had the surgery because of nodules I wieghed 145 I'm 5 foot 9 and a female...After the first 5 months after surgery I gained 75 lbs..The docotor said It was what I was eating (BULL)...Now 8 yrs later I have three more nodules on my thyroid and wiegh 245...I have thyroid test and the doctors say It's working fine ,how can that be??????. I'm 46 and give up I guess I'll just be fat for the rest of my life..Thanks for listining.....