Doctors and weight gain

I may have mentioned before I have Hashimoto's disease, basically my thyroid is under attack but my anti bodies, causing my body to switch from hyper/hypothyroidism. It is an autoimmune type disease since it attacks a tissue or an organ thinking that the healthy cells are bad. It never goes away, it can get worse and it can get better, you can have flares where one week you are having bad symptoms like break outs and pain and mood swings. With me when my thyroid is low (hypo) I gain weight, my period stops, I have this weird skin break out and my heart flutters a lot kinda like I am constantly running.

Your thyroid is a butter fly shape gland that sits at a low side of your throat, the thyroid hormone controls a lot, like body temperature and metabolism. When its out of whack it can also effect the brain, like brain fog. There are three main test every doctor will check TSH which is released by the brain to regulate thyroid hormone. Too much is hyper and too little is hypo. T4 and T3 are main thyroid hormones, either one that is in a low range or high range can point to other signs. Which would mean you should demand your doctor to test for anti-tpo antibodies which checks to see if the thyroid is under attack. Also getting an ultra sound done to check nodules and swelling is a good start.

When you go to a doctor and they don't listen to you or brush off concerns, get a new doctor. Plain and simple. You are probably like its not, and I get it. I have been seen by so many doctors, but fighting for your own health is not a joke. It took me three years to get my thyroid back on track and it still isn't. Also fighting for them to figure out if I had Fibromyalgia (chronic wide spread muscle and nerve pain , also autoimmune)took so many tests to see that my pain wasn't just made up.

Doctors told me I was morbidly obese and that was my problem. I lost weight, still in pain. Does the weight loss make it better, a little I am no longer sure. But having doctors tell you its the only problem made my life miserable. then having them put me on other medications it was the worst.

So I went back to my mom's doctor, they did the thyroid test, put me on the right medication, I started to lose weight then they actually seen I had other things going on. having to go back to the shitty doctor at the first of the year was hard, fighting for my health was hard, they didnt want to listen . took me as how I looked.

Each person is different. each body is effected by symptoms differently. We are not all the same medically. grouping people together and testing what works is horrible. so when i say try another doctor, I mean try another doctor. You and your health will be the most important thing on this weight loss journey. I tell that to everyone who asks me about how to get healthy. You can do all the clean eating and workouts you want but if your body isn't working, you will give up. Trust me, I did a lot of times.

With that being said, I am up again to 205 pounds. Do I feel it? no because I got to go back to my good doctor who got me, who didn't say eh when I voiced my concerns. We redid tests. My thyroid is out of whack, its low. she had a plan and we upped my medicine. and wants to re check in 5 weeks. She didn't tell me that I have my bar set to high, she told me we will fix it. you have been working hard something isn't right. and it wasn't. to have what I thought was wrong validated helps. I'll see her again in 6 weeks.

Having a doctor in my corner helped cause I wanted to break down but knowing now that I just gotta fight a little more and hope the medicine helps my thyroid get back on track I have a plan. not a disaster of whats next.