My Partner just got told he has under Active Thyroid ,
Im writing here to see if anyone else has it and how they deal with it
like what food to avoide ,
He is very healthy only ever eats good food , never eats sweets or anything like that
he only weighs 9stone which is confusing as i thought for under Active Thyroid you have to be over weight , but that is what he has
he will be going to a specialist next week ,
but id love to see what any of you have to say?
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Thyroid problems run in my family, but it effects everyone differently.
For the men in my family, it usually keeps them from losing weight.
For the women, it usually keeps them from gaining weight.
From what I have been told, it can affect your whole body and mental capabilities.
Its a good thing he is going to a doctor.
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I also have this problem and take medication for it. If I dont take my pill I get tired and sometimes cranky.
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Most of the time this condition can be treated with some kind of drug regimen. With the right meds, your partner should be fine.
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I had thyroid cancer so I'm sort of an expert on thyroids (or lack thereof). In short, he needs to see an endocrinologist and get regimented on levothyroxine if he does indeed have an underactive thyroid. What he eats will not make any difference— the problem is that his thyroid isn't producing enough hormones to regulate a number of systems in his body, and the only antidote to that is to supply himself with more of those hormones via pills.
After I had my thyroid removed, I had to go without the replacement hormones for three months before I went in for radiation, and I literally wilted like a flower. Granted, I had ZERO thyroid function and your partner obviously has some, but I progressively felt more and more awful. No amount of sleep was ever enough, and coffee did nothing. My muscles hurt, my legs tingled, and even taking a shower was exhausting.
After radiation, I started the levothyroxine which has been adjusted several times over the past year and a half with my endocrinologist, and I feel totally normal again. That three month period was awful though. It's not healthy to run your body with an underactive thyroid either. He should see an endo though, he may or may not be put on the hormones, but if he is it's not a big deal; just a small pill (or in my case, two) that I take every morning before breakfast. In my case, and for others who don't have thyroids at all, we'd die without levothyroxine within a year.
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All you said was very interesting thanks for that :-)
He was told he had under active and then done another blood test and yesterday
they rang and told him that the result was it was a little less under active ,
but still under active , they said then come back in a month to re tests levels before going further with
medication , now he is really scared and worried as they told him that he has under active and now he is waiting for what to happen ? It is hard for me to see him this down and worried
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Thanks again, i will tell him this and hopefully he will be more relaxed about it all
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Medical Professional weighing in.
Don't sweat it. It's a tiny pill b.i.d. Monthly
tSH, CBC and CMP tests. Take a look at
Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Your partner will be just fine.
PM me with any specific questions you may have or he may have and I'll answer the best I can.
Matt
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