Posted ByTy on August 13, 2003 at 23:34:13:
In Reply to: Re: losing weight and hypothyroidism posted byDeedee on July 06, 2003 at 23:47:48:
The worst thing you could do is stop taking your medication! If it doesn't work after that long, go back and get an increase in you dosage. My dosage is 6 times what the first one they tried on me was. It takes about 6 weeks after each increase to see the most effect from it. My doctor, instead of increasing my dosage until my levels were normal, increased my dosage until I was hyper, and I went back down to the dosage I had before that. When it was on the low end I didn't feel too great. On the high end I felt normal. I was finally not cold all the time!
PLEASE- go back and get an increase! It'll be worth it!