Title: Can Levothyroxine make you gain weight? - Thyroid UK
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Can Levothyroxine make you gain weight?
Feeling alone with a thyroid condition?
Feeling alone with a thyroid condition?
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Content: Iron needs to be good for you to convert your T4 into the ACTIVE T3. Maybe you are not converting well and a FT3 test would help to flag this problem up. Labs seem loathe to do it due to expense I believe. There is information on the main Thyroid UK Website about the Gene Test for D102 - if you have that gene then it indicates your problem with converting T4 to T3. Maybe at least show the article to your GP and ask for the FT3 test along with the TSH and FT4 and the above mentioned Vitamins. Remember also that your T4 is a storage hormone and it may well take several weeks before your body is depleted and you once again feel unwell....also less to convert into the ACTIVE T 3.....
Julia187 8 years ago
I continued to gain weight when I first started on Levo, it took 18 months and calorie counting to get rid of 6st, I still have 1st to go but I had to be very disciplined with my diet and would often go for weeks and weeks with no weight loss which I'm sure is due to my thyroid. Hidden 8 years ago
Similar experience here - I put on 5 stone in a year when they zapped my thyroid and put me on levo 5 years ago. Glib doctors advised dieting, but dieting didn't make an ounce of difference. Very upsetting. At least my weight reached a plateau and I could start buying clothes again without growing out of them in a few months - even if they did have to be 4 sizes bigger!