Will I lose weight now that I found out I have hypothyroidism and am taking meds?
I just found out I have hypothyroidism and was prescribed Levothyroxine for this, and was wondering if it will give me energy, and if I will lose weight from fixing this? Also, i have high cholestoral and was prescribed Lipitor for this,? Would any of these problems be a symptom of something else?
I think the first thing you need to realize is that doctors do NOT have the answers to making you healthy. Drugs will give you make believe health.
The drugs you will take for hypothyroidism is just treating the symptoms, not the "root cause." If you focus on making your body healthy, you will NOT need those drugs. There is a reason your thyroid is not working well. Did your doctor tell you what that reason was or just give you the drugs because a blood test told him your TSH hormone was high? To solve the problem, he prescribed thyroid medication that you will now have to take for the rest of your life, right?
Does it make sense to you that he has NO clue why your thyroid is not working right and prescribed a medication that gives you a life sentence of taking drugs and testing each year? (I’m assuming this is the case). In most cases, the problem is due to a deficiency of iodine that makes the T3 and T4 hormones in your thyroid. This deficiency is rampant now in the U.S. due to the fluoride being put in water supplies, toothpastes, sodas, and many other foods. Fluoride depletes the body of iodine. Also, if you eat the SAD diet (standard American diet), that lacks lots of sea foods from wild environments, not farm raised, you will be deficient in iodine.
Test yourself to find out. You can do this at home. Did your doctor test you for this before he prescribed the drugs? Just go to the drug store and buy a small bottle of "Tincture of Iodine" that is used for sanitizing wounds. In the morning, paint a 2" x 3" patch on your forearm and watch it throughout the day. You should be able to see this after 24 hours. If it goes away in a few hours, you are deficient in iodine and most likely is the "root cause" of the thyroid problem.
Obviously there are many other factors that can cause a thyroid issue, but start with the iodine issue first.
In regard to Lipitor, did your doctor tell you that you will now be more susceptible to STROKE? Did your doctor just take the LDL cholesterol reading and NOT give you the pattern 1 or pattern 2 amount of LDL in your body? Did he explain that cholesterol is made by the body and only 15% comes from food and that it is necessary to make repairs in the body. Did he also tell you that Lipitor depletes the body of vitamin Q that your heart desperately needs to keep the heart muscle tissue healthy? Did he tell you that Lipitor greatly reduces your steroid hormones and you may have some sexual problems due to this?
Has your cholesterol level changed over time? Gotten more or less?
Inflammation is what causes heart disease, not cholesterol. Cholesterol is an alcohol that fatty acids can attach to. Since it is an alcohol, it mixes with the water in the blood easily where fatty acids do not. It is the job of cholesterol to carry fatty acids to damaged areas in the body to make repairs. Lowering this will cause areas not to get repaired well and that is where the STROKE issue comes in.
Keeping your cholesterol at a constant level is what you want to look for, not the quantity, necessarily. Inflammation is the problem. If your cholesterol raises, you need to look at the inflammation issue, to correct the problem. Lowering your cholesterol leaves the inflammation in place that is actually causing the damage to your body.
Additionally, did your doctor tell you that about 50% of the people that take that junk get muscle cramps, sore muscles, and a general feeling of tiredness due to muscle issues?
Controlling inflammation, cholesterol, etc. can be done nutritionally much better than with drugs as a general rule. Most people find that when they get on a good nutritionally sound diet, they become healthy and do not require drugs.
A Certified Nutritional Therapist can test you and determine exactly what nutrients you are lacking and how much you need to take to resolve the deficiency. They can then monitor you on a regular basis to see how your health is improving. An excellent approach is to work with your doctor to take his advise, but also have the CNT work with your doctor and yourself to get you off the drugs and become healthy.
good luck