what does it mean when your thyroid is alittle low?
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Hypothyroidism; Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland fails to produce enough hormone. Hypothyroidism is very common, although many people are unaware that they have hypothyroidism, and often go untreated for many years.The most common symptoms of hypothyroidism are:\nFatigue \nWeakness \nWeight gain \nCoarse, dry hair \nHair loss \nMuscle cramps/aches \nConstipation \nDry skin \nIrritability \nMemory Loss \nAbnormal menstrual cycles \nDepression \nCold and/or heat intolerance \nDecreased libido.\n  Treatment for hypothyroidism usually consists of a daily dose of thyroid replacement hormones, accompanied by regular doctor visits to monitor doseage and any changes in symptoms.
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maybe you should check to see if you have low iron levels in your blood. it might cause lack of energy. take some vitamins and try to get some rest if possible. I was anemic once and was tired all the time. iron pills helped me. maybe you need fruit or something in your diet.  sometimes the thyroid gland can malfunction and cause problems.  check it out and I hope you feel better soon.
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I think it's D. Whatever it is please educate me on it. I happen to have issues with my thyroid, steming from being insulin resistent. Seems that the thyroid controls many hormones and once they are out of whack there is no telling what can happen. It's been fun to say the least.
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yes, but it's reallllly tough!!\nhere is some information about myself, plus some symptoms in case anyone coming upon your question may be interested;\ni have low thyroid. if you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: can you see the floor of your house? that was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nanyway, the signs are:fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\nif you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are:increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. there's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. i hope i've helped you!!
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hey honey, i have an underactive thyroid, the main symptoms are: weight gain and lethargy. if it comes back that you do have this then you will be put on thyroxin probably which should help with the tiredness and regulate weight. good luck! x\nps i think the thyroid gland is in your neck and controls  your metabolic rate.
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Do you have a copy of your blood work? If you do, look at it and see if you were TSH, T-3 and T-4 levels were tested. These are tests used to determine how well your thyroid is functioning. The symptoms that you're describing remind me of how I first felt when I developed hypothyroidism. I doubt it is your blood sugar because people tend to lose weight, not gain weight, during the onset of diabetes. On top of feeling sluggish, poor thyroid function can make you depressed, anxious, physically and mentally exhausted, constipated, and can affect your mood in general. I didn't want to hang out with my friends, talk on the phone, go to work or school, or do anything that required any effort. Also caffeine and sugar had adverse effects on me. If you're experiencing any symptoms similar to these, and you TSH ( thyroid stimulating hormone ) wasn't already tested, I suggest ruling hypothyroidism out as a first step. Good luck, and remember, if diseases are caught early enough, more than likely they can be cured ( or at least treated ).
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If your thyroid is hypo-active,it slows your metabolism down,making it hard for you to lose weight.If it is hyperactive,it speeds your metabolism up, and it helps you lose weight more quickly.
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Too little thyroid hormone. Symptoms include weight gain, constipation, dry skin, and sensitivity to the cold. Also called underactive thyroid.\n\nIn adults, it is most common in women and is characterised by decrease in basal metabolic rate, tiredness and lethargy, sensitivity to cold and menstrual disturbances. If untreated, it progresses to full blown myxoedema. In infants, severe hypothyroidism leads to cretinism. In juveniles, the manifestations are intermediate, with less severe mental and developmental retardation and only mild symptoms of the adult form.
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Try getting some iodine in your system. I don't think the nodules are really bothersome though. \nI  have given several links below to read & perhaps you can read through & understand the different thyroid symptoms & problems.\nHere is some information about myself, plus some symptoms since you seemed to be interested:\nI have low thyroid. I've had it for 10 years. I got it after I had my second child at about the age of 25. If you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: Can you see the floor of your house? That was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nMy signs are: messy house, no desire to do anything...go anywhere, spend time with my kids or my guy, sleep a lot, hard to keep my eyes open at times, HUGE weight gain that over the past years have not found an easy way to take off...so I give up a lot, I have terribly dry hair & don't wash it a lot so it stays strong, I have bumps on my face...not like pimples, but I think it's from dry skin, and perhaps some others that I can't remember at this time...that's another symptom--forgetfullness.\nHere are the "GENERAL" signs for most people: fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\nIf you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are: increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. There's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. I hope i've helped you!!
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Absolutly it makes it harder to loose weight. You'd be lucky to loose any weight with hypothyroidism. Get your thyroid panel checked through a blood draw. That'll give the dr an idea of where your levels are. Fortunatly its easy to fix, they can give you a thyroid replacement hormone to bring you back to normal levels. Once you are there you can loose the weight you want.
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bored DOCTOR here !.first don't worry it is still within normal range but TSH is produced by pituitary telling thyroid gland to make more thyroid hormone  ( T3 & T4 ), so if TSH is elevated you need to know what is level of ( free T4 ).if T4 high then something wrong with pituitary and if T4 is low then thyroid gland is failing and need to do thyroid antibody tests and may need thyroid replacement hormone .ask your doctor about T4 levels( he may have not asked for T4 levels )also repeat TSH & T4 levels in 2-3 months
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I have low thyroid. caused from taking Radio Active Iodine for over active thyroid. My doctor per scribed Synthroid. which must be taken for life. Some blood pressure medicines interact with the Synthroid as well as Cholesterol Medication. If you have low thyroid you should be under the care of a doctor.
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May be worth getting your thyroid levels checked. My sister had same symptom and she has been diagnosed with a thyroid problem. Do you feel tired/lthargic, putting on/loosing weight. back pain, these are other sypmtoms of thyroid probs. Hopefully its not this but worth speaking to your dr and get your levels checked.\nGood luck
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here is some information about myself, plus some symptoms in case anyone coming upon your question may be interested;\ni have low thyroid. if you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: can you see the floor of your house? that was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nanyway, the signs are:fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\nif you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are:increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. there's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. i hope i've helped you!!
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Even though you've been taking medication for your hypothyroidism, you're still experiencing symptoms, which means that most likely, your dose is not high enough.  Hypothyroidism is not an all or nothing kind of thing.  It often takes quite a while to figure out what the proper dose for your body is, so even if you're taking medication, it may not be a high enough amount of the medication.\n\nYou are still experiencing symptoms of hypothyroidism.  The exhaustion sounds consistent with hypothyroidism still and is probably not indicative of an overdose.  Overdose leads to the kind of exhaustion where you feel like you've been working out all day and your heart is pounding and you're restless and can't sleep.  Underdose (if you're not taking enough medication) leads to the kind of exhaustion where you just can't seem to get out of bed in the morning, which sounds like what you're describing.  \n\nAre you having other symptoms?  Other symptoms of underdose/hypothyroidism include mental fog, hair loss, weight gain, depression, feeling cold all the time, dry skin, brittle nails, and hoarseness, just to name a few.  Not all people react the same way, so you may have all of the symptoms listed above or none of them.\n\nAlso, depression is often related to and caused by hypothyroidism.  I was taking two separate depression medications before I received my thyroid diagnosis, but now that I am properly medicated thyroid-wise, I do just fine without taking depression meds!  Now, that's not the case for everybody, and it's certainly possible that your depression and hypothyroidism are separate conditions.  However, it's equally likely that the hypothyroidism is the actual cause of your depression, in which case it's even more important to treat the thyroid disorder with the appropriate dose.\n\nI would strongly suggest that your doctor needs to more closely monitor your blood levels (TSH and T4 at the very least) until you are no longer experiencing symptoms.\n\nAlso, I'd strongly suggest that using caffeine is not going to help you.  It might help in the short term, but in the end, it will backfire because you will actually start to need the caffeine to function.  Caffeine abuse is actually one of the best ways I know to make yourself tired.\n\nSo here's what I'd suggest to you:\n\n1. Request a blood test (TSH and T4 ideally) from your doctor to make sure your thyroid dose (Synthroid/Levoxyl/Eltroxin/Armour/whatever) is appropriate.  If your TSH is below .3, you are probably overdosed.  If it is above 3.0, you are underdosed.  Laboratory ranges often say that TSH can still be normal all the way up to 5.0 or so, but the American Associaton of Clinical Endocrinologists disagrees, and they are the professionals.  The normal range for TSH is .3-3.0 according to the AACE.  Also, if your T4 is below the normal range of the test, that suggests that upping your dose may be appropriate even if your TSH is in the normal range.\n\n2. If you use caffeine, stop.  The rebound effects of it actually make you more tired.
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if u mean TSH, this is you Thyroid Stimulating Hormone level.  77.3 would be an elevated level which indicates that your thyroid is underactive (hypothyroid) and causing more hormone to be released. This needs to be treated with thyroid hormone replacement.
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The function of the thyroid gland is to take iodine from your food and convert it into thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3).  T3 and T4 are then released into the blood stream and are transported throughout the body where they control metabolism (conversion of oxygen and calories to energy). Every cell in the body depends upon thyroid hormones for regulation of their metabolism. \n\nIf your thyroid is under active then it's not producing enough T3 and T4 to properly maintain your metabolism.  If you have an under active thyroid then I'm sure you already know that one of the symptoms is feeling weak and tired.  You can also get dry hair, gain weight, get dry skin, get irritable, lose your sex drive, feel cold a lot, have a poor memory and there are a lot of other symptoms as well.\n\nYou will probably have to stay on the supplements for life unless you want to deal with the symptoms...and who would want that?