QuestionQUESTION: I am 58,no health issues except for being overweight and having an extremely slow metabolism.I am 5'7", 250 pounds,with a lot of the weight on my very pronounced abdomen.
I have always been this way,I have to eat around 1500 calories a day or I will balloon,in spite of being very active.Of course no one believes me except family and close friends/co workers.
My doctor checked my thyroid levels and they came back normal.They were also done about ten years ago by another doctor/lab and the results were the same then.
He says I dont need any medication,just exercise more and watch what I eat.I dont think he believes how little I eat and how active I actually am.
I cant afford to chase around seeing specialists and getting more opinions.
I am convinced that I AM hypothyroid,and I want to lose the weight NOW before its too late and I start getting other health issues related to obesity
I have tried various 'natural' metabolism and thyroid boosters like L Tyrosine to no avail.
I am thinking of ordering Synthroid online.
What do you suggest?
ANSWER: you run the risk of getting hyper- too high- thyroid and having a heart rythym problem.... if your tests are normal, you may have a slow metabolism which means that you may need less than 1500 per day... you may need to go down to 1000 per day.... but adding in synthroid carries some risk.....
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QUESTION: Do you know where I can find some resources on non thyroid related slow metabolism syndrome?
AnswerI don't know any specific site, you might google it with synthroid and metabolic syndromes....
I do know that several non-chain weight loss clinics supplement their weight loss meds and diets with low dose synthroid or cytomel, but you have to be careful, because of the prev mentioned side effects.
