I’m going to begin taking medication for my overactive thyroid soon. Does this cause weight gain?
I’ve struggled for a while trying to gain weight and have only put on 30 pounds over a 4 year period.
I know that having an overactive thyroid tends to cause people to lose weight, but I’ve been eating so much and working out for a while which slowly let me put on a few pounds.
After I’m treated, will I be able to put on weight more easily?
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I have Hypothyroidism (under active thyroid) & I’m on Synthroid & have been for years. I have never had a weight problem since being on this medication. By that, I mean I’ve neither gained weight or lost weight, due to the medication. I lost weight, but it was because I got onto a healthy eating plan, ate sensibly, exercised daily, drank a lot of water daily. What did cause me to gain a lot of weight, was Celebrex for my arthritic knees. I no longer take it, because of that fact. Please read the directions on the pill bottle when you get your prescription filled for the Synthroid. It tells you or should tell you to take the little tablet with plenty of water. Remember to do so. Your doctor will have you get thyroid blood work done routinely, so see how the medication is working with your Hyperthyroid. This is necessary, so please get it done. There may come a time as you get older & your system changes, when the dosage will be changed. No cause for alarm when that happens.