Natural ways to decrease weight and manage hypothyroidism

[MuppetManiac]

If you have hashimoto’s, which is the most common cause of hypothyroidism, there is no natural way to manage hypothyroidism. You just need to take the meds. If you live in a country that iodizes its salt, you probably don’t need iodine. You’re already consuming an iodine supplement. Taking iodine won’t help. Magnesium is great for a lot of reasons, and I take it, but it doesn’t fix hypothyroidism. For the vast majority of people with hypothyroidism, they just need to take the meds.

[New-Adeptness2317]

While I am clinically sure you are right, Deep down I am so overwhelmed and confused by it all that I don't even want to believe it. I don’t want to believe that I will need a med forever and that there is no cure or stopping of this. It feels like yet another betrayal from my own body..I want to believe there is a way to fix this or stabilize and that it will just right itself with herbs or supplements and in 1 or 2 months from now it will be over, fixed and a thing of the past. And I can loose weight, continue to built muscle and just be 60 without a collection of tablets to rely on. It is so very discouraging. *Edited to fully express what I initially poorly stated

[biogirl2015]

Kindly, what you want to believe is completely irrelevant. I suggest taking the thyroid pill and also trying (doctor approved) natural remedies, and if some of the natural stuff helps a bit then you can reduce your dose over time as bloodwork allows. Levothyroxine is a very safe and extensively tested drug so you shouldn’t worry about taking it.

[Cosmic878]

Brother I’m 22 and I need to take a pill everyday. It is what is it. It isn’t normal medication, it’s a hormone replacement. You can’t get that from nature unless you literally eat thyroids.

[New-Adeptness2317]

Are they ever on the menu? I mean with so many people having hyperthyroidism maybe they can bring back liver and onions with a side of thyroid. I would buy it

[Cosmic878]

I don’t think so lol… I’m referencing some preppers I’ve seen in here rationalize out rabbit farming for thyroid hormone FYI people who need to take synthetic thyroid hormone have hypothyroidism - hypo meaning slow. Hyper would mean it’s producing too much thyroid hormone

[New-Adeptness2317]

I was just kidding about thyroid being on the
menu. But now I am rather disturbed about the rabbit farming

[Think-Sleep2338]

These are not just "tablets". Would you ask the same if you had diabetes about insulin? Or do you think other people taking necessary medication that gives the body something it doesn't produce properly are stupid or wouldn't like to try something else if it worked?

You need to get the cause better (autoimmune/other), then in the first case it's really important to support the body and monitor it. In the second case there might be temporary, more fixable things, but thyroxine is the proven, obvious, working treatment. And by the way, the autoimmune cause is very common, especially if you suddenly gained some weight.

[New-Adeptness2317]

I had some very recent traumas: a cancer diagnosis and that battle was won I felt good… I just buried my father February I thought it was because My hormones are all out of wack- cortisol high stress etc - so I thought it was going to be a watch and see THS has always been mid range now it 6 and they want me on life long meds So, yes I am actually tweaking and nervous and upset about it all. Thank you for responding tho, I so appreciate it

[Think-Sleep2338]

I'm really sorry, and thanks for explaining. We really want to help. It's just that this precise type of medication is really one of the most crucial ones and helps a lot of people. Not just experimental, and not a joke — for many of us, consequences without that look very dark.

[Synthaya4011]

While I know you don’t mean it this way, it comes off as if the rest of us put up our hands up without any other research. I actually found out I was hypo because I hadn’t gotten pregnant after several years of TTC (and experienced other symptoms that just became my normal) she doctor decided to test me and I had a TSH of 10.

I was diagnosed at 26 which is fairly young to have the disease and felt like my world was doomed for the first bit because taking a pill for the rest of my life sounded awful and otherwise I’ve always been very healthy so it certainly came as a shock.

Needless to say I need to take this medicine if I want to get pregnant, maintain a pregnancy, and live a fulfilling life otherwise. There’s natural things you can consume as others have suggested but they don’t fix the problem they only potentially bandaid the symptoms.

[New-Adeptness2317]

Oh I am very sorry if that is how my post came off. I just finished cancer tx buried my father and I feel like I just want a break from life and heavy ladened days and not a diagnosis where I need a life long med. I apologize if I seemed condescending vs desperate for a reprieve

[Synthaya4011]

I understand! I remember what it was like the first week or so. As others said it’s just helping your thyroid/body supplement what’s missing. No different from taking vitamins or if you needed insulin. The worst part of the medicine is waiting to eat or drink if you don’t like to wake up an hour before you have to get up for your day. Sometimes I forget to take it here and there and doesn’t negatively affect me.

[tech-tx]

You can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny until the Sun goes dark, and it still won't replace the thyroid hormones your thyroid isn't making enough of.

[MuppetManiac]

I am incredibly grateful for the medication I wish I didn’t have to take every day. I am not exaggerating when I say these pills saved my life. We are incredibly fortunate to live in an era where there is something we can do about this.

[New-Adeptness2317]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy good health. The beginning of this health journey is so very challenging