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Date: | Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:18:43 -0800 |
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, K.M. Neves wrote:
> I was diagnosed as hypothyroid in 1988 and am currently taking .112
> Synthroid. All of my subsequent T3, T4 and TSH results have been normal
> but, in spite of a low-fat vegetarian diet, I have continued to gain large
> amounts of weight. This seems to occur incrementally. I will level off
> for a period of months (or, at most, 2 years) and suddenly gain around 30
> pounds. Also, since my diagnosis, I have suffered with extremely painful
> cystic acne as well as extremely high cholesterol and hirsutism or hair
> growth (especially on my chin). Has anyone else experienced similar
> symptoms? Doctors have basically told me I'm nuts and that these other
> symptoms have nothing to do with my thyroid.
Karen, have you considered that your sex hormones might be unbalanced? you
could be entering menopause, and don't say you are too young for it, I am
in a menopause news group and there are women in their twenties! Good luck
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