WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2003: Re: drastic weight loss from thyroid probs. does this affect ovulation?

Re: drastic weight loss from thyroid probs. does this affect ovulation?

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:40:38 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: holly: "drastic weight loss from thyroid probs. does this affect ovulation?"

At Sat, 30 Aug 2003, holly wrote: >
>thyroid was nuked in 1999. gained 44 pounds that year after the nuking.
>synthroid dose was 200mcg. things went nuts in november 2002 right
>after a laparoscopy. had bloodwork every 6 weeks and gradually lowered
>synthroid dose. down to 88mcg, then back up to 112.
>
>this month, i lost 12 pounds in 10 days. doc lowered synthroid even
>more to 75mcg. but i'm worried about ovulation now. will the weight
>loss affect that?
>
>also, is it possible that even though my thyroid was ablated twice,
>there might still be part of it that is functioning and going haywire?
>what else could be causing the problems? i'm just sick of changing doses
>all the time. i have a rainbow of samples in my med cabinet.

Thyroid abnormalities will indeed affect weight and menstruation. This has been discussed in our archives

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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