Unfortunately too many doctor will incorporate thyroid pills with weight lost. For some this will work but for others it can produce hyper symptoms which are really horrible. I for one would avoid this feeling at all costs or hypo symptoms because your only giving the body a little bit.
No one should take a med without first knowing and understanding just what the med is for and how it will affect you along with possible side effects. Taking something for a condition that one does not have is just asking for problems. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
When one is taking thyroid meds there is a reason why it's important to find the correct dose. It's not just something you take a "Little bit of" to give yourself a boost. In fact this can cause just the opposite effect. You see when you take thyroid meds your body senses that your body is being supplemented so it tells the body to back off some. So in reality you can become more Hypo then when you first started. Most old timers will use a drug called Cytomel which is a T3 med and has the ability to increase metabolism but most now are afraid of it with just cause.
Simple labs like Free T3 , Free T4, TSH, Anti bodies, ect. would have told you weather or not you needed thyroid meds and a on going blood test would have told you if you were at the proper dose. Seems the doctor did not do this and gave you a one pill fits all.
Glad you are doing better now. Also not all people who go hyper lose weight. I for one was one of the ones that gained weight while hyper. When hyper everything speeds up which includes your appetite. Many of the hypo and hyper symptoms will also overlap making it hard to know if you are hyper or hypo.
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