Fifty Plus (50+) - Thyroid Issues

So, after a recent physical, I am now on cholesterol medication, simvistatin. As concerning if not more so, my doctor is concerned about an out of range thyroid result. While reading up on it I found that sometimes the two are linked. Also found that I exhibit many of the symptoms linked to hypothyroidism. Fatigue, muscle aches, constipation followed by bouts of diarhea, trouble getting back to sleep when I wake up during the night etc,etc.

Anyone with experience with thyroid issues? Especially hypothyroid? Treatment, effect on bike riding etc.? Appreciate any comments.

Check your body temp each morning. Mine was down to 96.5* Never 98*
Dry Skin?
Brain Fog?
Weight gain or impossible to loose weight?

Had mine remove because of a hard growth.

I have been posting in the past about my issues with trying to get my levels under control. I have been low and then high and now I am not sure my doctor knows diddly about thyroid issues. One problem I had was with my HR. HR would not rev up past 123 for over a year and only recently have I been able to get it to rev a little more. Not any where near in the 160's yet but it's improving. My advice is to not mess around with a GP and go to a specialist. Good luck.

Second the motion to see an endocrinologist. Thyroid problems are pretty well understood, but you're better off with a specialist. Can't give any specific advice beyond that because I'm must beginning to deal with a recent diagnosis, but the pace really picked up when I saw a doc who does glands every day.

See an endocrinologist
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Check your body temp each morning. Mine was down to 96.5* Never 98*
Dry Skin?
Brain Fog?
Weight gain or impossible to loose weight?

Had mine remove because of a hard growth.

all three of those symptoms as well. Due to have another blood test in a couple of weeks after being on the cholesterol med............will go from there I guess.

For the past few weeks, my body temperature has hung right around 35.5C, which is a bit low for me. (I have never been a textbook normal 37.0C sort of person, but I have hovered just above 36.5C most of my life, as did my mother.) I have not been gaining weight, but this is attributable to my diet and lifestlye, in which speedwalk commuting and bicycling play vital roles. I have become increasingly sensitive to cold. I find that taking daily kelp supplements alleviates the symptoms of hypothyroidism pretty effectively, although my body temperature remains in the "bargain basement."