Is there nothing I can do?? why cant I have a working metabolism?!

[stranded247]

I have hashimoto's hypothyroidism disease, was diagnosed last october, have since been on 50mg of levothyroxin replacement hormone everyday, my doctor refuses to increase my dosage because all he cares about is that my thyroid is stable, there seems to be no treatment for the actual symptons of hypothyroidism though. As you are all probably aware weight gain is a huge sympton of hypothyroidism. I gained a lot of weight, I've lost quite a lot of it and i'm in a so called "healthy BMI" but to lose weight I have to consume about 700 calories and no more a day and I work out upto 6 hours a week. Yet I constantly struggle with my weight, I could eat more food yes but I wouldn't lose weight. My doctor doesn't care, as long as my thyroid is not low, modern medicine does not seem to cure the symptons or anything. I'm really really sad because I have to constantly think about my weight and always diet, its just plain stressful and it makes me unhappy. My mum wants to take me to some weird alternative doctor who she claims will be able to help me but at the moment she says I will have to wait because she hasn't got enough money. A few months ago she took my brother to see this same doctor about his health and it wasn't even a serious problem but she took him to see this person right away. I really resent that my mum is putting this off when it really upsets me and is making me miserable, this is not a new haircut I'm moaning about, this is my health, I have exams coming up and I have to eat very little to maintain my weight and its summer soon so I want to be slimmer but to do this I have to do it in an extreme way: I am not lying this is the only way my body responds and its unhealthy because its also very easy to gain back. I'm just sick of this! And I cant believe my mother is delaying and compromising my health. She has no idea how much this gets to me and then she shouts at me if I complain. I hate having to think about my weight all the time, its not even that I think I'm fat, its just the constant deprivation and having to work so much harder than other girls, I'm plain miserable, at this point I might as well be anorexic, I honestly would be anorexic if I didn't have exams and I didn't know just how awful the consequences were. I just want a normal metabolism. And I'm so angry that no one seems to be able to get my metabolism up, i'm sixteen, i take good care of my body and what I eat, surely I deserve a metabolism that works?! Is that too much to ask?!?! I just dont know what to do, I dont want to have to always restrict myself, I'm not even talking about indulgence, I just cant even get away with eating normally. I have to be on some sort of strict health regime to feel safe. I just plain hate this. I know its a stupid thing to cry over but its brought me so much angst I just want a working metabolism.

[stranded247]

Have you tried taking Green Tea Fat Burners ? They increase metabolism for you because they contain loads of caffeine. Ask an adult about this first though...because you're only 16 years old.

 

No I've tried something like that though, I generally find diet suppliments to be little or no help. I'm thinking maybe I'll just continue eating little until my mum can afford to take me to this so called specialist if she ever can afford it.