is anyone here diabetic and has hypothyroidism

Hi
Yes i am a t1 with a lazy thyroid, your Dr will prob send you to have a blood test to confirm it. Before i knew my thyroid was **** i gained weight, became a bit depressed and generally just felt ******, however when i was prescribed thyroxin it was like i was a new man. Don't panic tho its only a couple of tablets in the morning.
Hope this helps
Azz

Hi welcome to the forum, I am type 2 and have no thyroid gland at all, I take thyroxine twice daily and have a blood test every 6 months, I am really well though.

However a couple of years ago when I was abroad on holiday I had my bag snatched with my medication in it, I saw a local doctor and got my thyroxine or so I thought, it was all a bit shifty really there, not very civilised, I stayed 3 weeks there and gradually became more and more uncomfortable really, gained weight and this time it was not from over eating, my skin was dry and I felt weepy all the time, and even though the tempearature was in the 30s I felt cold, a blood test back home soon confirmed that I was really low on thyroid hormone.

I hope that you are feeling better really soon.

Karen x

hello,
I'm T1 with an underactive thyroid. comared to the diabetes the thyroid problem is a doddle.
I did find when I first start on thyroxine that it affected my diabetes, but not by a massive amount .

all the best,
timo.

Hypothyroidism and diabetes are both auto-immune disorders, I have had both for several years and both conditions are well controlled, I dont even need meds for diabetes any more now yet at one stage I came close to having to inject insulin, I only need thyroxine twice daily. I may have been extremely lucky with regards to diabetes, so far so good, but who knows whats around the corner for me, I dont think about and live each day as it comes, it is not something that I am worried about because I have learnt from here that there are so many people doing well with their medication.

Even if you do need medication to control diabetes dont feel a failure about it, do all that you can do to achieve good bg levels, I attend a self=help group for diabetics and 2 members have hypothyroidism, they are both on medication and are doing very well with all that.

Here is a link to the British Thyroid Foundation http://www.btf-thyroid.org/

Try not to get too stressed out, its not good for your diabetes/general well being.

Love from

Karen x

hi totsy i have t2 and take thyroid tabs i'm underactive and have had tabs for quite a while i put weight on suddenly so had blood test for thyroid thats how they found that and then t2 my thoughts were "whatever next"at 63 i dont need all this but since being on the forum i now just get on with it and things are good at the moment take tabs if offered at the end of the day the choice is yours good luck Jeannie

yes I have an under active thyroid too anb b12 deficiency ,have to have injection every three months for b12 and it hurts like mad !

Thank you Sarah, I shall check this out for sure.

I have always taken on tablet in the morning and one at night, I didnt even know this about calcium thing either. So far, since the thyroidectomy, I have taken in total 200mcg of thyroxine per day.

I will let you know what my doctor has to say.

Thanks again

Karen x