Hypothyroid

[Triskeliongirl]

I'm at 3.4..

I think this is your problem. This is high even for an uncorrected person. A person on thyroid meds should be maintained in the LOW end of the normal range. My docs like me in the 0.5-1 range and that is where I feel best.

I was recently put on a synthroid/cytomel combo (T4 plus T3), and I feel much better on it. I found my endo through the website 'best thyroid doctors' as a doctor that considers this therapy. http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/texas.htm
He was also in the same group that my internist referred me to so it worked out really well.

I too had been gaining weight despite eating a calorie restricted diet and biking like crazy. I finally found that the only way to lose weight is to eat a severely restriected carbohydrate diet, essentially a ketogenic diet. However, I am still working out how to do long bike rides by doing a cyclical ketogenic diet where I refill glycogen stores around my long rides. BUT, I am also mildly diabetic. We are now trying to understand why, and if the diabetes and thyroid problem are linked. I posted about this on another thread
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=14941

My advice to you is to use that website to find a good thyroid doc, and get yourself appropriate therapy. I am 99.9% sure you are still undercorrected.