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24 yr male with 60 kg, 5.5" tall, high anti-tpo antibodies..and a slightly elevated tsh.. normal t3and t4..not gaining weight.. shd i start thyroxine?

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Hard call: Different endocrinologists will offer you different opinions. Staying trim like you are now is of course good. The question is whether your hashimoto's (which i suspect you have -- does your physician?) is slipping into hypothyroidism; only a minority do -- and if so, whether you want to take a bit of thyroxine perhaps as an experiment. Talk with yourdoctor & perhaps a 2nd opinion. Good luck.

Answered 2/26/2013

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