Right before I started the pre op diet my PCP lowered my thyroid meds a bit. For the last 3 weeks I've been freezing. Normally I keep the a/c on 78 and I wear shorts around the house and still sweat.

Now I'm freezing a lot of the time and I'm fine in pants instead of shorts. I think my thyroid meds may have been lowered too much but a banded friend of mine said it's b/c of my weight loss. She said she was cold at first too.

So what do you guys think? I've only lost 18 pounds surely that's not enough to freeze me right?

I see my PCP again on Tuesday for more bloodwork.

While hypothyroidism can cause coldness, for most of us, it's the result of losing lots of insulation.

My thyroid is a-okay, but I almost always wear Under Armour and wool socks these days. My ample blanket of fatty insulation is almost gone, and it's totally changed my personal climate.

While hypothyroidism can cause coldness, for most of us, it's the result of losing lots of insulation.

My thyroid is a-okay, but I almost always wear Under Armour and wool socks these days. My ample blanket of fatty insulation is almost gone, and it's totally changed my personal climate.

My eyes are going weird on me. I read Under Armour as "I almost always Up my Armour" as in up my Armour (brand) thyroid medicine to feel warmer. DOH! :thumbup:

Back when my thyroid troubles first began, I was always freezing, even with my layer of insulation. I was on thyroid meds to suppress my thyroid from working. Levels were normal. At my highest weight I was cold. DH and I had arguments about the temperature in the car. I'd be bundled up as much as I could be (sweatshirts, jackets, and sometimes gloves), he'd be in shorts and t-shirts. I'd be freezing and he'd be warm. It was an argument with no resolution.

After I had the radiation treatment to kill off my thyriod and was put on replacement doses, I was nice and toasty warm. Then since the weight loss, my thyroid levels dropped (not sure there is a weight-loss correlation to the drop in hormone level), and I was cold again. We upped the dosage, but I am still cold! This leads my endocrinologist to believe it is the weight loss causing the cold intolerance.

So cold that I'm looking forward to the hot flashes that will come with menopause!

So cold that I'm looking forward to the hot flashes that will come with menopause!

Then you are either burning up or freezing. There is no happy medium. Thank goodness my menopause symptoms are about all done. (surgical menopause)

Now I just have to deal with the freezing. We had more snow this morning and of course I needed to pump gas...Brrrrrrr

Wuggum, that is so funny, even when I was my heaviest at 235 pds, it did not take much to give me a chill. I have always ran cold and I wished for the day of hot flashes too! When it did happen, quite early in life I must say at age 39, it did not solve the problem, the hot flashes make you sweat and you are even colder afterwards than normal. I am learning to dress in layers, even though we do not get snow here, it does get cold enough to bundle up, nice to know I am not alone on this journey either, thanks girls.

Yes!! I thought I was the only one freezing. I am also assuming it is due to weight loss. 18 pounds may not sound like a lot but how many sacks of potatoes does that make? It really it is a bit of weight.

Edited November 2, 201015 yr by Mangofish

I am freezing as I read this.

I've been cold everyday. I work in a room with four cubicles. We have our own thermostat, I'm always making it warmer. The other girls are always hot, one even keeps a fan running at her desk at alllllllll times!

I find myself drinking more hot tea to keep warm and taking extra walks in the building to warm up!

I used to always be hot. I've been know to hang out side while it was snowing wearing tennis shoes, jeans, and a t-shirt ONLY! Now I'm a popsicle. I guess a 50 lbs weight loss will do that too you? It's 74 degrees in my apartment right now and I'm bundled up in a fleece blanket, trying to get warm.

I feel the same though!

I get colder so much easier now! It's great though. Summers coming up here and I'd rather be cold than hot and sweaty.