I've had MG since 1984 and have learned to handle it over the years. My problem began with a weight gain last year. Nothing I did helped. Finally I went to my GP and asked if she would run the low thyroid test to rule this out. If this was negative, then the weight loss was in my hands. If it was positive, then nothing I did on my own (without medication) was going to help.

Unfortunately she forgot to tell the lab we wanted a negative result and it came back positive. I'm extremely sensitive to all kinds of medicine so we had some ups and downs getting the dosage right. By late fall that was worked out. But... with what exercise I can do, diet that supposed to work for low thyroid and all the rest has only resulted in slowing down the weight gain - I'm still about 30 lbs more than I'm comfortable with.

The more I weigh, the harder it is for the muscles to move me around. All low thyroid forums indicate that additional exercise is needed to lose weight with this condition. Ouch! That kinda puts me in a catch-22 situation.

Has anyone found a way to handle these two conditions together and lose weight?