hello!! maybe you can bring in some info from stopthethyroidmadness.com about how you need to up the dose of armour according to symptoms until you feel better? considering your doctor has helped you this far, it sounds promising that she will listen.

as you might already know, you can order your own adrenal tests (and your own thyroid tests, including the ones for hashimotos if you're curious about that), so maybe you will consider doing that to check out the adrenal issue yourself (the test will show you if you indeed do have one or not).

take it easy on yourself while you get this sorted out... although it is hard, don't worry so much about losing weight, because i don't think you will be able to safely do that until you get your thyroid health on track. did you know that a symptom of thyroid disease is craving carbs? another reason to not be hard on yourself now.

i am pretty sure the general reason for the thyroid being "out of wack" is some stressful life event that throws the endocrine system out of balance. it could be a small or large thing, a series of slightly stressful events, any kind of stress. underappreciated by most doctors but that seems to be the explanation.

sending warmth your way!