Possible for cold nodule to cause hypothyroid symptoms?

Hello. I am a 24-year-old woman who has recently been diagnosed with some cold thyroid nodules. The right lobe of my thyroid has a nodule that is almost larger than the lobe itself, and the left side has many smaller "cysts" and others that are just beginning to grow. My biopsy showed benign tissue for now, but my endocrinologist (who has been terrible at keeping in touch with me) is not interested in hearing about my symptoms because my TSH appears to be normal.For months now, I have had severe fatigue, which is not at all typical for me. My hair is in terrible shape (going grey, breaking, falling out). I have incredibly dry skin, and I get legitimate hot flashes. It will be 67 in our apartment, but I will be sweating so much that my hair sticks to my face. Additionally, I have a tendency to gain weight inexplicably, and even when I diet/exercise, I can't lose. These symptoms came on rather suddenly beginning in January, but because my TSH is showing as normal, my endocrinologist is insisting that these symptoms are not related to this nodule.I am currently working on getting a referral to a new endocrinologist for a second opinion, but I was curious if anyone else has had experience with this? My symptoms seem to point to hypothyroidism, but my bloodwork shows normal. Does anyone have any thoughts?

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Get a new doctor. I have had thyroid problems for many years and I find that most doctors like to treat the lab work...not the patients symptoms. I did well on my dosage of thyroid medicine for 15 years but my new doctor saw my lab work and cut my dosage. Now I am having symptoms of low thyroid and am miserable. So with luck, you will find a doctor who will listen to your symptoms. Good luck.

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• I have no personal experience with this, but it seems like the easiest way to resolve this would be to try a very tiny dose of thyroid hormone for several days, see what happens, and then stop if things get worse, or move on to a higher dose if things haven't changed. Then keep increasing the dose you have some type of change.in your symptoms or reach a plateau.
• The new doctor must run the test to rule out thyroid inflammation which cause hyper or hyper/hypo symptoms. One of the check will be the TPO antibody testing.Large benign nodules can be treated with PEI at first; if such treatment fails, surgery is indicated

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I never understood how you lose weight by exercising more?

When i say this i mean how when you excercise more your supposed to eat more aswell. How are you supposed to lose weight if your eating more because your excercising more?

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Exercise more, burn more calories...even if you are eating slightly more calories to fuel the exercise, there should still be an increased deficit to cause fat loss...also consider exercise boosts the metabolism (burn more calories) and often adds muscle tissue to the body (which causes a higher calorie burn even at rest)...However, fat loss is 70 - 80% diet, and only 30% or less based on your exercise...so if a person isn't eating right (eating the correct foods and the proper amounts of them) all the exercise in the world isn't going to give them the lasting results they desire...

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• See If you cut back in foods, you reduce the calories therefore getting slimmer. But if you exercise, you'll get fitter, healthier and muscles (so you maybe heavier on the scales). Also, exercise burns calories. So yeahhh. And all in all, you want a calorie deficit right? So exercise burns calories and eating less mean consuming less calories.

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Would eating more help increase by metabolic rate and lose weight?

I ended up gaining about 10 pounds when I went to college, even though I was working out an hour everyday and eating under 1000 calories (not because I was trying to cut calories, but because I didn't like the food). I've lost 7 pounds since summer started, but now I've hit a bit of a plateau. Currently, I eat 1200-1300 calories a day and workout out for 45 minutes 6x a week. So, would increasing my calories help me past my plateau (and lets say I'm burning 500 calories a day by working out), how many calories should I eat? I just don't want to cut down too much again since that made me gain weight.

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You're at a HUGE deficit, you need to slowly eat more calories to try and repair your body. You won't lose weight eating that little bit of calories.I eat roughly 5-6 times a day and that helps me cut weight, along with watching my calorie intake. Exercise is very good, but you need to up your calorie intake. I would strive for at least 1700 calories a day.I suggest you adding roughly 100 calories or so to your diet each two weeks if you've been on the deficit for awhile. You need to fix your metabolism.

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• I've taken health classes with serious topics on dieting and exercising. If you don't eat enough, you won't lose weight! But, if you eat too much food you will gain weight. Not eating enough food will make your brain think that you are being starved. Then, it will try to store as much fat as possible because it thinks that you won't get any more food! That is a simple way to say it. You can eat the regular amount of calories that other people do (in fact, you should), but if you exerciseve, you can lose weight! Hope this helps :)

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