I feel like I was scammed also. I'm only 20 and have been on shythroid for a little over a year now. I wasn't told anything bad about it, Not even that it wasn't FDA approved. Every doctor that prescribes it gives the same BS story "it makes your thyroid normal again and makes your metabolism go back up". For the past year I've been dieting and exercising my butt off and haven't lost one single pound. I don't even gain weight, I just maintain it. I always thought it was me and I was supposed to be fat or something untill I came on message boards and started hearing the same complaints from everyone else.

Its just HARDER to lose weight while taking synthroid. I'm not sure of the exact reasons, someone else on here can probably clear that part up though.

I'm on my 5th day of Atkins and Metabolite..Hopefully this works for me.