Hello D. O:
Welcome to the club. I have had a hypothyroid for about 7 years now. I have been on many different doses, until I went to a specialist. After that I have been fine as long as I have been on medication. Yes, this does not go away. Your doctor is right about getting pregnant. I tried with my first husband and never got pregnant and when I remarried and we started to try I went to fertility doctor to get me to be the super fertility goddess. LOL My thyroid was never under control with my regular physician. My OBgyn yelled at me for not seeing a specialist and sent me to Dr. Wendy Huhn in Orlando. After one month with her I was pregnant.
You will feel tired and your hair will never be the same if you don’t get this fixed. The thyroid gland controls almost everything in your body. Once you get it fix you will start to feel a lot better and not so tired. Now am I going to tell you, you will be doing flips and have all the energy that you child has, NO!!!! But you will start to feel a lot better. You are lucky that you could breast feed that long. I did it for a year with my Son (who is 3 ½) but with my Daughter I could barely make it to 6 months. My thyroid went into hyper mod which was good to get rid of those unwanted baby pounds but not good to produce milk. I will tell you it will take a lot to lose weight because you are hypo but hang in there. It has not changed my life, I take a pill first thing in the morning, wait an hour to eat and that is all the heartache I have for the day. Hey if you are willing to take the pill everyday, this is no different.
Good luck!!!!
K. P