Birth Control And Hypothyroid Posted: 12-15-04 00:47am
I have some questions about birth control.
As soon as I got married earlier this
year, I was recently diagnosed with
hypothryoidism. The doctors still
haven't gotten my meds regulated, and I
didn't want to start birth control until I
know more about hypothyroidism. I have
been told that an underactive thyroid can
make it hard to conceive and i'm wondering
if anyone knows if birth control meds
would effect my ability to have children
later considering my thyroid problems.
Also, I have read so much about all types
of bc, and basically am overwhelmed. I
don't know what is best for me, and I
don't know how to go about getting bc.
What do I have to do to go on the pill?
Can my regular doc just prescribe me
something or do I have to get an exam?
Right now my husband is on deployment with
the military so I am wanting to take my
time and make the right decisions while
the bc issue isn't urgent. Any advice
someone can offer is greatly appreciated.
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bd1012
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1998
Posted: 12-17-04 21:26pm
Hey.. I also have hypothyroid.. I have
had it my whole life and I take
levothyroxine for it. I am on depo and
so far I haven't had any problems with it
that I know of.. I have heard
hypothyroidism can mess up your chances of
conceiveing and needless to say I have
never gotten pg after a year on the depo
and I didn't even get pg on the withdrawl
method. If you want to get the bc after
you figure out what is best.. Just go to
planned parenthood and they will walk you
through it and probably will give you
advice.
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shinyapple
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 1 Location: massachusetts
Posted: 12-30-04 12:48pm
You can go on the birth control while
being hypothyroid. I was on birth control
when I was diagnosed a couple of years ago
and the same doctor prescribed me both
medications. The only thing is that birth
control pills might effect the absorption
of your thyroid meds. All that means is
that you might have to take more
levothyroxine when you are on the pill.
Now coming off... That's another story.
My body is wreaking havoc and i'm having a
hard time differentiating between
hypothyoroid symtoms and withdrawal
symptoms. But that could just be me as I
also had a hard time adjusting to the
pills when going on them in the first
place.
And (now that i'm reskimming through the
original post) your regular doctor can
prescribe you bcp but you need to get an
annual pap smear just to make sure
everything's aok.
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becky24
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: 01-21-05 23:34pm
Hi...I also have hypothyroidism.I have had
it since I was 11 which is for about 12
years now.I have never had trouble
conceiving.Actually it only took me 1-2
months to conceive after I stopped my
birth control pills.
