Thyroid meds, My hair

My hair has always been thin since my 30's, I'm 50 now. I'm 14 months out now and my hair is so thin and dry and brittle. Sometimes I just want to get off my thyroid medication. I have hypothyroidism.

I'm confused.  You think that your thyroid medication is causing your hair problems?  Being hypothyroid OR being hyperthyroid can cause hair loss, and being hypothyroid can cause dryness and brittleness  but if you are taking a thyroid supplement (and are taking enough), your thyroid levels should be in a normal range which would mean that you are no longer hypothyroid and shouldn't be having hair issues related to thyroid levels. 

It is far more likely that the dryness and brittleness is the result of a combination of not enough fat in your diet and of peri menopause (or menopause), both of which can cause dryness and brittleness on their own... So you may have a double whammy...

Menopausal changes are notorious for causing thinning hair, and even peri menopause may keep you from having all of your hair loss from the WLS grow back.  

Lora

My hair has been thin for years, I had a baby at 47 have always had regular periods up to month of surgery, then after i got a period 7 months after and never been normal since I get only one every other month and is light and lasts for 3 days. Next month I see my Gyno and I will ask questions. I have my labs done every year to test thyroid and says fine.Just started looking a lot worse about 3 months ago. My hair is so thin. Is there some test they can do do see what is the problem? What are good fats I can try? I just don't know what the problem is !

With the changes in your periods, and your normal thyroid levels, I would say that peri menopause is probably the culprit.  Your gynecologist can do lab work to check all your hormone levels to see where you are at on that.  There isn't a single test that can tell you why you are having hair issues.  In addition to hormones, vitamin deficiencies can also cause hair issues.  When was the last time you had a full set of vitamin labs done?

As far as good fats, lots of people eat nuts or pea it or cashew butter (good fats, but high in calories because of the fat content), avocado, or the "fatty" fishes like salmon or tuna (there are others, but I don't remmeber them since I'm not a big fan of many kinds of fish). Some people also just eat small amounts of full fat cheese (instead of reduced fat), but the fat in cheese is saturated fat, so should be limited.

Lora

Thanks Lora, I had labs yearly but also some recently because I can't  figure out my iron yet, still low but my nut did not seem to be concerned with labs till my labs done first year then she ordered a ferritin  test that said low iron and I was taking Spring Valley Iron 65mg 325mg Ferrous Sulfate taking one tablet like she told me to, matter fact the Nut told me to stop taking Iron because it was in my Mulivitamin and only take it when I get my period but I never stopped because it did not sound right to me. Later on she said she did not remember saying it. So now I'm taking 4 Sundown Perfect Iron 1000 Vit C, thats what I was told to take. Well still not high enough Serum Iron number is 63 range 30-160. I done this lab 2 weeks ago waiting for Nut to get back to me about what to do. I have had lots of labs but not sure which one will say anything about my hair, Vit deficiency.