I'm 36 and was diagnosed hypo almost two years ago now. It's been a dit of a nightmare. Synthroid didn't work. At all! Then I had another two doctors say that I wasn't hypo at all! Grrr! So the first time I saw the doc I have now she said I absolutely was hypo and immediately put me on Armour. So I've been on that nearly a year now and it's working soooo much better. Unfortunately I've now got something else going on, too. We're thinking it's probably Lupus. *sigh* Maybe eventually I'll get to feeling like a human being again and get my life back.