I'm so glad a community like this exists. I got diagnosed with hyperthyroidism last summer. I was really bony as a kid and I hated it, so I would eat a lot. Eventually I gained weight and was happy with my appearance, but within the last year I suddenly dropped twenty pounds. Actually, when I got diagnosed I was seeing the doctor for anxiety, but he did some blood work and found out my thyroid was being goofy.
It comes and goes. I hate it. Plus surgery and the radiation-deal frighten me. Unfortunately, I'm not much fonder of pills.