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3113201 tn?1341780938

Is my enlarged thyroid causing these issues? Treatment or diagnosis tips?

I'm a 21 year old female college student, and since I hit puberty when I around 12 years old, I have had trouble losing weight... I'm about 6 foot 1, 250 lbs but I'm very active and I workout 5 days a week, resistance training for an hour and sometimes cardio. I play basketball once a week as well. I found out 5 years ago that I had an enlarged thyroid, which I blame for the massive weight gain and extreme hair loss. However, after going to the doctor numerous times, all my tests came out "normal". I know something's wrong... I still have hair loss, I can't lose any  weight, I'm always fatigued, and I get this weird burning, achy sensation in my throat every once and a while. Sometimes I have heavy periods, have random nausea, and my voice is deep. Nevertheless, I really need to lose weight; I have almost every genetic factor leading to CVD, diabetes, HBP, etc in my family history. Weight loss and energy is essential! Please help! What can I do? What could it be?
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3113201 tn?1341780938
These are the only test results I could find at home. I'll put the dates for each test as well.

TSH w/ Reflex to T4 = 0.99              March 2014

SED RATE BY MODIFIED WESTERGREN, MANUAL 38


And below is the metabolic panel I took in March 2014. The numbers to the far right represent "normal" values.

GLUCOSE                         93 65-99 mg/dL
UREA NITROGEN (BUN) 13 7-20 mg/dL
CREATININE                 0.94 0.50-1.00 mg/dL
eGFR NON-AFR. AMERICAN 88 > OR = 60 mL/min/1.73m2
eGFR AFRICAN AMERICAN 102 > OR = 60 mL/min/1.73m2
BUN/CREATININE RATIO N/A 6-22 (calc)
SODIUM                         139 135-146 mmol/L
POTASSIUM                 4.2 3.8-5.1 mmol/L
CHLORIDE                 105 98-110 mmol/L
CARBON DIOXIDE          20 19-30 mmol/L
CALCIUM                          9.5 8.9-10.4 mg/dL
PROTEIN, TOTAL          7.6 6.3-8.2 g/dL
ALBUMIN                          4.1 3.6-5.1 g/dL
GLOBULIN                  3.5 2.0-3.8 g/dL (calc)
ALBUMIN/GLOBULIN RATIO 1.2 1.0-2.5 (calc)
BILIRUBIN, TOTAL          0.6 0.2-1.1 mg/dL
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE 51 47-176 U/L
AST                                  20 12-32 U/L
ALT                                  15 5-32 U/L
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Please post all those "normal" test results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report.  
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3113201 tn?1341780938
Thanks!
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1756321 tn?1547095325
Thyroid labs to request: TSH, free T4, free T3, thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb), thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb).
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