Thyroid Problem

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

Has anyone taken Levothyroxine?

I've been recently diagnosed with Hypothyroidism (Hashimoto Disorder) and was

put on .025mg of Levothyroxine. It didn't make me feel any better. My blood test

was still elevated (slightly) so my PCP doubled my dose to .050mg. Well, ever

since then, I've began having odd symptoms that continued to progress and worsen

over a month. I had a blood test last week and my levels are normal now, but I

didn't take my dose that morning before the blood test. Last time, I took the

pill before the test. Anyway, my endocrinologist told me to either go down to my

initial dose or alternate between the two every other day. I'm too afraid to

take this stuff again. I asked her if there is a different med I can take and

she said no. So, I told her I'll think about it and talk to my PCP, as she

suggested. My PCP hasn't called me back since Tuesday. She's a moron, I'm sorry.

Am I in danger? What do I do now? Anyone else ever had this before or now?

God Bless,

Maggie.

[Guest guest]

My mom took Levoxyl, which is the same drug/same family as

Levothyroxine. She had horrible side effects from it- extremely cranky

(to put it nicely), hot flashes, not sleeping. After talking to a few

different people about it she found out that others have the same

problem with the generic but not with the name brand, Synthroid. The PCP

argued with her about it but finally relented and wrote her a script for

Synthroid. She hasn't had any of side effects since switching.

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On 8/13/2011 7:19 PM, areby77@... wrote:

>

> Hello All,

>

> Has anyone taken Levothyroxine?

>

> I've been recently diagnosed with Hypothyroidism (Hashimoto Disorder)

> and was put on .025mg of Levothyroxine. It didn't make me feel any

> better. My blood test was still elevated (slightly) so my PCP doubled

> my dose to .050mg. Well, ever since then, I've began having odd

> symptoms that continued to progress and worsen over a month. I had a

> blood test last week and my levels are normal now, but I didn't take

> my dose that morning before the blood test. Last time, I took the pill

> before the test. Anyway, my endocrinologist told me to either go down

> to my initial dose or alternate between the two every other day. I'm

> too afraid to take this stuff again. I asked her if there is a

> different med I can take and she said no. So, I told her I'll think

> about it and talk to my PCP, as she suggested. My PCP hasn't called me

> back since Tuesday. She's a moron, I'm sorry.

>

> Am I in danger? What do I do now? Anyone else ever had this before or

> now?

>

> God Bless,

> Maggie.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

My husband takes it but no side effects. ~a

From: areby77@... <areby77@...>

Subject: Thyroid Problem

Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:19 PM

 

Hello All,

Has anyone taken Levothyroxine?

I've been recently diagnosed with Hypothyroidism (Hashimoto Disorder) and was

put on .025mg of Levothyroxine. It didn't make me feel any better. My blood test

was still elevated (slightly) so my PCP doubled my dose to .050mg. Well, ever

since then, I've began having odd symptoms that continued to progress and worsen

over a month. I had a blood test last week and my levels are normal now, but I

didn't take my dose that morning before the blood test. Last time, I took the

pill before the test. Anyway, my endocrinologist told me to either go down to my

initial dose or alternate between the two every other day. I'm too afraid to

take this stuff again. I asked her if there is a different med I can take and

she said no. So, I told her I'll think about it and talk to my PCP, as she

suggested. My PCP hasn't called me back since Tuesday. She's a moron, I'm sorry.

Am I in danger? What do I do now? Anyone else ever had this before or now?

God Bless,

Maggie.