Re: Help needed, please!

[Guest guest]

I don't know anything about children but I can tell you that when I was on

synthroid, my heart rate shot up to 100 and sometimes over, I felt like climbing

the walls and just really jittery. Maybe he is feeling the same way, poor

guy!

[Guest guest]

Sounds like me on Levoxyl. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. Cried and cried.

And I am 32!Check his pulse, see if it is elavated.

I would tell the doctor he is having side effects. He may not believe

you...docs like to say that there are no side effects to synthetic

hormones...if only that were true.

This doesn't mean you are ODing him or making him Hyper. But some people

this has an effect on them in this way, I am going to assume age does not

matter in this way. I would call the doc and report it.

> > 1) His appetite has decreased. Waiting to see what happens at lunch as

he

> just took a 1/2 ounce of formula before going for his morning sleep which

2 days

> in a row now he has sobbed and sobbed when put down and he is usually a

> brilliant sleeper.

>

> 2) He is really irritable.

>

> 3) He has become what I would class as " nervous " or " over-sensitive " for a

12

> month old, bursting into tears over practically nothing and sobbing

> uncontrollably. He usually loves his bath but this morning, he was scared

of it and

> cried most of the way through it. I know wee ones can be funny, but this

all

> started yesterday and has gotten worse this morning.

>

> Like I said he is around 16lbs and the 50mcg is supposed to be a normal

dose

> for that weight, but God what if the darn TSH test he had done was skewed

or

> something? Over 150 TSH seems so high for a child that is not displaying

> hardly any symptoms of hypothyroidism apart from cold feet, which his dad

is

> exactly the same in that respect. Plus Caden's feet aren't always cold

either, in

> fact he does actually sweat a fair bit, especially when he is sleeping, we

> constantly have to take blankets off him not put them on at night.

[Guest guest]

> Any help out there would be appreciated. I don't want to ring his

> immunologist (who is also his acting pediatrician) if the symptoms

>described above are normal for starting this medication.

I wouldn't call them normal, but I am certainly not an expert on

thyroid care for an infact, nor is anyone else here, I think.

Roisin, I would strongly recommend you find a doc in your area that

is focused on good thyroid care, and I am not talking about an Endo.

Have you checked out the Armour list, or the Top Doc lists in the

LINKS section?? Where are you located so we can help you find a good

doc.

And trust your instincts on this. If it was me, and those symptoms

started since he was introduced to Synthroid, I might decrease it a

bit until I could get to a better doc fairly immediately. But that's

not advice---it's only what I would do.

Janie