Cytomel causing bad dreams???

[Guest guest]

Anne,

I had strange dreams, vivid dreams, and sometimes nighmares while hypo, on

and off the Cytomel. I thought being hypo caused the dreams, not the Cytomel

when they continued after I went off the Cytomel and stopped when I went on

Levoxyl.

Debbi

Age 41

Washington, DC

dx pap thyca 5/01

TT 7/01

RAI 8/01

In a message dated 9/18/01 10:07:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

arracom@... writes:

> had a question for those of us on cytomel. Earlier this summer

> my doctor took me off my synthroid to check how much my left

> lobe was functioning. He put me on cytomel when I told him I

> wasn't feeling like my normal self-- I was probably on cytomel for

> a couple months or so, until they resumed my synthroid. While

> on cytomel I noticed intense dreams, every night. I'd wake up

> feeling exhausted. When I stopped the cytomel, the dreams

> stopped!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ThyCa group,

Thanks again for all your feedback... and I plan to send my

doctors and nurses thank you cards soon. I can see how things

can get out of control, so I'm not going to wait.

I had a question for those of us on cytomel. Earlier this summer

my doctor took me off my synthroid to check how much my left

lobe was functioning. He put me on cytomel when I told him I

wasn't feeling like my normal self-- I was probably on cytomel for

a couple months or so, until they resumed my synthroid. While

on cytomel I noticed intense dreams, every night. I'd wake up

feeling exhausted. When I stopped the cytomel, the dreams

stopped!

Now, since I had a completion thyroidectomy last friday-- I started

taking cytomel Sunday morning, and Iast night I had another

intense dream... It can be very wearing waking up feeling

exhausted... Does anyone else on cytomel experience this?

I have a appointment with my surgeon this thursday for a follow

up to my surgery and I plan to let him know if my dreams

continue.

Thanks my ThyCa group!

Sincerely,

Anne Hetrick

nogule found '93

partial thyroidectomy '95

diagnosed follicular ca '95

TT Sept 14, 01

RAI planned for early next month

[Guest guest]

Bad/Intense dreams are not a reaction to cytomel, as far as I know.

Rather they are a possible effect of being hypo. I have been majorly

hypo 2X, both with TSH of 250+. Both times, I experienced extremely

graphic, disturbing dreams, which I normally do not do. I have never

taken cytomel.

Bonnie, from Chicago

Pap thyca, TT 7/99, RAI 9/99 and 11/2000.

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