Re: more tired 6 weeks after rai and starting meds.

[Guest guest]

Hmmm....

Symptoms coincide with taking a new (or in this case) refill of a

medication....

I'd certainly be suspicious of those pills!

Doublecheck that you got the same dose.

Ask the pharmacist about the bottle they came from.

Request a replacement-refill from a different (new unopened) bottle.

Best wishes.

bj

more tired 6 weeks after rai and starting meds.

> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

>

[Guest guest]

Hmmm....

Symptoms coincide with taking a new (or in this case) refill of a

medication....

I'd certainly be suspicious of those pills!

Doublecheck that you got the same dose.

Ask the pharmacist about the bottle they came from.

Request a replacement-refill from a different (new unopened) bottle.

Best wishes.

bj

more tired 6 weeks after rai and starting meds.

> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

>

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> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

Feeling tired at this point is not uncommon. It takes awhile (and

" awhile " varies from person to person) to get your meds regulated.

You should be having a blood test in the next few weeks (6-8 weeks

after starting meds) to see what your TSH level is, so your doctor can

adjust your dose as needed.

I don't think it likely that you'd be feeling the effects a bad batch

of synthroid within 10 days of starting it. I suppose that some of

the older batch COULD have been bad, but my bet is that's not the

case. It would be more suspect if you'd been suppressed for months or

years, and THEN started having problems.

Certainly, talk to your endo, but I'd give it more time. Patience is

something we thycans really need to have.

Cheers,

Alisa..for whom patience isn't the strongest attribute :-)

Currently - 140mcg Levoxyl

2/15/2002: Nodule found 2/27/2002: FNA

3/4/2002: Hysterectomy/oopherectomy-possible ovarian cancer - BENIGN!!

4/9/2002: TT - Stage 2 pap 2.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm nodule, dx Hashimotos

5/28/2002: WBS (2 mCi) and 100 mCi RAI --- 6/6/2002: WBS - No mets

12/16/02: WBS (5 mCi): clean scan - no thyroid tissue in body!!!

Age: 49 -- Location: near Seattle WA --- Check out my posts:

Radioactive Girl - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19472

My LID - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15872

My RAI - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15873

LID thoughts, tips, ideas -

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/25430

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> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

Feeling tired at this point is not uncommon. It takes awhile (and

" awhile " varies from person to person) to get your meds regulated.

You should be having a blood test in the next few weeks (6-8 weeks

after starting meds) to see what your TSH level is, so your doctor can

adjust your dose as needed.

I don't think it likely that you'd be feeling the effects a bad batch

of synthroid within 10 days of starting it. I suppose that some of

the older batch COULD have been bad, but my bet is that's not the

case. It would be more suspect if you'd been suppressed for months or

years, and THEN started having problems.

Certainly, talk to your endo, but I'd give it more time. Patience is

something we thycans really need to have.

Cheers,

Alisa..for whom patience isn't the strongest attribute :-)

Currently - 140mcg Levoxyl

2/15/2002: Nodule found 2/27/2002: FNA

3/4/2002: Hysterectomy/oopherectomy-possible ovarian cancer - BENIGN!!

4/9/2002: TT - Stage 2 pap 2.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm nodule, dx Hashimotos

5/28/2002: WBS (2 mCi) and 100 mCi RAI --- 6/6/2002: WBS - No mets

12/16/02: WBS (5 mCi): clean scan - no thyroid tissue in body!!!

Age: 49 -- Location: near Seattle WA --- Check out my posts:

Radioactive Girl - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19472

My LID - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15872

My RAI - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15873

LID thoughts, tips, ideas -

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/25430

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barbara baratta said:

> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

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Hi Barbara,

You could be going too far into supression, giving you many of the same sx

(symptoms) as being hypo. As soon as your doc checks your TSH, you will

know for sure what is happening. I'm thinking though, that since you were

feeling okay and now worse, you *may* be too hyper. Only your bloodwork

knows 4 sure.

Last week, I had my dose lowered and the mild insomnia and heart skips

have resolved already. Hang in there. Sometimes it takes a fine tuning of

meds to feel just right.

in NE OH

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barbara baratta said:

> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

-----

Hi Barbara,

You could be going too far into supression, giving you many of the same sx

(symptoms) as being hypo. As soon as your doc checks your TSH, you will

know for sure what is happening. I'm thinking though, that since you were

feeling okay and now worse, you *may* be too hyper. Only your bloodwork

knows 4 sure.

Last week, I had my dose lowered and the mild insomnia and heart skips

have resolved already. Hang in there. Sometimes it takes a fine tuning of

meds to feel just right.

in NE OH

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> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

Just a quick thought that came to mind as I read my, bj's, and 's

responses. We all had different (all good, I think) ideas of what

COULD be going on. I think it points out that feeling tired can be

the result of a lot of different things - and it may not even have

anything to do with your T4 levels or your TSH. Your iron levels may

be low, as just one other possibility (just to add something else to

the mix).

Cheers,

Alisa

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> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

Just a quick thought that came to mind as I read my, bj's, and 's

responses. We all had different (all good, I think) ideas of what

COULD be going on. I think it points out that feeling tired can be

the result of a lot of different things - and it may not even have

anything to do with your T4 levels or your TSH. Your iron levels may

be low, as just one other possibility (just to add something else to

the mix).

Cheers,

Alisa

[Guest guest]

> i didn't have as bad a hypo experience as many people

> had but now 6 weeks after starting synthroid i feel

> more hypo than i did before.i don't know what tsh was

> when i had rai but i was above 70 2 weeks before. i

> was starting to feel better up until about a week ago

> when i started feeling really tired more than pre rai

> but not as tired as immediately after rai. has anyone

> else experienced this? i will call endo on monday to

> discuss with him.i am taking synthroid the same way as

> i have always taken it.my prescription was refilled

> about 10 days ago and i'm wondering iof new synthroid

> is bad. barbara

Just a quick thought that came to mind as I read my, bj's, and 's

responses. We all had different (all good, I think) ideas of what

COULD be going on. I think it points out that feeling tired can be

the result of a lot of different things - and it may not even have

anything to do with your T4 levels or your TSH. Your iron levels may

be low, as just one other possibility (just to add something else to

the mix).

Cheers,

Alisa