new here, wanting to talk about the drugs

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Hello,

It's been a year and half since my thyroid was removed. I'm still

trying to get a good regime of thyroid replacement meds. I was on

150 of Levoxyl for a year, but then this summer I became depressed.

I went on Zoloft in August, and then my TSH suddenly revealed that I

was Hypothyroid. I went up to 175 of the Levoxyl, felt great enough

to quit the Zoloft, but then became hyperthyroid (little sleep, lots

of heart pain.) By the way, I read something on this site about

someone else taking Zoloft and then suddenly going hypothyroid. That

was enlightening information.

Since that time I've been trying Armour, and have yet to have a blood

test, but it seems that I can't take very much of it without having

the heart pains. Seems to be a problem with the T3.

So. Though no one can answer this question precisely, I am trying to

determine if depression needs to be treated as a side issue,if not a

side effect, and that the important thing is to find a thyroid drug

that doesn't give one heart pains. I am really not interested in

wearing out my heart!

Has anyone else felt that they were camping out between heart pain

and depression/exhaustion? Just curious.

Gwen