levoxyl

[Guest guest]

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> HI, i'm new here. I have a lot of questions really.

> I had graves disease, was treated twice with radioactive iodine.

> Now my thyroid is dead. My endocrinologist put me on levoxyl a

> little over a month ago, and I hate it. Honestly I felt better

> before I started taking the stuff. It's hard to explain how it

makes

> me feel, but it's like taking 3 or 4 dexatrims at once. Head

rushes

> when i stand up things like that. It gives me an upset stomach,

and

> makes me very anxious as well. I've tried to get the doctor to

> change the medication but he refuses saying that there is no way i

> can feel it's effects. Unfortunately i have no health insurance

> currently and am going through truman medical center for my

> treatments. He's the only endocrinologist available to me at the

> moment. I've not taken the stuff for a couple days and feel

better

> without it. ON the other hand i know i need to take it. It does

> seem to cut down on the hypo symptoms such as face feeling

swollen,

> and eye's bothering me, it just has very unpleasant symptoms of

it's

> own. I'm at a loss for what to do here. I'm definately open to

> suggestions.

> sincerely, Mike .

Hi Mike, It sounds like the medicine is not agreeing with you at

all.I wonder if it is too much. Yeah I know what you mean by doctors

not listening, been there done that. I just had to start

selfmedicating with Armour because they would not listen to me.

I have been on Armour for almost a month now and I feel great. I

also have graves and took radioactive iodine. My thyroid is slowly

dying.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mike, I too had Graves disease and found out I was hyperT in Nov/Dec 2001. I

didn't take RAI, but I'm curious why they did this twice on you? Sometimes,

it's as if the dr's don't know that the first dose will bring on more hyperT

symptoms, or else they just 'forget to share that with those they do this to'.

Even though I didn't have RAI, I found out after my bout with Graves that I had

TPO antiobodies after I'd already started taking Armour. I'd been on it a

month, because after 2 yrs on atd's, I just couldn't feel good at all. My

levels were all off, and showing hypo for me, so I knew I needed something.

Thru this group and the encouragement and seeing how well people were doing on

Armour, I took the plunge in April of this year and ordered it. It was the best

decision I ever made.

Dr's are really terrible about not looking at anything but labs. That's what

got me into the hypoT state I found myself in. Unfortunately, they themselves

don't suffer from this disease, but they will give us what 'they are told we

should have' and it just isn't always the correct thing. I started off on 1

grain of armour and I'm now up to 3 1/2 grains. I haven't felt this good in

years.

SandyE~Houston

levoxyl

HI, i'm new here. I have a lot of questions really.

I had graves disease, was treated twice with radioactive iodine.

Now my thyroid is dead. My endocrinologist put me on levoxyl a

little over a month ago, and I hate it. Honestly I felt better

before I started taking the stuff. It's hard to explain how it makes

me feel, but it's like taking 3 or 4 dexatrims at once. Head rushes

when i stand up things like that. It gives me an upset stomach, and

makes me very anxious as well. I've tried to get the doctor to

change the medication but he refuses saying that there is no way i

can feel it's effects. Unfortunately i have no health insurance

currently and am going through truman medical center for my

treatments. He's the only endocrinologist available to me at the

moment. I've not taken the stuff for a couple days and feel better

without it. ON the other hand i know i need to take it. It does

seem to cut down on the hypo symptoms such as face feeling swollen,

and eye's bothering me, it just has very unpleasant symptoms of it's

own. I'm at a loss for what to do here. I'm definately open to

suggestions.

sincerely, Mike .

[Guest guest]

No, Levoxyl is not a generic for $ynthroid. Levoxyl is another brand of T4.

Val

yes levoxyl is a generic for synthroid. I took synthroid for 3 days and it

made me incredibly depressed for several hours every time i took it. For

some reason they affect my mood.

[Guest guest]

HI, Mike,

I'm assuming you've gotten some good advice by now. I just wanted to

welcome you to the

Group! I'm trying hard to catch up but still so far behind!

in Va.

HI, i'm new here. I have a lot of questions really.

I had graves disease, was treated twice with radioactive iodine.

Now my thyroid is dead. My endocrinologist put me on levoxyl a

little over a month ago, and I hate it. Honestly I felt better

before I started taking the stuff. It's hard to explain how it makes

me feel, but it's like taking 3 or 4 dexatrims at once. Head rushes

when i stand up things like that. It gives me an upset stomach, and

makes me very anxious as well. I've tried to get the doctor to

change the medication but he refuses saying that there is no way i

can feel it's effects. Unfortunately i have no health insurance

currently and am going through truman medical center for my

treatments. He's the only endocrinologist available to me at the

moment. I've not taken the stuff for a couple days and feel better

without it. ON the other hand i know i need to take it. It does

seem to cut down on the hypo symptoms such as face feeling swollen,

and eye's bothering me, it just has very unpleasant symptoms of it's

own. I'm at a loss for what to do here. I'm definately open to

suggestions.

sincerely, Mike .

[Guest guest]

Welcome Mike,

I also have Graves', diagnosed and treated with RAI 7 years ago. 2

years ago (and 3 endocrinologists later) I was diagnosed with

Hasimotos. Maybe if I had started researching and learning earlier

about my medical conditions I could have done something before my

health went so far down the tubes. I'm now on like endo #6 and I'm

still not getting the docs to listen and I have great medical

insurance (with Armour on the approved medication list!) But I

haven't been able to get any doc to give me anything other than

Sinthroid/Levoxyl. I was miserable for 2 years so I gave up and

decided to treat myself according to my symptoms last year. Maybe

you could try cutting your levoxyl in half? Try a little

experimenting with it and if it still doesn't work and your doc

still won't give you another med then you may want to consider

trying Armour? I'm not trying to sell you on Armour (which I

currently order without script and against my doc's wishes);

everyone is different and not everything works for everyone. That's

what's great about this group - we all understand we are individuals

and should be treated as such and it should be applied to our

medical treatment! Your not a lab number so don't let your doc

treat you as such.

Jen

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> HI, i'm new here. I have a lot of questions really.

> I had graves disease, was treated twice with radioactive iodine.

> Now my thyroid is dead. My endocrinologist put me on levoxyl a

> little over a month ago, and I hate it. Honestly I felt better

> before I started taking the stuff. It's hard to explain how it

makes

> me feel, but it's like taking 3 or 4 dexatrims at once. Head

rushes

> when i stand up things like that. It gives me an upset stomach,

and

> makes me very anxious as well. I've tried to get the doctor to

> change the medication but he refuses saying that there is no way i

> can feel it's effects. Unfortunately i have no health insurance

> currently and am going through truman medical center for my

> treatments. He's the only endocrinologist available to me at the

> moment. I've not taken the stuff for a couple days and feel

better

> without it. ON the other hand i know i need to take it. It does

> seem to cut down on the hypo symptoms such as face feeling

swollen,

> and eye's bothering me, it just has very unpleasant symptoms of

it's

> own. I'm at a loss for what to do here. I'm definately open to

> suggestions.

> sincerely, Mike .