Guest guest Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Keep in mind that colder weather also can cause TSH to rise and for us to need more meds. Sue Winterize Your Thyroid http://thyroid.about.com/od/relatedconditions1/a/winterize.htm From Shomon, Cold weather can increase your body's need for thyroid hormone, make you more hypothyroid, and may cause your TSH to rise. If you notice hypothyroid symptoms worsening as the weather gets colder, it's worth having your blood levels evaluated. You may need a slight increase in your thyroid hormone replacement dosage. Some doctors even make it a standard practice to raise their patients' dosages slightly during colder months, in order to meet the body's requirements. That would be my concern too. Most say it takes 6 weeks for a particular dose to get into the system enough for the labs to accurately show what that dose is doing. I'm no expert, but I'm sure that 2 weeks is not enough unless there's something else about your condition that I don't know about. If levothyroxine were that fast acting, then you would not be able to tolerate taking a different dose each day. I could miss a day or three and not notice any difference when I was on straight synthetic. There were know potency problems with your particular brand of Levo in the past. The must have fixed them because they finally got FDA approval, but I still won't trust it. I took Synthroid once about 15 years ago for a little while and my experience was terrible. As soon as I could, I switched brands again. Just saying. I'm taking Lexoyl now and I must say, I'm feeling pretty good. I won't know if it's stabilized yet until my next labs. If you're taking the 25 and 50 on alternate days (which is fine - I did that for a while), then the one that you take on the day of the labs could make a difference I would think. For example, if your 2nd last lab was done on a 50 day and the last set was done on a 25 day, then I'm thinking there would be a difference in your system and in the TSH. Did you read my earlier post about why thyroiditis can cause the fluctuations? JudyP ˆ If nothing changes, nothing changes. I am just really concerned because I have no clue what happened from last month to this month for the TSH to change that rapidly. I am worried that he is monitoring me too closely and is changing my medication too frequently and it's taking my body awhile to react to the change in medication. There were times he was changing my meds every two weeks or every month to try to drive the TSH down as you can see from what I posted earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Keep in mind that colder weather also can cause TSH to rise and for us to need more meds. Sue Winterize Your Thyroid http://thyroid.about.com/od/relatedconditions1/a/winterize.htm From Shomon, Cold weather can increase your body's need for thyroid hormone, make you more hypothyroid, and may cause your TSH to rise. If you notice hypothyroid symptoms worsening as the weather gets colder, it's worth having your blood levels evaluated. You may need a slight increase in your thyroid hormone replacement dosage. Some doctors even make it a standard practice to raise their patients' dosages slightly during colder months, in order to meet the body's requirements. That would be my concern too. Most say it takes 6 weeks for a particular dose to get into the system enough for the labs to accurately show what that dose is doing. I'm no expert, but I'm sure that 2 weeks is not enough unless there's something else about your condition that I don't know about. If levothyroxine were that fast acting, then you would not be able to tolerate taking a different dose each day. I could miss a day or three and not notice any difference when I was on straight synthetic. There were know potency problems with your particular brand of Levo in the past. The must have fixed them because they finally got FDA approval, but I still won't trust it. I took Synthroid once about 15 years ago for a little while and my experience was terrible. As soon as I could, I switched brands again. Just saying. I'm taking Lexoyl now and I must say, I'm feeling pretty good. I won't know if it's stabilized yet until my next labs. If you're taking the 25 and 50 on alternate days (which is fine - I did that for a while), then the one that you take on the day of the labs could make a difference I would think. For example, if your 2nd last lab was done on a 50 day and the last set was done on a 25 day, then I'm thinking there would be a difference in your system and in the TSH. Did you read my earlier post about why thyroiditis can cause the fluctuations? JudyP ˆ If nothing changes, nothing changes. I am just really concerned because I have no clue what happened from last month to this month for the TSH to change that rapidly. I am worried that he is monitoring me too closely and is changing my medication too frequently and it's taking my body awhile to react to the change in medication. There were times he was changing my meds every two weeks or every month to try to drive the TSH down as you can see from what I posted earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Right, I keep forgetting that! Thanks Sue. JudyP – If nothing changes, nothing changes. Keep in mind that colder weather also can cause TSH to rise and for us to need more meds. Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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