- hypothyroid with addisons? 2nd April 2008
... on hand. Even just starting on a token 25 - 50 mcg synthroid dose might be beneficial. I am glad that you are...
- My lower left stomach hurts near my ovaries. Is this normal? 2nd April 2008
... like the swelling may be moving to my ankles. My synthroid was reduced a week ago when I started HC. As a result...
- possible addisonian 24th March 2008
... Hypothyroidism
-diagnosed in 2005 and started on Synthroid
-gained 50 pounds over a course of two months...
... I was on .125 MG of Synthroid , then about 8 months later they asked me to stop taking...
- On 5mg Cortef 4x daily, help with med scheduling please. 21st March 2008
... it sounds good. Or if I am asking for trouble.
Synthroid at 6:30 am
hydrocortisol 7:30 am
hydrocortisol 11...
... them on one of your doses. Either that or start your synthroid dose earlier.
I take my synthroid and cytomel at...
- I am starting down the Adrenal insufficieny diagnosis road.. please help. 5th March 2008
... of normal range.
I am currently on 75 mcgs of Synthroid (4 weeks at this dose) and have yet to have my blood...
- Please Help! Are my Adrenals In Trouble Can't Tolerate Thyroid Meds Anymore 22nd December 2007
... every thyroid medication - levothyroxine, levoxyl, synthroid , armour and cytomel - and every permutation of dosages...
... every thyroid medication - levothyroxine, levoxyl, synthroid , armour and cytomel - and every permutation of dosages...
- Help...Help...Please 13th December 2007
... said everything was OK.
I am hypothyroid and take synthroid and have vitiligo.
I cannot sleep more than 3 hours...
- Daughter back to testing for Addisons, any advice? 6th December 2007
... I take 15 mg. of Cortef, but not Florinef. I take Synthroid for my thyroid, and human growth hormone by injection...
- Just curious how much Cortef (Cortisone) everyone is on 30th November 2007
... the morning and 10mg at night, he also takes .175 Synthroid , and 0.1mg Flouronef. He was diagnosed about 8 years...
- Adrenal vs. Thyroid Management? 17th November 2007
... am on 30mg of cortef 1 tablet of Florinef, 88mcg of Synthroid , dostinex, and 10mg of cytomel a day along with Aldoctone ... you are on replacement. Have you considered doing Synthroid vs. Armour. I found that this worked real well for...
... know if it was a matter of not tolerating the T4-only Synthroid or just the dosage he started me on. This Dr. I'm...
- Does any have addisons and graves disease?? 9th November 2007
... before they would give me the radiation. I am on synthroid , cortef, florinef and evista for my osteoporosis....
- Extremely Very Cold & Dizzy W/ Headache ?? Help!! 21st October 2007
... most of the symptoms that you have and I am now on synthroid for my hypothyroidism as well as an adrenal supplement...
- Help interpreting Test Results (Adrenal Fatigue, CFS, etc.) 19th October 2007
... get an MRI in the next few days. Meanwhile, I start Synthroid for goiter/hypothyroidism, and in 2 weeks I start ... the pituitary dysfunction). Doc seems to think the Synthroid may help my elevated cortisol. I dont really understand...
- Odd low blood pressure 22nd August 2007
... to be at the pharmacy earlier this week to fill my synthroid script and I took it there using their blood pressure...
- do you have Addison's & Hashimoto's 6th August 2007
... I also take both Synthroid and Cortef. No problem, and I've not been warned of...
... I take synthroid , cytomel, florinef and cortef and am great....
- Is this secondary addisons? 23rd July 2007
... taking cortef for almost 1.5 years now. I am also on synthroid and armour thyroid. Trying to get my thyroid to produce ... little on it's own, but mostly it is given through the synthroid . Before the armour I was on 150mcg of synthroid. I...
- Taking Cortef and Levothyroxine 19th July 2007
... Diane44
I don't know of any problem taking cortef and synthroid at the same time except that synthroid is best taken...
... 3108118]I don't know of any problem taking cortef and synthroid at the same time except that synthroid is best taken...
- AF, first day on cortef - help! 3rd July 2007
... the collection of my thyroid meds. I take 75 mcg of synthroid , and 5 mg of cytomel, and I also have to take dostinex...
- Generic Cortef 22nd June 2007
... market because they didn't work as effectively as synthroid . This is the only time I had ever had a problem with...
- Adrenal Fatigue?? 7th June 2007
... adrenal glands weren't functioning?? I am on Cortef and synthroid for that...but I'm not really getting any answers...
- I have recently been diagnosed with Addisons 31st May 2007
... I also take .1 of florinef daily. I am also on synthroid .
I take evista because of the longtime steriod...
... away. But I don't know if it was the cortef or the synthroid . Evista is a medicine for bone loss. I am still...
... Cortef. That is what took my syptoms away. I was on synthroid for many years until the insurance company required...
- Night sweats or hand tremors? 31st May 2007
... have disappeared since starting on the cortef and synthroid . I am currently taking 20 mg cortef at 5mg 4 times...
... to a broken wire. I do have hypothyroid and take synthroid for it, my doctor ran a blood test to see if my meds...
- Sick for 2 years...please help! 8th May 2007
... since I was about 16, I'm 21 now) and I take 50 mcg of Synthroid . I just got it tested the other day and they said...
... ve never heard of that before. I'm now on 75 mgs of synthroid as I was diagnosed as hypothyroid in 2002. After...
... case.
I'm hypothyroid as well and I take 50 of Synthroid and have so since I was sixteen. (I'm 21 now.)
...
- cortef not helping... 26th April 2007
... But I am not a doctor.
Before the cortef & the synthroid I couldn't move. You should have some days where you...
... I was checked for thyroid and am on synthroid also. I take my last dose of cortef at 10pm and I...
... But I am not a doctor.
Before the cortef & the synthroid I couldn't move. You should have some days where you...
... they slowly moved it up and I take the florinef with synthroid to boot. I don't know if anyone else feels this way...
... though because of the physical tiredness. I take my synthroid in the mornings. I was feeling a little less tired...
... sonyamom "I take the florinef with synthroid to boot."
I am in the same boat! I have never taken ... my synthroid at night so I am not really sure how it works for ... me.
Synthroid : 125 mg
Florinef: 1. mg
ktp812: I am just wondering...
- New to this board. Have ?'s 23rd April 2007
... hypothryoid & growh hormone levels dropped. Put on Synthroid . Moved to SC. To make a longer story even shorter...
- Question for Hormone Man and Gettin Better or anyone else who takes cortef 21st April 2007
... Thursday I was doing great. I currently take 75 mcg of Synthroid 5 mg of cytomel, .5 of dostinex per week, 10 mg of...
- questions, please read 31st March 2007
... virtually non-existent in me, and I currently take Synthroid and human growth hormone too). She is also right that...
- Heart Palpitations 11th February 2007
... have Addison's Disease and Hashimoto. I take Cortef, Synthroid and Florinef. I get heart palpitations from time...
- AD / Pregnancy 28th January 2007
... about 7 months. Prior to being on cortef, florinef & synthroid , I never even came close to having a regular cycle...
- Hi, I'm new and need answers 19th January 2007
... on Friday with autoimmune thyroiditis and is now on synthroid . Hopefully we are on the right track. I wonder if...
- Breastfeeding and Addison's Disease & Hashimoto 27th December 2006
... information on whether taking cortef, florinef and synthroid will affect the baby?...
- I don't feel well. 20th December 2006
... taking the medicines too. I am not sure if you are on Synthroid , but you should not eat for a full hour after taking...
...
I'm having my good days and my bad. I am on Synthroid and I actually do take that separately. I take that...
- Help Wanda Wisdom Needed!!!!!!! 8th December 2006
... counts on Oct 30th before they increased me to .75 of Synthroid and decreased to 1/2 pill on weekends
TSH .06 Normal ... I am on 30mg of Cortef .1 of Florinef, and .75 of Synthroid , .5 of cytomel and .5 of dostinex two times a week...
- Question about hydrocortisone/cortef 27th November 2006
... this point.
I will say that my doc has me take my synthroid at night. I wondered why and one day I waited until...
- Hello I am new here! 25th November 2006
... medications
Hydrocortisone 20mg
Fludrocortisone 0.1mg
Synthroid ( which I no longer take)
I have lived a normal...
... Why did you stop the Synthroid ? What is your TSH level?
How do you split your...
... Mydoc took me off of the synthroid becuase he said my TSH levels were normal, I donot...
... years. I take Cortef, but not Florinef. I also take Synthroid and human growth hormone for replacement. I, too,...
- Adrenal Insufficiency and Meds Adjustment 22nd November 2006
... on it a couple of months ago. I also just got my Synthroid upped from 75 to 100mg, and got bloodwork today to...
- Question for Wanda or anyone else with information on Autoimmune Antibody Test 21st November 2006
... This all started when my synthroid was increased from .05 to .112 and withing three days...
- I am a mess, and I am new here. 29th October 2006
... goodness turned out to be benign. I was started on .5 of Synthroid , and did really well except for paying attention. ... deficient. and my dosage was increased from .5 of Synthroid to .112 because I am sensitive to medication, and...
- Is this Addison's ? 9th October 2006
... history: Hashi HYPOTHYROID that is under controll.I take Synthroid 180mcg and my labs are ALL in range for my thyroid...
- Addisons/Hypothyroidism/Menopause 7th October 2006
... good as it gets?
Currently taking 30 mg Corteg, Synthroid & Protonix for reflux........plus estrogen/progestin...
- Is this normal?????? 13th September 2006
... even lower. He cut my meds in half and put me on Synthroid . Within a few months I could hardly walk. I went...
- Can Any One Have Both Cushings And Addisons Disease? 1st August 2006
... I have hashimoto's and graves disease, and am on synthroid , but I still have so much muscle-joint pain, fatigue...
- Could this be Addison's (or another adrenal issue) 27th July 2006
... thinks I shouldnt feel this bad since I was put on synthroid ... I have been wondering if I have cushings or bounce...
... so sorry you're not feeling well.
If you're on Synthroid and still not feeling well, you may want to check...
- early addisons? early pigmintation signs? 3rd July 2006
... the symptoms on and off by taking or not taking the synthroid .
I convinced my second endo to try and agin, this ... lower gut pain, like with cramps?
Tests: before synthroid
low aldosterone-4
normal cotrisol and normal ACTH...
... but there are a lot of people that are allergic to Synthroid and it's components. I wouldn't recommend it.
On...
- Can you help me understand my ACTH 16th May 2006
... s, just treat the hormones that are low period.
Synthroid (T4) does not convert to T3 in most people and the ... no one on Armour say they wanted to switch back to synthroid , but there is a stampede of people on synthroid trying...
... ER due too High Blood Pressure, that they think the Synthroid caused ( they just upped my dose too 75mcgs ) 2 weeks ... with me, cause even after 4 months of treatment on Synthroid I feel No different then when I walked into his office...
- New to Addison's 10th May 2006
... taking your morning dose with other meds, I take my synthroid as soon as I get up. I thought that the synthroid...
- ACTH question 26th April 2006
... low side for both, start on Armour thyroid 90 mg. ( Synthroid will probably NOT work well for you) Stay on that...
- brown drainage 26th April 2006
... 3. I am doing much better on Armour than I did on Synthroid , and I am taking natural hormones for the Adrenal...
- Sonyamom 27th February 2006
... adrenals all fit into this and when I take just a little synthroid (25mcg or 37.5 )(or Armour) to help, it only make ... And a get new symptoms as well.
Now I am off the synthroid for 2 weeks and trying to see if I feel better off...
... very sensitive as it should be) and just a little synthroid or something makes TSH drop ( as it should) but no ... normal" thryoid frees and TSH and all...and trial of synthroid did not work.
I feel tired and brain fogged. ... times by evening all is well.... After my trial of synthroid I got this bloating and it has not gone away.....something...
- Jet lag and cortisol levels etc 26th February 2006
... underdoes of thyroid meds (what I am taking now is synthroid ) might effect my cortisol levels...
4. Could cortisol...
- Questions... 24th February 2006
... '99 but they left my parathyroids. I have been on Synthroid ever since. I am close to positive that my adrenal...
- thyroid adrenal? 10th February 2006
... worse, all my symptoms got 10x worse. I then tried Synthroid and LEvoxyl and the same thing happened. So what traditiona ... makes we wig out. Why this is l have no idea, l took synthroid for 6 months back 8 years ago and had no problems...
... Both of mine were autoimmune and I take 50mcg of synthroid , 30 mg of cortef, 1 florinef tab a day. This is just...
- Hypoglysemia is it real? 11th November 2005
... but doesnt know what to do about it. I have tried Synthroid , Cortef and Florinef all made me worse very fast....
- Adrenal Exhaustion and Thyroid Enlargement 20th July 2005
... nodules on it. My endo has put me on a low dose of synthroid to shrink it. After doing some reading I am wondering...
- Partial Adrenal Function 9th June 2005
... medication for 6 years, l was taking a very low dose of synthroid for about 1 year but got off. If the cortef made all...
... what that would be. The funny thing is l used to take synthroid and never felt anything bad from it, the doctor put ... me on a low dose of synthroid before he tried the cortef, and l had a similar reaction ... to the synthroid that l had with the cortef. The reaction wasnt as...
- Could this be Addison's? 25th April 2005
... guy who is against Armour, and will only prescribe Synthroid . My friend sees him and I don't like some of the things...
- DHEA problems? 7th April 2005
... hypothyroid. I am on 15mg of Armour plus 12.5mcg of Synthroid (half a pill). I've been on this mix for 2 years...
... thyroid dose and then another who steadily increased my synthroid every 2 wks and added t3. I think he caused more ... weight and finally when he increased me to 200mcg synthroid and 5mc of t3 I stopped going to him. Stopped the ... the root cause of a thyroid problem. She lowered my synthroid to 175 and now I am on 162mcg. We will give this...
... thyroid dose and then another who steadily increased my synthroid every 2 wks and added t3. I think he caused more ... weight and finally when he increased me to 200mcg synthroid and 5mc of t3 I stopped going to him. Stopped the ... the root cause of a thyroid problem. She lowered my synthroid to 175 and now I am on 162mcg. We will give this...
- Prednisone change to Cortef 23rd March 2005
... low dose of 2.5mg Prednisone along with Florinef, Synthroid , Prempro. Anyway my new Endo comfirmed the diagnosis...
- Natural supports 19th March 2005
... cream.
I feel alot better. Have been on 175mcg of synthroid for 6 weeks and will have labs drawn this week. I...
- insomnia 10th February 2005
... I have tried synthroid . Not for me. caused severe hypoglecemia within 3 days...
- Anyone else taking prednisone every other day? 27th January 2005
... Prempro every day. My doctor lets me take a little more Synthroid than his tests indicate, which also helps. Most of...
- Just not sure 23rd January 2005
... problems.
The thing is, I have been on meds (was Synthroid , now LEvoxyl-88mcg) for almost a year and have never...
- Weight Gain? On Prednisone and gaining LOTS of weight 20th December 2004
... 30mg of Cortison a day, Florinef .75mg a day, and synthroid everyday for my hypothyroidism. I have gained a lot...
- How much Cortef to take and what else to take? 17th December 2004
... 3 weeks. It was brought on when my Dr.increased by Synthroid from 88-125 and I just came to a crashing halt. I ... rounds with all the ENDo's and they just give me more synthroid which has made me so sick.
My salivary cortisol...
- Chocolate Cravings anyone? 11th December 2004
... enough. Taking Prednisone, Florinef, Prempro, and Synthroid . Last magnesium test was okay. Any ideas?...
- Looking For Some Help 8th December 2004
... before the switch to Armour. At that time I was on Synthroid 112mcg and Cytomel 5mcg. I had been on this dose ...
- cortef side effects 7th December 2004
... effects of note. I am hypopituitary, and also take Synthroid and growth hormone (by injection). If your adrenals...
- chris 4th December 2004
... 30 mg of nature thryoid and 25 mcg of the dreadful synthroid maybe this round I will not encounter any side effects...
- Test results; hypopituatarism 23rd October 2004
... Thanks,
The thyroid meds I was on were Synthroid . I took Armour once and every pain in my body went ... was alert. unforutunetly I was still hyper from the Synthroid . Armour has about 20% T3 and 80% T4. I know the T4...
... know much. He even said the bad reaction I had to synthroid was because of allergies. Like going hyper is an allergy...
- Help with Interpreting Testing Results 19th October 2004
... raised. i am now on Levoxyl 150mg (i used to be on synthroid but was switched a few years ago when i saw richard...
... the book on thryoid power) and he switched me from synthroid to levoxyl - not sure why - but at that time, i was...
- Chris, help with lab results 5th October 2004
... far as what hormones I'm taking, I am only taking Synthroid 200 mcg. I've never been on any cortef or prednisone...
- Adrenal Problems? 11th September 2004
... Approximately 4 weeks ago I was started on 25 mcg of Synthroid for very mild hypothyroidism. My test results at...
- How do you know if you have an adrenal problem 26th August 2004
... results said I was hyper instead of hypo because of the synthroid I had been taking from another doctor. when I started...
- What is wrong with me? 14th July 2004
... saved her life!
She took medications ... cortef, synthroid , and florinef... she saw him on a regular basis and...
- Question - Emergency - Psychological Problems and Addisons 26th June 2004
... Predisone (5mg)
Dexamethasone (0.25mg)
Florinef (0.1mg)
Synthroid (0.01 micrograms)
But he was taking his medicine...
... the dex to compensate.
You are correct about the synthroid , I mad an error he is taking 0.05mg (or 50 micrograms...
... Predisone (5mg)
Dexamethasone (0.25mg)
Florinef (0.1mg)
Synthroid (0.05mg)
But from January 2004 to May 2004 was...
