- Normal (how long) 6th December 2005
... the symptoms went away and I am taking 225mcgs of synthroid and 12.5 mcgs of cytomel.
A lot of time with hashi...
- smoking and thyroid 6th December 2005
... . Until then, my TSH had been stable for years on synthroid . Dr. switched me over to Armour at that point and...
... tests and found that I was hypothyroid. I was put on Synthroid . I feel better now, but, it is interesting to note...
- Low temp even with hot flashes... 6th December 2005
... :) I'm a woman and dr. gave me synthroid , as I am hypo. K...
- eyesight changes 5th December 2005
... my levoxyl. The endo prescribed a higher dose of synthroid and I don't like it! It makes me have sharp pains...
- Rage & other emotional stuff.. 5th December 2005
... So....
Prior to my lobectomy & being placed on synthroid I had a lot of anger and wouls sometimes just feel...
... ortunately now, I just found out I am hypo and just started Synthroid the other day. I go from being happy, like nothing...
... realized I was hypo. They upped my dose to .75 of synthroid . I was only on it a short time before I had to go...
- hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism 5th December 2005
... mercy of it 24/7 anymore..as far as my thyroid im on SYNTHROID at a dose of .15 MG.....
one thing that would help...
... How often do you get yours checked?
150 mcg of Synthroid is not a bad dose, but remember, you had your thyroid ... patients with hypothyroidism don't convert T4 (what's in Synthroid and the major thing that is released by the thyroid...
- Low Body Temp... 5th December 2005
... that the body is VERY complicated.
I have been on Synthroid for 6 years and found myself just getting worse, with...
- Deda....and others.... 5th December 2005
... the answer? I quit chew for good and take my damned synthroid . I keep chewing and stop bitching about my symptoms...
... the answer? I quit chew for good and take my damned synthroid . I keep chewing and stop bitching about my symptoms...
- ladies need some help here 5th December 2005
... always had regular periods and on time. Then started Synthroid in September and have had spotting almost everyday ... Doctor says I may always be like this until I get my Synthroid in the right range. I don't know what to think anymore...
- advice please 5th December 2005
... he doesn't understand its wonders. I couldn't take Synthroid . Armour is what's worked for me. The majority of...
- Tired, & hoping for relief soon! 5th December 2005
... this not outrageously high??) and am taking 50mcg of synthroid . I will go in for my bloodwork in 5 weeks, since my...
- Liver Detox for interested parties. 4th December 2005
... and on the same dose...which for me is only 25mcg of synthroid at this point.
I will keep you guys updated. In...
- New to the board 4th December 2005
... gone to hypo and having a hard time. I just started Synthroid and am aware that it takes a while to help balance...
... dark and depressed before I was diagnosed and put on synthroid . I am much better now - I am no longer rageful -...
- Follicular carcinoma 4th December 2005
... meds for 6 weeks. The way they did it was to stop my synthroid , put me on cytomel for 4 weeks and then stop them...
... to get all this behind me so I can start with the Synthroid .
BTW, I'm now staying up for 5 or 6 hours at a...
... meds.
They should give you some cytomel with the synthroid initially, so you get some relief, it takes several ... weeks for the synthroid to build in your body, and then every six weeks you...
... appointment to initiate the RAI therapeutic treatment, with Synthroid to start six days later.
One of the more important...
... than a couple days.
Per the Rad Onc. I would start Synthroid next Thursday--a wait of seven days following the...
... I took my very first Synthroid this morning.
As for cooking, I didn't have much...
- another question on synthroid under tongue 4th December 2005
... some. I do that with my Armour and my Unithroid (and Synthroid when I took that before), and it works well for me...
... some. I do that with my Armour and my Unithroid (and Synthroid when I took that before), and it works well for me...
- How can I get more T3 to convert to T4? 3rd December 2005
... cytomel (a t3 replacement) with a t4 replacement ( synthroid , etc)...
- Incidental Papillary Cancer 2nd December 2005
... ultrasounds every 6 months and I have been put on synthroid ....
- How long does it take for you to start feeling better 2nd December 2005
... At the time of seeing him I was on 300 mcg. of Synthroid , my hair was falling out in buckets and needless to ... and my TSh was suppressed <.001.) Prior to being on synthroid I was on 3 grains of Armour and i felt the T3 in the ... me. Anyway, Dr. Blanchard told me stop taking the Synthroid for 2 weeks and then to resume at 150mcg along with...
... At the time of seeing him I was on 300 mcg. of Synthroid , my hair was falling out in buckets and needless to ... and my TSh was suppressed <.001.) Prior to being on synthroid I was on 3 grains of Armour and i felt the T3 in the ... me. Anyway, Dr. Blanchard told me stop taking the Synthroid for 2 weeks and then to resume at 150mcg along with...
- lab results/dosage question 2nd December 2005
... 85)
Free t3 3.3 (2.3-4.2)
I am taking 150mcg of Synthroid and 5mcg of Cytomel. I don't notice any hyper symptoms...
... both stand to come up some. I am up to 225mcgs of synthroid and 12.5mcgs of cytomel. My tsh was down like yours...
- Hashimoto's question 1st December 2005
... and made sure I had the best.
I am on 225mcgs of synthroid and 12.5 mcgs of cytomel and doing great. I never...
- Hypo2004- Hashi's 1st December 2005
... had the left lobe of my thyroid removed and now take synthroid . The goiter & nodule were so big I was having problems...
- hypothyroid and RLS? 30th November 2005
... :) Just Discovered thyroid problem--I am now on Synthroid (50mcg.). My Doctor said that I should feel much...
- Need Help with Thyroid 30th November 2005
... for a person to develop an allergy or immunity to synthroid ?? No matter what dose the dr gives her, it always ... it possible for somebody to develop an immunity to synthroid ? Is there a specific thyroid disease (hashimotos...
... losing my mind. It wasn't pretty.
No, immunity to Synthroid can't happen. It's an exact duplicate of one of the...
... They generally only prescribe one T4 drug - usually Synthroid - , and if that one drug doesn't work for a patient...
- Blood Work Results?? 30th November 2005
... antibodies and nodules on my thyroid. I was put on synthroid 25 mcg. I really had no obvious symtoms but I do...
- Don't know what to think, any suggestions??? 30th November 2005
... hypothyroid with a nodule two years ago, was put on synthroid , had an ultrasound of the nodule performed, and 2...
- catching germs and viruses easily 30th November 2005
... add my two cents...
Six weeks ago, I increased my synthroid . The day after increasing I contracted a terrible...
... confusing. I had a lobectomy 8/5 and am on 75 mcg of synthroid . I noticed that whne I need an increase in the meds...
- Elevated Cholesterol and TSH, Help 29th November 2005
... and trig were fine. Doc upped my meds to 75 mcg ( synthroid ) and .10 mcg cytomel
In September my tsh was .31...
- help me understand the results 29th November 2005
... time.I do have Hashimotos Disease.I am on50mcg of synthroid and have been for 3 years now.My pcp diagnosed me...
- Snythroid and T3 help, please 29th November 2005
... months now. I was dx in September and put on 50mcg Synthroid , have both sides of thyroid enlarged, and had 261 ... Hashimoto.
My question is how long does it take Synthroid to start working? Not feel better, but enough to ... new tests to be run. I have very few positives from Synthroid and a lot more negatives and I don't feel any better ... that normal for others? I wasn't like this before Synthroid . Sorry I started to ramble. But according to my ... cancer patient this way? I am thinking of stopping Synthroid completely if no changes are made in meds. Even with ... dead" before meds. What would happen if I stop the Synthroid ? I take no other meds BTW.
Thank you everyone...
... the time I can't function and got 100x's worse since Synthroid . That's why I have to consider stopping it all together...
... products that might work better for you. Just because Synthroid is the 'biggest' name in thyroid meds, that doesn ... at all until I got sicker and could once again try Synthroid . I found another doctor who prescribes Armour, which ... hasn't had Synthroid 's effect on me at all. I'm doing quite well with...
- Increases make my blood pressure go up 29th November 2005
... Normal is 0.78-2.19
My doctor has added some synthroid to my Armour, (I'm taking 1 and 3/4 gr of armour a ... day). She wants me to add 50 mcg's of synthroid a day. I've been cutting the tablet into fourths ... pressure has gone up with just that small increase in synthroid , and I start to feel very crabby and anxious, I can ... The above labs are my numbers before adding in the synthroid . I've been on the added one fourth tablet for about...
... room to increase your Armour before mixing it up with Synthroid . It still probably wouldn't increase your FT4 enough ... you know for sure your BP elevates along with the Synthroid ? Splitting a 50 mcg tablet and taking only a 4th...
... out...hopefully.! Also, as another thought, perhaps synthroid is not for you and another T4 brand may do ya better...
... I will try lowering the Armour and increasing the synthroid , thanks for the advise!...
- Goiter removed, on meds, hypo and still no dx by dr.... 29th November 2005
... hormone test and I'm not in menopause.
I am on .75 synthroid and I have seen some improvements and have been on...
- what's the deal? 28th November 2005
... As far as treatment goes...I requested a trial of synthroid from my dr to see if it would help my symptoms. He...
- Midwest, Meep, Nastyhashi, Anyone Please Help 28th November 2005
... and soreness in my legs. When I was on 1 grain of synthroid a yr. ago was when I was REALLY crippled.
I am...
... and soreness in my legs. When I was on 1 grain of synthroid a yr. ago was when I was REALLY crippled.
I am...
- Advice on what med's to take after TT? 27th November 2005
... found some that work better than others. I tried synthroid to shrink my nodules and couldn't tell that I felt...
- another tsh question, sorry. 26th November 2005
... that I got from a compounding pharmacy or can try Synthroid (which I have taken successfully before when dealing ... specifically asked this new doctor, why I should take the Synthroid when Levoxyl didn't help me. She said I might have...
- my visit to the ER 25th November 2005
... october....I'm not sure why - they are reducing my synthroid because of the heart rate - that could be the wrong...
- Hairloss and itchy scalp 25th November 2005
... my hair is NOT falling out any more! I thought my synthroid just wasn't adjusted right - but this time I guess ... skin problem (still could have been caused by the synthroid not being right) but in the mean time no more hair...
... my hair is NOT falling out any more! I thought my synthroid just wasn't adjusted right - but this time I guess ... skin problem (still could have been caused by the synthroid not being right) but in the mean time no more hair...
- Would this be caused by my thyroid meds. 24th November 2005
... thyroid probem.
My doctor had put me on 100mcg of synthroid for years. Last year at my check-up the doctor said...
- New Here Just had Thyroid Surgery 22nd November 2005
... month and that is understandable. I'm on 50 mcg of synthroid until I get an appt. with the endo. Dr. Did any of...
- does all meds for hypo throid contain iodine 22nd November 2005
... thyroid medications that I know of...medications like synthroid , Armour and other T4 replacments. What are you taking...
- Scan and Blood Test Results 22nd November 2005
... done a few weeks ago. I am currently on .025 mg of Synthroid with 120 mg of Armour. At this time I have the feeling ... August, and October. The doctor is going to stop the Synthroid and increase the Armour, but I don't know yet what...
... bit more from where you are now is to increase your synthroid ...if you are converting the FT4 to FT3 ok (not sure...
... confusing.
The doctor wants me to discontinue the Synthroid and take an additional 30mg of Armour in the morning ... make much of a difference since I am stopping the Synthroid ?
Thanks again. I hope you are both doing well...
- How do you take your meds: with water or absorb under the tongue? 21st November 2005
... absorption or tolerance problems that crushingthe synthroid or T4 it worked. I have heard that under the tongue ... some results this way...I am doing it as well with synthroid , but for me on 25mcg only, I don't think I have noticed...
- i'm hypo, so why cant i sleep???? 21st November 2005
... pills right off the bat to help with the increase in synthroid b/c we know how sensitive my body is. I don't like...
- Pharmacologist told me that disolving thyroid meds under tongue was silly... 21st November 2005
... medication as directed.
In the beginning when I took my Synthroid with water. I felt very tired certain parts of the...
... medication as directed.
In the beginning when I took my Synthroid with water. I felt very tired certain parts of the...
- help paying for meds 21st November 2005
... for me to pay. Is there anywhere I can go for free synthroid , a health department or somewhere? I have been off...
... I believe Abbott Pharmaceuticals makes Synthroid . Each pharmaceutical company has a "Patient Assistance...
... who will give you samples? my doc gave me samples of synthroid , so it is available in sample form for patients....
- TSH test results.....advice please.... 20th November 2005
... sure made me sick. I am currently taking 100 mcg of synthroid a day. I am better but not everything is better ...
- Lab Results 19th November 2005
... Im cold all of the time. Also she wants me to take Synthroid 50 mg. Does this seem to help you guys?
THanks for...
... You will start to feel better very soon taking your Synthroid . Do not take it with calcium or iron tablets, and ... the pill.
It can take up to 6 to 8 weeks for the synthroid to build up in your system. So, you need to get bloodtests...
- bifocals,glucoma and eye strain 19th November 2005
... medicated drop for the rest of my life (sound familiar synthroid ). The doc. also told me that what is considered normal...
- selenium contradiction 19th November 2005
... flawless skin. Have been taking about 150mcg/day of Synthroid (have been higher and lower dosed) and now take Wellbutrin...
... Selenium as it relates to thyroid because I have been on synthroid for 4 yrs. now and my face all of a sudden developed...
- Here we go again *rolleyes*! 19th November 2005
... climbing despite the low tsh. I am up to 225mcgs of synthroid and NO side effects. With my thyroid I couldn't ... tolerate .75 of synthroid !
I am so glad you got your free's tested.........
... values before I got diagnosed with nodules and put on synthroid . My doc doesn't like to do frees either - but I got ... yours - almost the same....I was taking 137 mcgs of synthroid at the time. My nodules have shrunk so now my endo ... have nodules?)...my doc took my up to 150 mcgs of synthroid and 15 mg of cytomel to try to suppress the nodules...
... August. It seems to me I'm on an extremely low dose of synthroid as well.
I've been thinking about that TSH test...
... to do with my heart/lung SOB stuff - but my lowered synthroid dose would explain it too I guess....which is actually...
... wxkathy ASDGRMama
when you lower your dose of synthroid that numbness can happen, I had myxedema coma and ... I know that everytime that i am not taking enough synthroid I get the numbness, i raised it and I feel better...
- Did this happen to you? 19th November 2005
... Dr. automatically prescribed 100 mcg. (TSH 7.76) of Synthroid . Felt mostly better and my TSH always showed under ... Cystitis (severe) Could that be the reason why the Synthroid is becoming less effective? I can list my meds if...
- i dont understand this symptom 18th November 2005
... stopped it since then, but my doctor also increased my Synthroid dosage, so I bet I'll go back to being hyper in a...
- Need help with lab and med questions 18th November 2005
... (20-38.5)
This new endo wants to put me on .1 Synthroid , says that I am a little low. I have never taken ... Synthroid . I have taken Armour and cytomel before. No luck ... about the above labs? Also, any one have good luck on Synthroid ? Maybe that is what my body needs. What do you think...
... Try the synthroid . For best guaging of progress on replacement meds ... things for different people. Some do very well on synthroid , others on Armour....all you can do is try. Good...
... Thanks pixie!
Taking the first synthroid today.... :)...
- Swollen face question 18th November 2005
... t even look like herself. Now that she is on meds ( synthroid ), she is fine....
- Need your input, please! 18th November 2005
... back in early 04'. Since that time I have been on Synthroid 100mcg. (prescribed by family Dr.) I did feel better ... gave the typical answer....I don't think it is your Synthroid medicine etc.....so, she ran the blood test. These ... seems to be the highest my TSH has been since being on Synthroid . Doesn't it seem a little high for someone who is ... me since most don't believe in anything other than Synthroid ? I asked to have Cytomel added and she wouldn't do ... So, maybe the mixture of all these drugs makes the Synthroid less effective? I would love your opinions. Thank...
... Instead of Cytomel, you could just use more T4 ( Synthroid ).
To this doctor's credit, at least she ran the best...
... treatment, because the only drug she would prescribe is Synthroid . I couldn't take Synthroid, so she wanted me to go ... until I got even sicker and maybe could tolerate the Synthroid at that point. (How dumb is that?)
The next doctor...
- 'normal' labs but felt better after thyroidectomy? 18th November 2005
... returning (still have another lobe) a new dr.
put me on Synthroid , as my TSH was 9.58...
- Abnormal TSH & normal free t4? now what? 18th November 2005
... stuck in the middle with nothing.
How do I take Synthroid for my Hashi's when my T3 is already high and my heart ... need my gland removed to be resolved. I tried taking Synthroid 3 times and it threw me for a loop each time...really...
- Which type of Doctor Do you recomend? 17th November 2005
... found on the internet. My dr prescribes me 112 mcg of synthroid and if I have a question she is good about calling...
... put on Armour (which works much better for me then synthroid did). I'm in Chicago so there are plenty of Dr's...
- Robin - a few thoughts 17th November 2005
... awful! So I went back to base one. I am on 25mcg of Synthroid and waiting the exact 6 weeks and retest. Slow and...
... did not do well on it.... but would start her on the synthroid first and low dose IF she needs it....
My daughter...
... PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK I MADE IT!!!!:) of 25mcg of synthroid ...I may need a dose increase, but I will go slowly...
- new labs and shortness of breath 17th November 2005
... for nodules for about two years now and between the synthroid and cytomel the nodules have shrunk (amazingly) and ... so they lowered my synthroid doseage from 150 to 137 (I stopped cytomel in spring...
... both meds. I would bump up the cytomel and the synthroid . I am so mystified, as you know, by the shortness...
... only thing I can think of to lower it is lowering my synthroid - but I've tried that for a week now and it hasn't...
... lot lower than it used to be (over the past years). Synthroid takes a while, it has a pretty long half life. It...
... anything about the pulse - but the endo reduced my synthroid mostly on the basis of my TSH and shortness of breath...
- Anyone take Cortef 17th November 2005
... fight arm and tooth to get on Armour after a year of synthroid made me feel worse. One of my Dr's wants me to be...
... It took about 2 months but is so much better then synthroid for me. My TSH is now 1.59 and FT3 is in the upper ... range where it belongs. on Synthroid my FT3 always stayed very low and my TSH jumped from ... 11 to 5 to 7 to .07 to .1 on synthroid . She changed my dose a bunch of times but it wouldn...
- update on thyroid problems 17th November 2005
... actual numbers. WAY too many dr's reduce a person's synthroid based on their tsh level being supressed but then ... look at their free t4 you see they actually need MORE synthroid . Find a dr who knows that. It has kept me feeling ... wonderful after a TT.
I am up to 225 of synthroid and 12.5 of cytomel. I feel better than I have in ... years.
Even when my tsh came back at 1.4 I had my synthroid upped because my free t4 was below mid range.
...
- Weird symptoms after taking Levothyroxine - help! 17th November 2005
... that was all that happened. They changed my Rx to synthroid and I am doing much better....
- ***update**** 16th November 2005
... error.
Well a few things.
1. My PCP stopped my Synthroid . Saying the dose was too high (75 and I told them ... know) and that is not what I need. They do not feel Synthroid will help me now So cold turkey stopped it.
2. I...
- Armour verses Synthroid 16th November 2005
... I started with Synthroid . Never had any bad reactions to it, but it didn't ... work that well. My current doctor doesn't like Synthroid and switched me to Armour right away. I've been on...
... I loved armour but had to go back to synthroid after a year, too much T3. Got heart palpitations...
... I started on Synthroid , which made me hyper in the smallest dose, so I had...
- How much better/worse do you feel since meds? 16th November 2005
... nothing since starting on meds and what kind on.
My Synthroid God of a doctor started me on 50mcg 3 weeks ago. ...
- Q's about T3 meds 16th November 2005
... 6 27.8-40.7
I am currently taking 75mcg of Synthroid for about 4 weeks.Was feeling OK until this week,...
... before thinking about Armour or other T3. In the end, Synthroid didn't work for me, so I found an MD who Rx's Armour...
... had my thyroid out on 8/2 and am up to 225mcgs of synthroid and also take 12.5 mcgs of cytomel ( t3). For me...
... suggesting I wait 6 minths before an increase or give the Synthroid six months before I add T3. I had a lobectomy on 8 ... seen people on this board who are taking 125 mcg of Synthroid a day wihtout having surgery but have Hashi's. Who...
- I Am Going To Vomit!!!!!!!!!!!! 16th November 2005
... dont recall if i had this twitching before taking synthroid . i told him i dont think i did but not positive, but ... started showing up after i was put on too high a dose of synthroid and had tachycardia and muscle spasms.
he said ...
he also said it might be allergic reaction to synthroid , like to the dye, and that these allergic reactions...
- Latest labs - input please 16th November 2005
... time, general dr. wouldn't do it). I'm on 100mcg of synthroid , up slowly from 25 mcg that I began on in January...
- test results 16th November 2005
... am always sooooo tired. BTW, recently dx and 50mcg Synthroid and need to wait a couple more weeks for new labs...
- My TSH is 5.78 no increase in meds 16th November 2005
... feel fine,no hypo symptoms . I started on 25 mg. of Synthroid in Aug. dr. is keeping me on the same dosage and will...
... feel fine,no hypo symptoms. I started on 25 mg. of Synthroid in Aug. dr. is keeping me on the same dosage and will...
- Bothersome Pixiek needs a bit of help :) 16th November 2005
... WORSE. So went back to base one and starte on 25mcg of Synthroid . Here are the labs after 18 days on this dose:
...
... grain lower than your original) of Armour AND .25 Synthroid . It appears a combo like that might put you where ... stubborn. You would probably end up around .5 - .625 Synthroid if you dropped the Armour to get the T4 you seem to...
- New to this site....questions!!! 15th November 2005
... diag. in Jan. with Hypothyriodism and have been on synthroid since. I started on 25 and have been increased gradually...
... but it was tough. I started off taking 50 mcg of Synthroid back in the Fall of 2002 and now I am at 125 mcg of...
- Questionable Thyroid Nodules 15th November 2005
... and they have gotten smaller withh treatment with synthroid and I am comfortable again - I do wish I had gotten...
... happy to say it is gone for now - I was treated with synthroid and cytomel.....
Keep us posted....
Best wishes...
- Question about meds before lab work 15th November 2005
... before i get tested. I was told it's ok if your taking synthroid or levothyroxine. But if your on meds with more than...
... 211070&highlight=testing
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