Let's post our stories here. I will start with mine: 29th December 2000
... well, well, even though I was put on a low dose of Synthroid , my TSH went down and I began to feel energy coursing...
... since my tsh levels were still low, i was switched to synthroid (higher dosage.) now, i'm feeling TONS better! granted...
... accident nearly killed her. As for me, I've been on synthroid 5 years with no change, despite normal tsh levels...
... Hypo I am currently on .3(2-125's mcg and 1-50mcg of synthroid . And my new endo has requested that I take prozac ... these symptoms could have been headed off by giving me synthroid and treatinhg me like a person not a thing. Now I...
... fatiqued). Yet, I continue to gain weight. I've been on Synthroid for over three years and the hair loss has only worsened...
... had no reflexes. My primary care dr. put raised my synthroid from .125 to .2. Then he killed himself. So, I was ... doc since mine killed himself. This one dropped my Synthroid to .175. Then he dropped it again to .150. This...
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From that time on (15 years ago) i've been on Synthroid . My doses have had to be increased a few times. I ... tests were coming back and agreed to change me from Synthroid to Thyroid (which today was my first day on the new...
... with the symptoms.
At age 19, I was put on 0.1mg synthroid for PMS, and various meds plus a special diet for ... normal, so thyroid disease was never suggested.
The synthroid and migraine meds continued until I was about 25. ... weaned myself from all the prescriptions including the synthroid . It never seemed to help the mood swings anyway. ... Endocrinologist is very old-school and insists on synthroid only, but he is extremely well-respected by all the...
... Dr and my TSH was 37!
So since then I have been on synthroid , but it is ever changing and the way I can tellis...
... the next doctor. I read that you requested to try Synthroid , and you felt better. I know we are all different...
... years ago I stopped all medications except for the synthroid (now levoxyl), in order to take a good long look at...
... to boot! Well, after a year of trial and error my Synthroid dose was at a good level for me, although I had gained...
... hormone are not back. I have HASHI's. Doctor put me on synthroid 88mcg to put my thyroid "asleep" since it is struggling...
... cancer and I had surgery oct/00.I had to be off my synthroid for 6 weeks for radiation treatment.Those weeks were...
... hypothyroidism. Was prescribed standard dose of Synthroid .
A lot of time passed before I realized the treatment ... that was wrong with my life. Nowadays, I just pop my Synthroid pill each morning along with a dose of Cytomel and...
... living in. Every day taht I wake up and take my pill ( Synthroid .15 mg) I think, "I am one step closer to gettin better...
... since the thyroidectomy (symptoms and reactions to Synthroid ). I take a lot of supplements now, and they seem ... ablation was 1/16/01. After the ablation, I started Synthroid at 125 mcg/day on 1/18/01.
In March 2001, my levels ... 34 (0.70-1.50)
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My Endo increased my Synthroid dosage to 150 mcg on March 6, 2001.
In May 2001 ... level, so my Endo subsequently increased me to 175 mcg Synthroid . (Typical treatment is to slowly increase the medication ... 2.28 (0.80-1.80)
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My Endo reduced my Synthroid back to the 150 mcg following this blood test.
In ... thyroid tissue. I was getting used to the 150 mcg Synthroid dose. (Still achy, but emotionally more stable. ... for the scan.
Following the scan, I started back on Synthroid 150 mcg and Maca (June 28, 2002). Body ache returned...
... diagnosed me with Hypothyroidism, so he prescribed Synthroid , and also Effexor to assist with the depression I ... work...
Recently, I've returned to taking my .1 mg Synthroid , my 75 mg Effexor for the depression, am researching...
... and stated my thyroid test was high and put me on Synthroid which I just started at 50 mg's once a day. I started...
... my doctor for some reason switched prescription to synthroid and my hair started falling out again. i told him ... falling out. the same thing was happening to my mom on synthroid . she asked to switch to levothroid and her hair is...
... Range was 0-34 was normal. He right away put me on synthroid . He told me I would be taking this the rest of my...
... about when I exercised. Occurred before I was put on Synthroid in '81, and continued afterwards, even when my TSH...
... borderline hypo with a TSH of around 6.2. I was put on Synthroid and my TSH went down to a nice low number. But for ... all that time, my fT3 was never in an optimal range. Synthroid and/or ANY synthetic alone was not doing what my body...
... ArtfulD) I went through the RAI in June and was put on Synthroid I am still not on the right dose but we are getting...
... researching soy and its thyroid connection. I was put on Synthroid by my father's elderly and out-of-it doctor; the dosage...
... me on replacement hormone and I have been on .025 Synthroid for two weeks now. I feel a bit better. As of a week...
... and told me that I had "no thyroid" and called me in synthroid 150. When I started taking the synthroid my blood ... coma. I was taken off clonidine and paxil and put on synthroid 100 and cytomel 25 and norvasc. I had a low sodium ... do have new hair growing in though.
Now I am on synthroid 125 and cytomel 12.5. I only had to take the norvasc...
... othyrodism. That was about fours years ago. I have been on Synthroid ever since but have had to have dosage changed a number...
... confirm that.
Now I'm very curious to see if the Synthroid has any effect on my mental state - if I'll start...
... TSH test was 195.48 and I was started on 50mcg of Synthroid . Six weeks later I was tested again and I was at ... 48, & my Synthroid went up to 75mcg. Tested again & came in at 32, Synthroid...
... supposed to be .5 to 4.0, and mine was .7! I went on synthroid for 3 months, lost 15 pounds, but didn't like the...
... symptoms meant but she immdiately got me started on Synthroid . I very slowly started feeling better, it took a long...
... 14) and he included a prescription for 100 mcg of Synthroid . That's all the info I got, which is what led me...
... at about 7. I have hashimoto's and have been taking synthroid ever since. The doc had me on every dose imaginable...
... My TSH came back over 6 and she started me on .25 Synthroid . I was checked every three months and they kept upping...
... that's what I did. 10 days later, he started me on synthroid WITHOUT ANY BLOOD TESTS and sent me back to my GP ... few weeks the GP would order a TSH and increase my Synthroid . By this time I was having full scale panic attacks ... before. My pulse was up to 180. We backed down the synthroid and he put me on an anti-depressant for the panic ... the anti-depressant and with closer monitoring, the synthroid would work out fine. I remember he was amazed because ... graphing my test results in Excel to correlate with the synthroid dosage and he thought that was neat. (How can they ... His doctor died and the new one switched him to Synthroid and he started complaining of not having any energy...
... wasnt!
I am now, 12 months later on 150 thryoxine ( synthroid ) I still dont feel any better. I am getting a second...
... well, well, even though I was put on a low dose of Synthroid , my TSH went down and I began to feel energy coursing ... and it had changed to 3.0. That is when she gave me synthroid , and halleluya! Now I am on Armour and still trying...
... pill everything went whacko.
I am on .125 of synthroid . I am still real tired. I occassionally have bursts ... headaches. My head hurts alot more now with taking the synthroid than in the past. I am also dizzy alot!
I...
... and I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism..Iwas put on synthroid * the lowest level* and I was to take a pill a day...
... healthy and NEVER on meds, now not only do I take Synthroid , but I also take Toprol (a beta blocker for high blood...
... Zilch. So they started this little 2 week old on Synthroid and within weeks I was healing and perking up.
... on Birth Control. I am student insurance and get my synthroid and BC through UC Clinic. Well I thought all was well ... , no one told me about BC affecting Synthroid , in fact one doc said I could take the pills at the...
... before I found out Iwas Hypo.My doctor put me on 150mcg Synthroid and I have been on it ever since.He said it was not ... a real big deal that the Synthroid would help.I am no longer cold and my energy is not ... another medication (as most Docs want you to be on Synthroid I have heard.She said she sometimes prescribes T3...
... week. My first endocrinologist started me out with Synthroid only and since I was young and rather uneducated about ... what was going on, I lived with my Synthroid -only dosage (between .150 and .250 throughout the ... some of the symptoms, he took some tests, lowered my Synthroid dose to .150 and had my start taking 5 mcg of Cytomel...
... well, well, even though I was put on a low dose of Synthroid , my TSH went down and I began to feel energy coursing...
... I was confirmed to be hypothyroid. I've been on Synthroid for seven years now (I'm 27) and the dosages have...
... cocktail" and stabilized with a daily dose of 188 mcg Synthroid . I was diagnosed as Type II diabetic in 1997 (take ... 0.15 (0.28-4.02)
Doctor changed dosage to 150 mcg Synthroid daily.
5/14/2004
Calcium 10...
... My Dr. insists that I just need to keep taking my Synthroid . I see Synthroid posters and flyers all over the...
... says no way. Hashimoto's isn't painful. And with synthroid I shouldn't have any symptoms. I've read a lot all...
... I had a partial ********ctomy... and have been on Synthroid ever since. My dose has been increased and increased...
... The weight gain, UGH! The depressing news about Synthroid not helping me to lose the weight. That even with...
... tested in March this year and was at 38. I was put on synthroid starting at 50 mg and has been upped to 100 mg and...
... Tree Frog...How long did it take the low dosage of Synthroid to start working. Your story sounds like mine and ... my doctor started me on Synthroid 25mg last week. Wondering how long before I COULD...
... last child was born 16 years ago. I have been on Synthroid since then. I do have my levels checked, however ... ago, my husband and I went out of town. I take my Synthroid like clockwork every morning as soon as I get up. ... Well, I forgot my Synthroid and I figured a couple of days without it would be ... me that I probably should not have quit taking the Synthroid - but I was feeling great getting back into shape ... though I felt so much better for awhile. Would the Synthroid actually cause me to get puffy and swollen again? ... even temporarily. Is there such a thing as taking Synthroid every other day? Is there something else I could ... be taking along with the Synthroid to conteract the puffiness? You would think I would...
... diagnosed and given RAI when I was 25 and 49. Never took Synthroid afterward...don't remember why.
Lately during routine ... said I am now hypothyroid.
Wants to start me on synthroid tomorrow.
I've been reading symptoms and just don...
... nervousness
dry skin
hoarsness
I've been on and off synthroid every time I go on my levels shoot out the roof.....
... goiter. i do have problems with my weight though. im on synthroid but i dont really see the weight problem going away...
... things started going downhill.
After taking synthroid for years and continuing to battle problems, I found...
... guess what, she had it. Her's was controlled with Synthroid . I have mine checked every month with the TSH and ... other. The drugstore said they had stopped producing Synthroid and I was put on Levothiroxin and have had trouble...
... your blood work. Sounds like you should be taking synthroid but let a doctor make that decision. Wishing you...
... wait to get worse before he could help me out with synthroid . Well I am getting worse and worse by the day.
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... Yeast infections due to the same.
I have been on Synthroid since the last surgery and the endocrinologist has...
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I am seeing a specialist for this and my dose of Synthroid is 125mcg/2 pills a day. It seems to be a very high...
... County, I used to live there.
I take a high dose of synthroid 175 once a day but 125 twice a day. I'd get a second...
... million have this. I take rocaltrol for the calcium and synthroid for my thyroid. Also a word of advice, keep your eye...
... diagnosed 18 months ago with hypo by my gp who gave me synthroid .1 mg. my later test results were "fine" but i felt ... on for depression could be lessening the effects of synthroid ?...
... family doctor about losing my hair. She put me on Synthroid and then never mentioned it again. No regular tests ... blood tests. Well they found I needed to increase my Synthroid and never mentioned my hypothyroidism again. I had ... What tests should I make sure I get? All I know is Synthroid and the generic version does not work for me!!...
... concern then) and that I might no even need to take the synthroid . He was giving me a small does of the radioactive...
... as .5L, and my TSH came back at 189.31HP. I was on Synthroid at .50 micro's for the first week, and am now at 100...
... no energy, but no other symtons. They started me on synthroid I can not remeber the doseage, I went back 3 months ... I get a call they are uping my dosage to 100 mg of synthroid , I was like okay, I was on it a few weeks when all...
... thyroid tests showed borderline. He put me on 50mg. synthroid a couple months ago. I am due to go back and have...
... suspect was myxedema coma---a "doctor" cut my dose of synthroid from 175 to 100---and at my next "check-up", he drops ... telling him I was fine when I was on a higher dose synthroid .
They keep me there for 6 hours---waiting for my...
... cold node. Not cancer, but extensive hashis. I took synthroid for a couple of years, but then stopped with no adverse...
... was diagnosed as Hypothyroid in 2002. I was put on Synthroid and was fine for a whole year. Then, I started getting...
... everything would be great. I went hypo and was put on Synthroid . After 3 years I became hyper thyroid again, even ... the nightmare of being sick. I was then put back on Synthroid and have had nothing but a horrible time adjusting...
... of Levothyroxine, which I think is the generic of Synthroid from what I've read. I have another blood test end...
... she ran a second test same results so i was put on synthroid 25mg for now and the truth is has been one moth and...
... many supplements (oral and intravenous), as well as synthroid , cortef, cytomel and testosterone (gel, patch, injections...
... removed, and went through radiation. I have been on Synthroid for almost 5 months. I take 300mg of it every day...
... 3 Weeks My Own Doc Ran More Labs And Changed Me To Synthroid Telling Me It
Was The Same, Yahta Yahta Yahta. Well ... After 3 Days On
Synthroid All My Symptoms Started Coming Back.
My Next Visit...
... an overweight person (135). It took six weeks on synthroid at 175 mcg to where I could finally keep food down ... so much better. I'm taking levothyroxine, generic synthroid , 125 mcg. I was left with many serious side effects...
... know it was WAY out of line!
So I was started on Synthroid at the lowest possible level. I think that was 12...
... the doctor started me on synthroyid. I have been on synthroid for over 2 years now and have not felt better at all...
... the doctor started me on synthroyid. I have been on synthroid for over 2 years now and have not felt better at all...
... had radio active iodine treatment and has been on synthroid ever since. Though a sad truth, she has no thyroid...
... So, from there they started me on lowest dose of synthroid and I worked my way up. My meds were changed I don ... I was totally in the dumper. Switched me back to Synthroid . Over the years, I they have tried to put me on antidepres...
... about 10 years ago. Then a new doctor changed it to synthroid and lowered the dose to 200mcg. I have been feeling...
