How do you deal with hypothyroidism symptoms?
I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about a year and a half ago. I have since been trying to find a stable dose of synthyroid with my endocrinologist. He believes that the 100 mg dose I am on now may be suffienct. I only have to see him twice a year now, instead of blood work every 6 weeks and an office visit every three months. I still don’t feel like my old self. I will admit that I feel about 80% better than I did, but the feelings of anxiety and depression are still lingering, worse sometimes than others. I am looking for your experineces with the illness, how you coped with it all, and how long after you were stable on your medication that you felt like your old self again. I have thought this whole time that something more serious is wrong with me, only my doctors can’t find out what it is. Did any of you feel this way? Thanks for the help.
My husband and my daughter have hypothyroidism. Both of them are stabilized with 1.25. My daughter has different symptoms than my husband. My daughter does get depressed, weight gain, etc. Not being able to take most over the counter medicine she suffers with allergies and cold. Stay with synthroid. I have used generic med on her and it was like she wasn’t taking any medicine at all.
My husband has the mood swings. They are the worse. He also had weight loss that was very low. That was before the medication. If your test show you are stable them from there you will be able to cope with anything. My husband’s blood work is good. I wish mine was as good. My daughter is pregnant. This mess with your medication. The baby needs more than you realize. My daughter has had this since 8 years old. It interferred with her growth. My husband had it for years but wasn’t diagnosed until last year. He didn’t think anything was wrong. I was the one that had to deal with his mood swings. He was about to go into a coma when the dr. finally found what was wrong. Take your medicine and do your tests regular and you will be fine.
I tried Synthyroid, couldn’t tolerate it. It made me extremely anxious. Was able to take Levoxyl. Now take L-thyroxine, a generic for Levoxyl. My symptoms were problems sleeping and tiredness. The medications didn’t do me any good though they brought my TSH down. Some people swear by Armour natural thyroid. Check out the following Yahoo group. hypothyroid@yahoogroups.com
I was diagnosed in my 20′s. The doctor gave me too high a dose for starters, so painful symptoms for 3 months. But once the right dose was found, like you I never want to look back. However my levels change at times, so needed adjustment of dose. TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) a more accurate measure for women. I found I needed to be on the higher side to control headaches. I was also later found to have an enlarged Pituitary gland ie skull xray would show. Also got Lupus (SLE)
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