A good experience with Levothyroxine Sodium (75mcg per day)
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Hi all, I read this forum's discussions on the above medication before I went onto it and have to say it scared me! So many terrifying side effects I was so hesitant to go onto the meds but having had a good experience so far I thought it may benefit people to read this and hopefully calm some fears about the medications side effects.
I have been on it for just over three weeks and feel so much better for it. My brain fog has cleared, I no longer need to nap during the day (previously had to sleep 2 hrs per day just to get through it) and have lost about 5 kgs on it. Diet definitely seems to be key to the weight loss, over Christmas I gained weight by eating festively (!) and when on diet (I follow the James Duigans Clean and Lean approach) the weight comes off brilliantly. My understanding of the drug with regards to weight loss is (please correct me if I have this wrong) is that it helps your hormone system by instructing to the thyroid to perform more efficiently so for instance if i eat mince pies, stilton and champagne my body will be able to break this down easier and because I am not burning it off, it stores it as fat a lot quicker that if I was not on the meds. Conversely, if I eat white fish, greens and water, and exercise daily, my body is able to access it fats stores more efficiently and therefore can burn fat quicker. Does this make sense? My Point is: Diet is KEY when we have this condition as everything you eat has an exacerbated effect on your body because of your thyroid.
I would love to hear your experiences on this medication as we can all learn from each other.
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suzieg
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Also, to put the 5kg loss into perspective for other people needing to lose a certain amount, I need to lose about 25 kgs before I get back to my old weight and within a normal BMI zone. Hope this helps
mvwaugh
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glynisrose
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mvwaugh
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kristen69295 suzieg
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I have to say the mental changes were drastic. I have the focus and clarity of thought that I had convinced myself were gone forever. Physically, I am still improving as I've only been on the meds for a little bit less than a month but I'm improving week after week.
I understand that not everyone is having the same experiences as you and I but, like you, I was worried when I saw all of the negative comments on sites. For anyone that stumbles across these posts, you can have a positive experience on the meds!
I still have slight issues with fatige, and carpal tarsal syndrome ( think carpal tunnel in the arches of your feet). Like you, cardio is a bit too much but I am hopeful that my body will hit equalibrium.
trv suzieg
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Due to resistance to new research ahveing adopted a somfort zone approach to TSH and Thyroxine leaves many under active thyrois patients suffering neglect by being ingored or pushed away to mental issues.
This is the latest approach from the ATA [US] which is beyond the pale to me.
They seem to be unaware that the Internet is here now and 'People Are Talking' more freely than ever before.No one wants to inefere with successful treatmentas [why would they?] -but fuller research into cell resistance, low T4 bodily conversion and unduly high TSH upper limits [compared to the rest of the Western world] is needed.
TSH>3 is not accepted as OK elsewhere.
The follow on, for most so neglected, is CV disease and Diabetes- all costing the NHS and the taxpayer huge sums -and growing!
Meanwhile, sub-optimal lives are being tolerated as a 'normal for age'. NOT!
Scazzoh suzieg
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meryem15584 Scazzoh
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Ever since I have felt completely down the dumps!
Low energy, weak, Fatigue, hair loss, weight gain and recently after finding random bruises on my body and contacting my GP I had a few test & have found out my liver is not functioning. So he icreased my dose from 112--> 150 to see if that will help my liver, as I was slightly underactive, now boarderline over active and have changed to 125mcg but my liver function has still come back abnormal.
I mean when I told him my symptoms he gave me a very "Calm down- RELAX resonse basically; we can just play around with your doses and dont panic about your liver, lets see in a few weeks if its still the same, and when I expressed that I felt depressed and complained about my hair thinning and loss- He's response was..... " are you getting chuncks of hair in your hand or brush? if not, its fine.
I really do feel like the "one size fits all" approach is applied to patients and indvidual differences is not taken into account, and almost like im nothing other than a NHS number on the system.
I'm only 23 and feel like they brush you off their shoulder as long as you function NOT LIVE!
does anyone have any tips or information to help me and others that have similar symptoms.
Thank you.
Scazzoh suzieg
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