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Armour thyroid- sleep issues

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MichelleS15
MichelleS15

hi,

i am wondering if anyone has had experience with taking armour thyroid and experiencing significant sleep issues. i was prescribed armour thyroid for mild hypo(which i am not sure i even had). i startes at 15mg for two weeks and then took 30mg for two weeks. as soon as i started the 30mg i started experiencing very bad side effects of being hyperthyroid (fast pulse, palps, insomnia, frequent and loose bowels, and so on). i called my doctor and we agreed to stop the medicine and do labs right away. labs showed that TSH, free T4, free T3 were all within normal limits. therefore i was experiencing significant hyper symptoms without being hyper. it has been 5 months since discontinuation of armour thyroid and all my hyper symptoms except insomnia have gone away. i am wondering if anyone has experienced this or something similar? or if this is something that will take some time for my body to work through? any thoughts are appreciated and thanks!

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