thyroid help please

Dawn

you don't say why you are on levothyroxine,  I am on 100/75 because I had my thyroid removed and have found that taking the medication in the morning with water and then wait at least an hour befor eating and taking vit D which helps me with aches and pains but we are all different and this site and others will help keep reading and learning.

This will pass.how much medication are you on. It seems that you still have hypo symptoms but I am no expert

What was your Tsh levels. Speak to your doctor and tell him. Take care and let me know how you doing. Gill

Hello Dawn:

My name is Shelly and I am a nurse in the USA.  I also have hypothryroidism.

When you start taking the medication (LEVO) it takes the body about 6 to 8 weeks , or 2 months to feel better.  It takes that long before a  proper level is obtained.  The body is slow and in our fast paced world we want it now! 

Also you must take the LEVO on an empty tummy, no food!  It is a good idea to take a multivitamin with iron as we need our vitamins and minerals to be good so the Levo will work better.  Please buy a good vitamin and take it when you eat.

After a few months on it, your doctor will order more blood work and then they may increase the dose. This is all normal and we all had to go through this when we started on thyroid replacement meds.

You should be seen by an Endocrinologist since that is a special doctor who knows about the thyroid gland in depth.

Keep taking your med, and get a good multivtamin, as many of us with thyroid problems get low in Vitamin D. 

Keep us posted on how you do,  Shelly

Dawn it's worth getting your other vitamin and mineral levels checked. Specifically ferritin, iron, vit B12, calcium, potasium, magnesium and vit D. All of which can make you feel poorly if they are low. Ask for a printout of the results so you can see for yourself where you are in the range. In my experience being at the low end of normal can also cause symptoms in some people (both me & my daughter). Ferritin needs to be 90+ to be able to process thyroxine properly. Too much vit D can be harmful, though the amount of vit D in a multivitamin is unlikely to be toxic. B12 is also very important. From an NHS uk website:

"A deficiency in either of these vitamins (B12 and B9) can cause a wide range of problems, including: extreme tiredness, a lack of energy, pins and needles (paraesthesia), a sore and red tongue, muscle weaknessn depression, problems with memory, understanding and judgement". So we hypothyroid patients would, understandably, just put these symptoms down to thyroid meds being too low!