levothyroxine and dizziness

i am very off-balance and when i get out of the car or elevator i still feel like im moving for about 5 minutes. my endo says it isnt related but today i didnt take it and feel great! has anyone else experienced this?? im pretty upset with the dr who says i may have a touch of the FLU!? i know my body and this really *****. my appetite has also increased, vision worsened, and occasional tremors. i need help!

I'm currently on Levothyroxine and am wondering if synthroid is a better alternate.. Has anyone found out that synthroid was better than levothyroxine? Synthroid is more expensive so I really need to know whether it is right choice.. The only side-effects I am getting are occasional light headness and dizziness, which may or not be due to the thyroid meds....

It's been 22 days now were I'm off the meds and still no improvement everytime they do a blood test they only test tsh and FT4 and those come up normal so they tell me I'm fine and send me home I just don't know what to do anymore !

Since then I have had constant dizziness,vertigo,blurry vision and just not feeling as if im in my own body...oyes and falling asleep at my desk at work-fatigueness is so bad. Went to Dr like 10 times and he put my on betablockers for fast heart rate but made my bp drop too low...then he put me on anti depressant for anxiety. But I'm pretty sure it's my thyroid that's not right. And all he keeps saying is my thyroid lab test came back normal - when on 50mg levo...

I am being treated for under active Thyroid with Levothyroxine 100 mcgr daily. I suffer extreme dizziness when I lie down and also when I stand up, not so much otherwise, is this due to condition.

I started taking levothyroxine two day ago. after the first day i woke up dizzy and could stand more than a couple of minutes without getting sick to my stomache. i went to the doctor and he tried to tell me it probably mixed wrong with another drug i am taking. i don't take anything else, not even tylenol. I don't drink, no tobacco, no drugs. Then he went on to say my dizziness is unrelated to the drug and wanted to give me another ddrug for dizziness but i declined.

I then began having symptoms with occassional heart palpitations, low blood pressure 100/60, and dizziness. I started taking 1 whole pill and the heart palpitations went away completely. Just had labs done. Results are: THS .45 ; T3, Total 103 ; Free T4 1.5. Do you think I am on the right meds? And is low BP and dizziness a symptom.

Side effect from the levothyroxine does not include dizziness. I think same goes for the inhaler (which has very specific targeted action. i don't know about the pregnenolone. First thing to rule our for dizziness is ear infection. This can be painless if it is middle ear. So I reckon go see a doctor, tell them your syptoms and see if they can advise.

l have been on levothyoxine for underactive thyroid for many years now, slowly increasing in dose. However, a year ago l went from 50mg to 75mg and suffered a bout of vertigo and dizziness. 6 months ago, l was then increased to 100mg and once again suffered extreme vertigo, raised BP and dizziness. Beta blockers have now reduced my BP to normal. Problem is l am extremely disoriented, stumble around, blurred vision, suffer anxiety attacks to mention just a few symptoms. ls my dose too high?

ve stopped the levo because of too many side effects. one of which was tightness in my chest and dizziness after eating, and it was really only happening at dinner and sometimes at breakfast. my last time taking the levo was on saturday but i still have pretty bad tightness in my chest and some dizziness when i eat. i have been to the cardiologist and he said everything looks great except for a slight leak,which according to him was pretty harmless.

I was diagnosed about a month ago with Hashimoto's and have been on 50 mgs of levothyroxine. i don't feel any better and my vision and dizzy episodes seem to be getting worse. I was just back at the dr today and he said that the vision problems and dizziness are usually not a symptom of Hashimoto's. He suggested i might also have lupus and did blood testing for that as well as did more blood tests to re-check my TSH, FT4 and FT3 levels. i get my blood test results back in a week.

So, this time, the pharmacist thought that the allergic reaction might be due to lactose as I am lactose intolerant, and the dyes in the medication. (Artificial colors.) He gave me Levothyroxine 25 MCG and told me to break it in half. This medication is lactose free and dye free. This time again, I had the same allergic reaction except for the sore throat because I only took it once. Last time it started with the same thing. Since I continued for nine days, I ended up with a sore throat too.

My tsh levels are normal and I am on Levothyroxine. The only other meds I take are BP (2 kinds), cholesterol, and estrogen. I use Dramamine regularly for dizziness. Vitamin D deficiency six years ago, treated with high prescribed doses of Vitamin D for a few weeks. I am finally going to a neuro next week, at Stanford Univ. Please help me with possibilities, things to ask, or tests that should be considered.

i am on levothyroxine for about 5yrs and i have severe ringing ,roaring and hear other weird noises i was wondering if it was coming from this medicine tryed going off my other meds for a while except this one and nothing changed what would happen if i stopped taking this medicine

I've been on levothyroxine for 4 months at 25 mcg. Still symptomatic so my endo upped it to 50 mcg. I feel as though I have more energy, however, I've been getting vertigo especially getting up in the morning or standing up quickly. This could be completely unrelated to the med, however I've never experienced this before the increase. Is this just my body adjusting to the increased dosage? If it persists I will call my doc.

m 37 yrs old and am having pre-menopausal symptons now like severe hot flashes, moodiness (my poor family) and the dizziness and fatigue comes and goes again. I have an appointment in a few days, but am wondering if anyone else has experienced this or if anyone has any advice. I didn't really start to feel this way until day 3 of my period. Oh the joys of being a woman! Could I be experiencing Pre-Menopause????

So you are seeing it through without Propa (Rythmol). That's brave and bold. I would like to know what your symptoms are when you get AFib? I was in hospital to start the amio. It took six months to take effect. Then heart was steady with pulse about 64. Amio is effective but risky. It put up my TSH (thyroid) measure from 6.10 to 38. That's why I take Levothyroxine. And this is less effective is taken with Alprazolam which I take when needed for stress symptoms.

It has been nornal for six weeks but I still get about ten days a months with nausea, dizziness, fatigue, confusion and so one. Did your symptoms disappear and in what time?

past few months i have experienced dizziness and shortness of breath... when i take my BP at night it shows my heart rate is in the 40's.. the other night it read 41 bpm... i have just started taking levothyroxine for my hypothryoidism... should i have anything to be concerned about or do u think all is ok concerning my low heart rate?

I checked for drug interaction between Synthroid (levothyroxine) and nortriptyline, but there is only minor interaction reported. However, a potentially life threatening condition called serotonin syndrome may occurred with nortriptyline, either taken alone or with MAOIs (or monoamine oxidase inhibitors) and/or other serotonergic drugs, such as triptans, tricyclic antidepressants, tramadol, and etc.

s nothing like weekness to me and my dizziness when started once it takrs 2 to 3 days recover... and its a different kind of dizziness when it starts its the worst kind and later when m luking sumwere still it ll be fyn but when I move my eyeball I feel shaky... headache atleast once in a month and a bad one....

And it has to be taking about thte same time everyday. I had the dizziness and foggy head and anxiety and my dr put me on a low dose of prozac. Balanced out the meds and no more dizzy. But you just started so you have to give ur meds time to work.

Approximately 1 week ago, I experienced dizziness, head fogginess, eye blurriness, eye pressure, being lethargic, confused and the list goes on. I thought it was an eye problem. I had my eyes examined for eye pressure as well as the optic nerve. All were normal. I realized that it was possible my thyroid levels could be off. I scheduled a doctor's appointment on Monday and the results came back that I was at 8.5 and that I should be at 0.4 - 4.5. The doctor increased my dosage from 0.

my tsh is at 3.6 and that was at four weeks i am on 37 of levothyroxine... also i am having bad headaches and dizziness..

So I have pretty much stopped taking my medications. Except Aggrenox, Levothyroxine, and Celexa. Also before the worst of it, I would get severe heaviness in my chest and had a hard time breathing. There has to be an explaination out there somewhere! Thank you so much for your comments.

3 weeks ago I started feelin shakey, crazy anxiety and not able to sleep, went to dr and she checked my thyroid, my TSH was .09. T3 and T4 were normal. I am slightly anemic my bloodwork showed as well as B12 (212) and Vit D (26) levels were low. She told me to reduce my Levothyroxine from 175 mcg to 150mcg after I see the endo. 1 week ago I had some vertigo, the room started spinning it lasted a few seconds. The last week I feel off, slight dizziness on and off all day.

Levothyroxine and dizziness

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