Levoxyl and vitamin d
Common Questions and Answers about Levoxyl and vitamin d
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Hi, Gimel. I do not have those levels. This doctor is rarely in the States, as he splits time in Poland. In the past, I have had low blood cell count, due to poor diet. One PA marked me as Cancer. He dismissed that immediately, and I had him strike it from the record. The lab request is also FSH, and sodium. What is he looking for? I am certain I am low in Ferritn. My only protein in eggs, as I am leaning towards a vegan diet and not eating too well at the moment.
I noticed the numbness and tingling started a month after the TT, not sure if its related to change/decrease in my meds, started with calcium 1 gm 2x/day to 600mg with vit D 2/x a day to once a day and now because of the numbness and tingling my endo increased it back to 2x/day.
Im thinking maybe im not getting enough vit D or maybe i shld have my B12 checked too?
Thanks.
For that I would recommend that you ask for Free T3 and Free T4 (not the same as Total T3 and T4), along with Reverse T3, Vitamin D, B12, ferritin and a full iron test panel. Believe me, just reducing your Levoxyl by half is not going to work for you. I can't imagine too much Levoxyl causing too much strain on your adrenals.
It is good that you have been tested for Vitamin d and B12 and are supplementing. Optimal is 55-60 for D and the upper end of the range for B12. You do need to test for ferritin, regardless of being menopausal. Ferritin needs to be optimized to about 70 for best effect when taking thyroid med. Low ferritin is important in the conversion process, and it can also adversely affect metabolization of thyroid hormone.
Total Vitamin D 25 Hyroxy: 43 (norm: 25-80 ng/mL) I had been deficient.
Here are some more results:
including previous tests:
(taking generic levothyroxine 100mcg during all this time)
TSH 3.570 Feb 15;
0.675 Dec 13
47.590 Nov 2 initially
range (0.270-4.200)
FreeT4 1.390 Feb 15;
1.440 Dec 13
(range 0.9000-1.700 ng/dL) (only tested twice)
Free T3 2.91 (first test) Feb 15
(range 2.0-4.
What are your Free T4 and Free T3 levels? Have you had Vitamin B-12, Vitamin D and Ferritin tested? If you are deficient in any of those vitamins/minerals perhaps you aren't absorbing the thyroid med adequately or converting Free T4 to Free T3, which would keep your TSH higher than normal. This could leave you still hypo and affect your sleep. In addition, some people have a higher than normal TSH and still feel just fine as long as Free T4 and Free T3 are good for them.
Im taking levoxyl 125 and 50000 vitamin D every two weeks. on pain meds,percocet, zoloft, and lunesta for sleep. Ive got others that I dont take muscle relaxers. ive had spinal ablation for lower back and cervical for degenerative disk disease and osteoarthritis. Im 50 not 90 but feel like I am. They gave me an injection for inflammation a few weeks ago that help with the burning pain I was having all over my body. Thanks again for taking your time to post.
my low vitamin D are not related to my thyroid. I have now been scheduled for an endoscopy and a colonoscopy has already ruled out any cancer or bleeding in that area. My endo has also told me that if the endoscopy comes back normal they will have to do a bone marrow test. In your experience is vitamin D & low ferritin related to Hashimotos in any way? Also, could it be possible cancer could be the reason behind the low ferritin & vitamin d?
Hello everyone.
I read posts talking about lab results level. I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's and a Vitamin D deficiency. I had a baby 9 months ago and all went well. We don't know if this came about from the pregnancy or if it manifested itself because of it.
My symptoms started 3-4 weeks ago with diarrhea. Then i started to feel sluggish and just terrible. I have daily fevers in the afternoon of about 100.
My Thyroid Peroxidase AB is 1000 (normal is <35), TSH is 12.
s to hypo, so I am wondering how long it might take for me to start getting relief and get back to life with the help of levoxyl? Also, does it help at all with weight loss? I know I'll have to exercise, but I can't believe all the extra pounds I am carrying are because of my diet. Thank you for any advice!! Take care...
m curious to know if there is any problem which would interfere with absorbtion/metabolization of Vitamin D. I had been taking Vitamin D 50,000 IU every two weeks for osteopenia (borderline osteoporosis) for about 9 months when I went to see an Endocrinologist. He measured my Vit. D status and it was 13 on the 2X month treatment. He put me on 1X per week and remeasured - and it was at 16 after a month.
At any rate, your Free T3 has gone down, when it should be increased. Your Free T4 has also gone down. And it was not high enough previously. Your Vitamin D needs to be about 55-60, your B12 should be in the very upper end of the range, and ferritin should be 60 minimum for women. So you need to supplement to reach those levels for D, B12 and ferritin.
And your dosage of 75 T4 and 15 T3 was equivalent to about 127 of T4.
As per my information I can not drink milk along with levoxyl and have lost the habit of drinking it since 4-5 yrs back when i was tested with hypothyroid. I also was tested deficient in Vit D 3-4 weeks back( I was 3 months pregnant then) and since then I am taking tums 750mg along with Vit D3 400iu chewable supplements 5-6 times/week. I still get leg/calf muscle cramps at night and while walking sometime. I am very concerned about the developing baby and the importance of milk in my diet.
Leptin resistance, inflammation, dieting, nutrient deficiencies such as low iron, selenium, zinc, chromium, vitamin B6 and B12, vitamin D, iodine, low testosterone, low human growth hormone, insulin dependent diabetes, pain, stress, kidney disease, severe or systemic illness, severe injury surgery, toxic metal exposure". So you can see there are a lot of possible causes, so that is why the best short term approach is to reduce the source of T4 that is converted to RT3.
You could check with your doctor and with a pharmacist regarding the units you are taking for both Vitamin D and Magnesium to see how they should be taken. They do sell vitamins that have Vitamin D3 and Magnesium together. Here is a link on taking vitamins but not sure if it will help you 100%:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/148428/how_to_take_vitamins.html?
Have you been tested for Vitamin D, B12 ferritin, and cortisol? I ask specifically about the ferritin and cortisol because people sometimes have reactions to T3 med when those are not optimal. That would be a more likely explanation than a reaction to the T3 itself. Cytomel is one of the few meds that can say that it has no known side effects.
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