cytomel and dizziness

ve been back on the pill and takingt the Cytomel now for 3 weeks and my ears are always plugged up and the dizziness is really bad. I also have really bad inflammation in my neck and sinuses. I don't know if this means I'm on too much medication or if it's from going back on the BCP. My chin is breaking out badly so I know my hormones are out of whack.

I have been off my cytomel since 1/9/08 and I am also on the LID! I have episodes of nausea, dizziness, headaches, joint aches, fatigue and dry skin! I have continued working, but some days I have to come home in the afternoon due to dizziness and nausea along with brain fog! I have good days and then I will just crash for no reason! I will keep you updated on how I feel! Some people do fine and don't feel much of anything.

I wonder why you are only on Cytomel and not a T4 drug as well. I would suggest you go to an endo and get on the right combination of drugs so you can feel better. Get your TGab and TPOab tests for Hashimoto's. I have Hashimoto's. I get the chronic sinus infections, simply because my immunity is lower due to my disease. I take Flonase and Zyrtec. That has helped tremendously.

Some people do great on Synthroid. I am one who did not. I have been on Levothyroxine (and am now currently), went to Synthroid then Levoxyl then back to Levothyroxine. Mine is kind of a convoluted story as I'd never been on meds prior to my TT last year. My doc started me on a combo of Levo and Cytomel post TT. I was a little jittery on the combo, so I went to Synthroid only to try and convert my own T3... I absolutely hated it.

t handle the effects. I had a constant headache, dizziness, nausea, heartburn and sweating like crazy. No heart palpitations though. What should I do? I am afraid to continue but will this go away? Should I just stick to it for now? I'm feeling really crappy :-| thanks for reading...

In the meantime, given my constant dizziness on Armour yet still testing very hypo, in consultation with my endo I switched to Synthroid and Cytomel as a combination as I still wanted t4 and t3 supplementation, and put aside trying another one like Naturethroid for a later period, attempting to get stabilization of symptoms for now. The endo is still willing to work with me on something like Naturethroid eventually.

Armour 30 MG once a day at breakfast and Cytomel 5 MCG at lunch (totaling 1 grain Armour and 1 grain Cytomel in the afternoon = 30 MG Armour + 5 MCG Cytomel per day).

So basically, been on an alternating dose of 88 and 100mcg of levo with 10mcgs of Cytomel thrown in for over 8 weeks now, still feeling dizzy and having some hair loss and occasionally tremor-my FT4 rang up the same 8 weeks ago, back when I was on a straight 100mcg of lwvo. Obviously I'm still not converting my levo properly still and though I'm thankful this endo group does Cytomel, they apparently don't like to give any more than 10mcgs to any patient.

I was up to 125 mcg synthroid, then dropped back to 75 synthroid, then switched to 75 generic levo and added 10 mcg cytomel. That was too much cytomel, so dropped back to 5 mcg cytomel and switched to generic; then up to 88 mcg levo, staying with 5 mcg generic cytomel. Am currently on 100 mcg Tirosint and 5 mcg generic cytomel. I take the Tirosint first thing in the morning, per instructions (my day starts 3:30 am). I take my T3 med about 7-7:30 am.

2 and I needed to resign from my PT clinic duties due to severe fatigue and dizziness. The labs I just posted were on 150 mcg Synthroid and 5 mcg Cytomel, but with no change in my symptoms; so my new doctor has increased me to 162 mcg Synthroid, and slowly increasing my Cytomel from the original 5 mcg, adding 5 mcg every 2 weeks to my current dose of 20 mcg Cytomel. MAYBE a slight improvement in my symptoms, and I will go for a repeat bloodtest in about 3 weeks.

100mcg levothyrosine and 25mcg Cytomel. No changes in meds for 3 years...but falling TSH (big time) and falling T4 (which I never thought happened together). Lesions, they think are caused by my long (and tedious) migraine history. But as I get more information, such as these changes in labs, I wonder if the Thalamus one and possibly the cerebral peduncle one isn't causing some of my symptoms.

I have suffered severe symptoms for two years. Stopped Cytomel and thought my dizziness subsided. But while we were raising my syntroid (levothyroxin) back up to previous levels, I experienced serious dizziness again. I have had EVERYTHING checked...ears (maniers), MRI of my head, EKG, full on stress test with radioactive isotopes, and everything is normal. I am otherwise perfectly healthy and experiencing dizziness.

Free T3 levels must be checked regularly, along with TSH and Free T4, when taking cytomel. Cytomel is usually not recommended unless you have a conversion problem or for some other reason, your Free T3 is out of line. In addition, you should constantly be aware of any symptoms that might indicate that you are taking too much. Oldie - I, too, have heard that cytomel should not be used by persons with heart issues.

Then, after the pharmacy switched Cytomel to the generic without changing the dosage, I had the same effects as now....pressure in the chest, random palpitations w/ coughing, and dizziness and shortness of breath on stooping or bending over. That's when my PCP sent me to an endo and this whole merry-go-round of lowering my meds w/ return of hypo symptoms and weight gain began began. It's taken me two years to get back to feeling good....

I was wondering if anyone out there has ever tried adding in 25 mg of cytomel to level things out. I just received some and was going to add it in but i didn't want to screw things up more than they already are. If anyone has any answers or opinions let me know.

t taking any synthroid I was on 50mcg cytomel, but i started to have hyper feelings so he halfed my cytomel dose to 25mcg and added 25 mcg synthroid and I haven't felt good since. But I will mention an increase of synthroid to my doc to see if that helps. I have noticed from reading old posts on here that most people aren't taking over 10 mg of cytomel. I am on 35 mcg at the moment. Has anyone ever been treated solely on T3 and had success? what dosage?

I currently take 5 mcg of Cytomel and .88 mg of Levoxyl. After doing research I sought out a Dr. in my community that prescribed Cytomel. That little bit does make a difference for me. I have never felt like I did before Hashimoto's in many respects, but I personally feel that Cytomel helped my energy level much more than the traditional sole replacement therapy!

I had a total thyroidectomy 16 yrs ago for metastatic papillary cancer, and struggled for the first several years with symptoms of fatigue, body aches, migraines, nausea, vestibular dizziness. I am a PT and needed to cut my hours. All my doctors just looked at my TSH levels and said I was "fine", or something else had to be causing my fatigue. After a few years a naturopath added some estrogen/progesterone and increased my Synthroid a bit....

Cytomel is a T3 - the only way this would benefit you would be if your T3 is low and need to get that level up. Low T3 could cause anxiety but you need to know your thyroid blood panel to really see if you need it. Cytomel is not really a med to control anxiety. Xanax is the most given or a generic.

I had a TT in Sept. and RAI in Nov. During the time between the TT and RAI, I took only Cytomel and did fine on it. Currently I take 137 of Levothyroxine and 25 mcg of Cytomel. I was taking a half tablet in the morning and once in the early afternoon, but I couldn't manage to remember to take the afternoon dose in a timely fashion, and sometimes was kept up at night.

Dx Central Hypothroidism and Hashimoto Taking synthroid 125 Endo added cytomel 10mcg due to low ft3 and persistent hypo symptoms.Feeling terrible and even worse with added titre (cytomel) 10mcg. Rang Endo and told me to stop with cytomel. Is that possible that such a low dose could make me feel awful...double vison, sense of nausea, some palpitations...to add to my already hypo symptoms...plus ft3 and ft4 have not risen even a tiny bit. I'm really confused at this point.

I have a slightly underperforming thyroid and was put on synthroid which made me nauseous, even when the dosage was lowered. So I have now been put on 25mcg of cytomel and am having real trouble falling asleep. My doctor told me to half the dosage but I still cannot sleep and am now taking sleeping pills as well. I usually take the cytomel in the morning and I read somewhere that it can help to take it at night, which doesn't make sense to me.

I also have that and know that headaches and dizziness are among many symptoms. Are u doing well and on the right thyroid med dosage? I am on cytomel after being switched from synthroid, and although my TSH levels are where they're suppose to be and a lot if my symptoms have let up, I still feel like ****. Still have body and muscle aches, fatigue, and my excruciating headaches everyday.

Do the damaging effects of Amiodarone on the thyroid stop when THE MEDICINE IS STOPPED OR ARE THEY PERMANENT? In 2007, apparently for a prolonged QT I was hospitalized, given 1600mg amio and then 200 daily. 15 months later another cardiologist found I had a TSH of 38. She brought it down to normal in three months with levothyroxine and put me on propafenone. Ever since tests have been normal with FT3 a bit low in 20s and 30s but within he range.

I had also had some occasional PVCs that I felt. In addition to the dizziness was a tingly sensation on my left face, left hand and toes and a hard time concentrating. This was the cause for the CAT scan and the MRI to rule out stroke and clogged blood vessels. These symptoms continued to come and go for me from Feb 4th until surgery in May 8th. I had been seeing a vestibular therapist for the dizziness as this was thought not to be related to the thyroid.

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