Synthroid dosage too high
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6-8 weeks is better....until your test show you are on the right dosage but too much can cause a heart attack and all kinds of problems......I ended up having two mri test , eye dr test, etc and everything came back normal until I realized.......I KNOW IT IS THE MEDS...and cut the dosage in half and slowing came back to normal..i skipped several days......and then cut the dosage in half.....
I see no reason why you would not consider a med change. I don't believe the Synthroid may be right if you are on such a high doseage. It would be best to post your T3 and T4 number to really get a good look at it. ....but over a100 TSH and a dosage as I high as this. I would have no problem demanding a different thyroid medication like Armour. (and I did exactly that a while back) I am now doing well on my Armour medication.
Your cholestrol must be sky high.
20) Over the last few years I have increased my thyroid dosage starting very low and now at the high end. I feel better each time I increase but never feeling like I can be at my optimal best. I do not feel I have symptoms of hyperthyroidism as my tests are indicating. My primary physician wanted me to stop dosage on Sundays to balance my levels. Do you think this is the best approach? What do high T3 levels do when you don't have hyper symptoms?
These are not likely synthroid side effects, but too much thyroid can cause GI symptoms and less likely ear/jaw pain -- doubt the goiter would have suddenly regrown to cause pain. Would recheck labs in 4 weeks or if symptoms worsen in meantime ask your doctor about the synthroid dosing. Long term use of meds like nexium may increase thyroid requirements, so the higher dose may work out well in that regard.
Hello. I was wondering if I could get some advice on my current dose of Synthroid. I was on 88 mcg with a TSH of 5.8. I was increased to 100 mcg. I have been on 100 for 3 weeks. I went ahead and tested my TSH after only 3 weeks because I wasn't feeling great. I did not test Free's. The TSH is now 3.44. My symptoms are anxiety, constipation, interrupted sleep, etc.
Hello. I was wondering if I could get your opinion. I was on 112 mg of Synthroid. My results were as follows:
TSH .87 (.67-4.5)
Free T4 1.17
I feel a little hyper. I suspect that I do better with my TSH a little higher. Would the next step be to drop down to 100 mg of Synthroid? Thank you for your opinion.
Hang in there, work with your doctor to get your dosage correct. I have been on Synthroid for about a year now and it took about 9 months to get my dosage close to right.
My initial (TSH) blood test was 128. I am now on 175 MCG of Synthroid about a year out and my TSH is 11, I feel great now, but it took about 9 months to start feeling well.
Hope this helps.
It's good that your doctor increased your dosage, even if she refused to give you the Armour. Many of us do just fine on synthetic hormones and as long as you're feeling okay, that's what counts.
Is it safe to assume that the reference range for the Free T4 is the same as before - 0.8-1.8? If so, yours is higher than the reference range, which is probably not good.
Is it also safe to assume that there was no Free T3 ordered?
Hello,
Just a quick question - I have posted recently talking about symptoms of too much thyroid medication - I am on Armour thyroid. In members experience, are the symptoms of too much thyroid heart palpitations and lightheadedness or dizziness? I was thinking that the palpitations were from too much medication and lighheadedness from not enough. What I read on the board tends to both symptoms being from too much. I have both symptoms.
Thanks.
She switched me from Levo to Synthroid. She was sure that Synthroid would work much better and that the dosage could be much lower. We switched to 175 of Synthroid and she asked me to keep an eye out for symptoms of hyper as that dosage should be more than enough for full replacement at my weight if there were no absorption issues. On that dosage of Synthroid:
TSH 23.50 m[IU]/L 0.36 - 3.74 m[IU]/L
THYROXINE FREE 0.86 ng/dL 0.76 - 1.46 ng/dL
She upped the Synthroid to 200 +5 MCGs Cytomel.
I take .025 dose of synthroid but grabbed my husbands pill bottle this morning which is 8 times the dose. Do I need to be concened about this?
As for your higher than normal heart rate, perhaps they are giving you too much synthroid? Sometimes it takes a while to find the right dosage - too much and you are wired, too little and you are tired all of the time. My mom had the same surgery back in the 70s and had too little synthroid for a long time. Anytime she'd sit down for more than a few minutes she'd fall asleep. She finally found a good endocrinologist who worked with her to find the appropriate dosage.
ve been taking Synthroid for the hormone now. Apparently I was on too much med for a while. I found another doctor and now I'm wondering if I'm too low. I have some muscle weakness (I get muscle cramps in my lower legs by my ankles with just trying to briskly walk a mile -- this has not been a problem for me before), a burning icy-hot sensation in my arm, ALL my teeth hurt the other day ?, my heart has been racing a bit more lately.
My TSH level is 4.92, does that mean that what I am taking now, levoxil 112mg is too high or too low. It is very confusing. I have a list of all my symptoms that I could list but i'm sure you have an idea of what they are, I was put on Propranolol 20 mg for high blood pressure but have done research and found that a low thyroid function can cause high blood pressure that is hard to regulate with medication.
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