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Anyone become hypersensative to thyroxine?

I have been Hypothfyroid (hashi's) for over 9 years and hav taken 200mg of thyroxine for over 4 years, In jan I had a bout of vertigo, and all of a sudden I got severe internal tremors, couldnt get out of bed through sheer exghaustion, total loss of appetite and This is how I see it, I took thyroxine for 10 years it worked perfect, I had some sort of virus or allergic reaction to eutrosigx on the 20 Jan, came off it on the 22nd, started to feel better/normal on the 5th of Feb 14 days Later, then felt great off it until the 22 FEB when I had bloods just to check and tsh and they were terrible, then went straight back onto thyroxine at 100 for 5 days which straight away brought back the inability to  function tremors severe anxiety, complete exhaustion etc., remembering I didn't feel bad for those 2.5 weeks in between, but as soon as medication came back into my bloods within an hour I was sick again. I took the thyroxin for those 5 days and then I went onto the t3 which I stayed on for 14 days, i am assuming that it took another 14 days for the thyroxin to get out of my system, so truly I haven't had a day without the thyroxine in my blood and only the t3, ....That's All I can see, I have had a few hours where I have felt better than others but overall I have felt like I am literally dying and I know this is not anxiety although it is certainly starting to make me anxious about the next step.....I'm thinking might be an idea to come off the throxine as I have now had that for 3 days....and I can feel it is making me sick again i.e. now have a body tremor not just a head and also my skin feels like it has sunburn all over....what am I to do....I have read every imaginable article and there is no solution that I can see I spoke with thyroid WA crew and they have some ideas.
The endo didn't really do anything other than tell me he thinks I am suffering from anxiety not just thyroid problems, He gave me the MRI to help me get over the idea I might have something else, ie ms etc as offcourse looking up different things to do with auto immune brings up Ms symptoms so it is now in the back of my mind.Its now 2 months and I think I am hypersensitive all of a sudden to the drug, Has anyone had a similar thing happen??
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hmm, that website didn't go through. It's called: stop the thyroid madness . com with no spaces.
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Also - ************************* website was a wealth of information to me.
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Hi Nordidordi -I'm sorry you're feeling this way! Endos seem famous for chalking things up to "anxiety". I remember feeling many of  the things you describe, and it was my body having a violent reaction to the meds (meds that I had taken for years with no problem). I'm  not saying that my remedy will be your remedy - it's impossible to know - but the fact that your reactions begin soon after you take your med seems like it could be your gut. "Leaky Gut" happens when the lining of your large intestine becomes permeable and toxins flow into your bloodstream (very short version - do some research on this). Have you been on rounds of antibiotics lately, without also taking probiotics? Anything else that you could point to, that could be damaging your gut? Do you have an integrative medicine doc in your area that you could consult with? My experience with mainstream medical doctors (ESPECIALLY endocrinologists) is that they will not investigate beyond their own field, and rely on a very narrow range of data and experience...often times to the detriment of their patients.
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