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Dosage increase

Should you experience symptoms when you have dosage increase?  I have been taking 75mcg for 8 days after increasing from 50 mcg. The lower dosage made me feel dizzy and so tired so endo told me to start 75 mcg.  But I have been feeling a little jittery,nauseous and achy all weekend.  Is it normal to have this after increase and I should try to tough it out for a few days?  Or is this a reaction I should be concerned about it?
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Thanks so much.  I will be getting new labs done in 2 weeks so I will post them then.  I am sure my body is trying to adjust to hormones as I was diagnosed at end of Feb. with TSH of 280 with just a slight feeling of tiredness.  My internist and endo are working together to get me to good health again. I had a TSH drawn April 29th and TSH is down to 25. Still too high but making progress and will have full set of labs drawn beginning of June.  
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It takes about 4-6 weeks for a dosage change to take full effect.  It's not unusual for some people to have some symptoms, while adjusting to a higher dosage.  It's usually from your body trying to adjust to hormones it hasn't had enough of.  That said, if at any time, you feel that you might be having true symptoms of being hyper, contact your doctor.  

If you have copy of your latest lab report, please post your test results, along with the reference ranges, and members can help evaluate the situation better.
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