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can synthroid cause shortness of breath?
by blondee028, Jan 11, 2009 12:16PM
I also have hashimotos, I have been on synthroid for 3 yrs. Now I am taking 112mcg a day and for the past two months I have been short of breath and unable to take a deep breath. my recent labs are
TSH 0.051 range 0.450-4.500
t4 11.6 range 4.5-12.0
t4 free 1.59 range 0.61-1.76
t3 free 3.0 range 2.3-4.2
My doc says the dosage is fine, why am I short of breath? I weigh 120 and 5 feet 4 inches I am in good shape and not overweight. When this start i had a chest xray done but that came back fine.
Does my doctor know what hes doing? please help
TSH 0.051 range 0.450-4.500
t4 11.6 range 4.5-12.0
t4 free 1.59 range 0.61-1.76
t3 free 3.0 range 2.3-4.2
My doc says the dosage is fine, why am I short of breath? I weigh 120 and 5 feet 4 inches I am in good shape and not overweight. When this start i had a chest xray done but that came back fine.
Does my doctor know what hes doing? please help
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You may be hyper a bit and need to tapper some.
Being hyper can make you feel winded at times. All your FT and T testing is a bit high too. I am suprised on the Free T4 and T4 test being high. Usually that is lower when the T3 is high and the TSh is low.
Maybe drop a call to the doctor and inquire why he wants you to be in hyper ranges in the TSH instead of trying to get you up to a least the bear min - of .3??
I am thinking he or "they " are reading the lab wrong - to Dx you as "fine"
Unless I am different from others.....symptoms BOTH ends of the scale are very much alike.
I always thought anxiety was when I was Hyper as I was extremely Hyper before RAI but found that I suffer with it when Hyper OR Hypo....just as I suffer with shortness of breath too.
The only difference I noticed is I ache with Hyper whereas with Hypo, I dont. Also with Hyper the bowels are too regular (understatement) and with Hypo...non existant lol.
Hope that helps.
I found the reasons for the shortness of breath. Seems my husband had been packing baggies of M&M peanuts in my lunch daily and I had been munching on them throught the day. Low and behold, High critical allery to peanuts..Stopped the peanuts no more SOB. One problem solved..