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is there anyone here who just cannot take the synthroid, and crashed on even a small amount of it, Im at such a loss as to what to . I dont feel good, i have a pretty large goiter, and feel much worse when i take the thyroid hormone, would i be able to take the hormone if i had the thyroid out or anything like that
If you have your thyroid removed, it will not change your reaction to the medication.
If you've been off meds for a couple of months, then it's perfectly understandable that your labs are getting worse.
Your thyroid is getting larger because you are not on meds. Once you get on meds, the thyroid doesn't have to try to work so hard, so it stops enlarging. The reason yours kept growing is that you weren't taking enough.
If you took meds for six months and never felt any better, I think that's because you were still hypo, i. e. you never took enough to make you feel better. I know that you have to get back on meds. I'd try a different brand or a brand name versus generic. For some people, that makes all the difference in the world. I'd start out slow, and build very gradually...maybe 12.5 to start, then 25, the 37.5 all over four week periods. You can live for a while without thyroid hormones, but life really isn't worth living at that point.
Get the actual results of your labs from Tuesday, post your free T3, free T4 (and their reference ranges) and TSH, and we'll have a much better idea of what's going on.
If you've been off meds for a couple of months, then it's perfectly understandable that your labs are getting worse.
Your thyroid is getting larger because you are not on meds. Once you get on meds, the thyroid doesn't have to try to work so hard, so it stops enlarging. The reason yours kept growing is that you weren't taking enough.
If you took meds for six months and never felt any better, I think that's because you were still hypo, i. e. you never took enough to make you feel better. I know that you have to get back on meds. I'd try a different brand or a brand name versus generic. For some people, that makes all the difference in the world. I'd start out slow, and build very gradually...maybe 12.5 to start, then 25, the 37.5 all over four week periods. You can live for a while without thyroid hormones, but life really isn't worth living at that point.
Get the actual results of your labs from Tuesday, post your free T3, free T4 (and their reference ranges) and TSH, and we'll have a much better idea of what's going on.
i took the medicine 6 months and never felt good at all, are there cases of this happening, where the synthroid doesnt absorb itself in the body, and is stored in the thyroid itself, hense, the thyroid grows larger, i just dont know anything about this very very confusing situation, but its detrimental to my health, and my quality of life is bad
i had thyroid checked on tuesday, of this last week, not sure the figures, but he wrote me a letter and said they were getting worse, but im not takin anything now for the last couple months, it was making me too sick, how long can a person live with a bad thyroid, and if i have it taken out, can i take the medicine then
i had thyroid checked on tuesday, of this last week, not sure the figures, but he wrote me a letter and said they were getting worse, but im not takin anything now for the last couple months, it was making me too sick, how long can a person live with a bad thyroid, and if i have it taken out, can i take the medicine then
So, you are on generic levo?
Once you get less hypo, I bet you won't need the HCTZ...I retained fluid something fierce when I was hypo. It was one of the first symptoms to go away for me.
When was the last time you had thyroid labwork done?
Once you get less hypo, I bet you won't need the HCTZ...I retained fluid something fierce when I was hypo. It was one of the first symptoms to go away for me.
When was the last time you had thyroid labwork done?
hydrochlorothiazide, im scared to start it over, but an appointment a few days ago, indicated my figures were worse than those of dec 2008, which is what i gave you before
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