Help!

[CDM2301]

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis after my doctor discovered nodules on my throid.  I since had a sonogram and FNA Biopsy (benign).  She started me on levothyroxine and all of a sudden I START having symptoms of thyroiditis where I did not before she started me on the medicine.  I developed hives, swelling eyes, depression, extreme fatigue, 20lbs in weight gain, hair loss.  The hives got worse today when the Endo changed me to a brand name levothyroxine.  I just want to stop taking it all together!!  I did not have any of these problems until I started taking the medicine!  Please advise if you can.  Thank you in advance.

[Red_Star]

Excerpt from the book Running On Empty by Robyn Koumourou:

"It is not uncommon to start thyroid hormone therapy and find that your symptoms become worse before they get better. When you begin taking thyroxine the areas in the brain that control thyroid hormone production sense the increase in T4 levels within the blood stream.  This feedback system will then cause the thyroid glands natural production of thyroid hormones to slow down.  

Less natural T4 and T3 will then be produced and released and blood levels may remain stagnant or even decrease temporarily.  Less free T3 hormone available to the body will slow down cellular metabolism. The symptoms of hypothyroidism may become worse until an increase in thyroxine is taken or an optimal dose is found."

[gimel]

Please post your last couple of series of thyroid related test results, along with reference ranges shown on the lab report.