yes I hope this will be a good thing! My Husband and I are TTC, and I hope having TSH @ 1.5 is will give us a chance!
I see your 1.5 TSH mood .. this is good news, right?
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Thanks for the info. I am going to get the Rx straightened out tomorrow when the office calls me back. I do think the Synthroid, for me, has a lot of side effects and not enough benefits except for the thyroid levels. I hope this new medication will be better. I have read that it is the most hypoallergenic as well which is great.
The doctor is going to go by symptoms also and do follow up labs in about six weeks but wants to see how my temp varies when I first wake up in the morning along with my symtoms if any for that day, hope I can remember :)
Thanks for the link I will go check it out. Thanks for the info too.
I will let you know how it turns out, hopefully well!
Oops, forgot to give you the link. http://www.nature-throid.com/conversionChart.asp
I have Hypothyroid and have had problems taking just Synthroid. I am now on Thyroid (wich in a canadian brand of dessicated thyroid). I feel some what normal, I have read that the T3 is more helpful with symptoms.
I also did research and disscovered that Synthroid has lactose as one of the fillers. A lot of people tend to be quite sensative to it. You might actually do a lot better on the Nature-Throid.
It might take some time for the Synthroid to fully come out of your system, but hopefully you will de better!
I have switched from Synthroid to Armour, which is much like Nature-Throid. I think that is a good idea to start on a low dose, because of the T3 in the med. The doctor probably meant to write Nature-Throid instead of thyroid. Also, I believe one grain of Naturethroid is 65 mg, not 60, like Armour. So you'll have to get the doctor's office to straighten that out. Here is a link on Nature-Throid.
Many patients report better overall results when splitting the dose of meds with T3 in them. Half in am and other half late in afternoon. Some patients like to take thyroid meds sublingually, by just placing under tongue and letting dissolve. Not sure how well Naturethroid works this way. The important thing is to just be consistent in how you take meds.
I'm surprised about the inference that meds might be adjusted based on temperature. Body temperature is definitely an indicator of hypothyroidism, but I would be much more confident of adjusting meds based on your symptoms and your FT3 and FT4 levels.