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Headache, eye pain, shaky hands, fatigue!

I had my thyroid taken out on Nov. 5 after a long history of Graves and was started on .1 synthroid.  My labs six weeks ago were TSH .04 and T3Free 277.  My labs two weeks ago were TSH .44 and T3Free 254.  About a week after my thyroidectomy I started having reflux, which went away, but has come back, along with a killer headache and eye pain for the last two weeks.  I started having shaking in my hands yesterday and today.  My doctor told me two weeks ago to wait another six weeks before we do labs again, but I am miserable.  Has anyone else had these kind of symptoms on the synthroid?
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Sorry...misread it.
I'd be asking to go down to 75mcg every 2nd day and alternate 100mcg.
It may be too much T4 med to start with.
Thats usually when I get the headache above the eyes.
You may be like me and your body doesnt like the low TSH.
I cant comment on the FT3 as you havent put the ranges here.
Can you post them?
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I had it when I first started the T4 med.....my Doc cut me back from 50mcg every day to 50mcg 4 times a week and 37.5mcg 3 times a week until my body could cope with it.
I had RAI then TT 3 months afterwards.
I was 'drug induced hyper'.
Just cutting the meds back that fraction made all the difference.
4 weeks should be long enough to see whats going on.....demand labs now before you change your doseage.
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