My levothyroxine side effects

AppleJacs

I have been on my Levothyroxine for 3 weeks.
The first week, I felt a bit crazy, jittery when I tried to lay down to sleep and so on.
Now I am very tired, I wasn't even tired before I knew I had a thyroid issue and was put on the stuff. I just don't understand why I feel worse taking something rather than feel better than what I thought of as I was feeling just fine before.
And I have a strange lingering after taste in my mouth all day?

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gimel

Sorry, but you misunderstand Barb's intent in her posts about the age of this thread. Certainly nothing at all wrong with reading all the posts, picking up useful info and making informative comments. If you read more carefully you will see that whenever we try to steer a new member to start a new thread by posting their questions under their own name, the only reason is to try and get new posters' more attention and response to their personal questions and concerns. We have learned over the years that when a new member posts on an old thread, it frequently gets overlooked as likely being just a comment on the old thread instead of new questions and concerns. I think that posts from new members get more overall attention and response than older threads. Just a fact of life, since few of us have time to read every single post all day long. So Barb is just trying to help new members, not hinder them from participating and getting the info they are looking for. Best to you.

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opentoadvice

Barb who hired you to comment on most of these post that are old their symptoms are not old. I had my thyroids removed and I have had them all. I have grandkids and could not even be around them cause of the rapid heart beats the anixiety the restlessness, sleeping too much aches and pains took the darn medication for 10 years and suffered for the same. The post you claim are old are helpful and the symptoms are real. I completely stopped taking the crap and I have never felt better I have no thyroid it was taken out and it was never anything wrong with it. I discovered I had never had a bad thyroid test come up. I felt used and lifeless. Doctors do not take you serious why should one pay and beg for help at the same time. Let these people express themselves and you express yourself and keep your negative thoughts to yourself and let them express themselves their post helped me and sure it helped others.

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