I have been on Levothyroxine for the last 20 years, it took 8 years to convince the Doctor that I was unwell and then another year to be prescribed Levo, my thyroid was so low that I was started on 150mcg and eventually settled at 275 mcg, I had been on that dose for 15 years, since then, over the last 5 years, i have been increasing and decreasing every time I go for my blood test, over the last 30 years, even after starting Levo, I have been unwell, still to this day, my muscles ache my joints hurt, my memory *****, my skin is so dry, my hair has thinned quite a lot, I have lost just about all my eyebrows, my nails split not across but up the way towards my cuticle, I have severe allergies, and there's days, I cannot walk or even get out of bed, it has also triggered other illnesses over the years, Fibromyalgia, Sarcoidosis, carpal tunnel, and candida, I am miserable all the time, and am limited to what I can do, I have gained
84lb since my diagnosis, and struggle to even lose 1lb,, I eat healthy, and do not touch sugar as it messes with my candida, I have given up on complaining to my doctors, as they just say there is no more than they can do, as I have antibodies in me that are killing off my thyroid, I live in the UK and the doctors will not supply anything other than Levothyroxine, I see a specialist because I get so bad at times, the last time I went, all he said was to try taking my Levo at a different time of the day. The Doctors here are not very clued up on this kind of illness, therefore, don't really take any interest. I am going to order some Armour on the internet, and try and sort myself out, I have got quite a lot of good information from research, last week the doctor (who is useless by the way) told me to lower my dose to 200mcg, and I couldn't believe this as I am still so ill, so I am definitely going to order Armour to see uf it is better for me, but does anyone know the dose I should be taking to replace 200mcg.