my ahem, ta-ta's are huge...

[fastchicken]

now that i have your attention.  HAHHA!

ok so here is the deal.  i started on levothyroxine (25 mg - a sprinkling as my dr. said) about a month ago because of severe symptoms of hypothyroid.  my t4 was super low (tsh within normal range and t3 normal) and in a week on the tyroid medication i was starting to feel much better.  it was as if a wet blanket of despair and exhaustion was being lifted...  i did some research and discovered that Armour was a good medication and asked my dr. about it.  he said some patients prefer it and he was glad to switch me.  i have been on the Armour for about 2 weeks now.  (30mg)  I am continuing to feel better - i think i have lost weight (clothes feel better) but the strangest thing is happening - my chest has gotten HUGE.  and wicked wicked painful.  if i didn't have my tubes tied, an endometrial ablation and a low sex drive i would think i was pregnant.  but all that said - no freaking way.  

my question is -- is breast swelling/tenderness a common symptom??  i ran 10 miles on the treadmill tuesday and thought i had sprained my boobs because my jog bra wasn't tight enough.  but i am in SO much pain and they are definitely a cup size or more larger than this time last week.  it is crazy.  

thanks - lord when will all this get better.  lift the blanket of depression - the girls grow out of control.
rebecca

[RadioAstronomyObserver]

  By chance do you mean mcgs?  I started out on 25mcgs and jumped up to 50 after three months.  I didn't start feeling better till three month again later.  However, I have two other issues that share similar symptoms so I can't say it took that long as much as it "may" have.  So, my next question is, does this stuff work that fast? a week or two from when you first start?  Again, it took me "possibly" six months before I felt better so could this be just a coincidence and it wont really be for a while before you feel the medication's effects.

  I heard a massage will make sore muscles and other tissue feel better, just let me know and I'll be there ASAP!  .....  ;-)

[Smilerdeb]

Get your glands checked out as I had 2 cysts years ago which gave the same symptoms.
Mind you this was BEFORE Graves and Hyperthyroidism was diagnosed.
May be no significance but worth checking.
If thyroid can affect saliva glands, glands in the neck then why not in our b@@bies lol !

[fastchicken]

thank you SO much for responding - i am seriously losing my mind.  i actually went to my dr on friday because my left one is so freaking big and painful.  i actually am a tad concerned because the pain i think is because they have gotten so much bigger (it's actually more my left than my right) and i have been running about 50 miles a week...  at first the pain comforted me (sounds dumb) but since breast cancer is most often not painful i thought "oh it's hormonal" but when i took the day off on friday i noticed the girls didn't hurt nearly as bad - so i think the pain is because of the swelling and the running.  so no i am wigged out that there might be something wrong with me.  make that ANOTHER thing wrong with me :)  although i have 5 kids and a crazy life.  no way is God going to let me off the hook so i am sure it's not going to be anything life threatening...  HA!

anyway - it may still be the medication - the doctor ordered a diagnostic mammogram and a ultrasound so if that all comes up normal he said we'd start exploring what else could be causing the growth of the girls :)

oh and a bummer - i have only lost 2 pounds.  i thought for sure i had lost 5 or more - but then again my chest might be holding the weight!
rebecca

[redheadaussie]

You know something, I am having EXACTLY the same issues, I wasn't going to post it coz I thought people would assume I am nuts.

I am on Eutroxsig 114.3 mcgs (thyroxine only med) (don't ask about the dose it's a looooong story)
My boobs are massive compared to how they normally are and it feels exactly like when I first get pregnant. My nipples are incredibly tender and sore. I just went to a goodwill store and bought 3 new bras as the others no longer fit!

I am glad you posted this! I don't have sex, am not menopausal, and my weight is steady for months. Maybe we can just be happy it's a new side effect of our meds!

Cheers!