I need advice from my fellow Synthroid/Levoxy friends

[mnglamourgirl]

I didn't want to hijack tneah's thread about synthroid so I started a new one. When you take your dose in the a.m., do you wait an hour before eating? On my weight lifting days, I'd like to have a pre-workout shake but am concerned that having a shake will interfere with the medication's effectiveness. Has anyone had any issues? I tried taking the medication at night, but I had really weird dreams so I stopped.

Thanks!

 

[nancy324]

I take it after breakfast. I know, ideally you should take it a half hour before eating, but so far so good. My SIL, who had her thyroid removed, waits a half hour before eating. I did give up taking calcium in the morning because I reads that it interferes with the absorption, so now I take all of my calcium at night.

 

[tneah]

I take mine in the am first thing when I awake, then I make coffee, and go on this site and answer emails, watch the news for a good hour. Then put on the workout clothes, and by that time I feel I have waited long enough to down my protein shake before I go workout.

I like to add fiber in my shake though, and I have read that fiber can interfere with absorption, so am wondering if I should skip the fiber in the am...I read about the calcium thing too, so I take all my vitamins with my lunch.

 

[jaculink]

Iron interferes with absorption too.

 

[meowracer]

I take it as soon as I wake up and try to wait an hour but not always so. My doctor said as long as it wasn't a big, heavy meal, it should be ok but try to wait at least 30 minutes. I eat a very high fiber cereal and generally, it is an hour later. From my understanding, as long as you wait the hour, it's ok to have your meal. My levels are doing fine this way. Good luck - do you take Levoxy at night too? I take it in the am and pm and am not so good at the hour before eating!

 

[smcat]

Since I have a tendency to wake up around 6am, I take then and go back to sleep til I have to get up. When I used to work out early in the mornings I would take it then and didn't notice any issues during my workout.

 

[jdbmga]

I take it my pill and a glass of water and put it on my nightstand. When I wake up when DH leaves for work I take my pill and then usually stay in bed for an hour, sometimes I fall back to sleep. Then when I get up I can eat.