Thyroid Medication Question?

[tneah]

SO I am trying to figure out the right dosage with my doctor. Both my t3 and t4 levels are low. He put me on some thyronine at first that did nothing. Then he upped the dosage and switched meds to something called "armor". Too much, I was fatigued, slept all the time, hungry all the time, heart palps at night.

So now, I am on a different med, one with less of the t4 I believe, I feel great today except, my heart seems to be skipping a beat or something, almost like when you drink too much coffee or something. Not palps, where your heart races, but kind of a kerplunk beat if you will. Except I really am not smiling. Has anyone had an experience with their own thyroid medication you can share with me? Does it just take awhile to get the dosage right? Should I wait it out and see if this is just a temporary thing?

Thank you so much for your thoughts on this, I am ready to just live with a low thyroid count at this point.

 

[RetroFit]

Hey Tneah,

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[tneah]

Thank you! I did not get it though? Could you possibly resend it?

 

[bitmover]

Tneah,

I've been on synthroid forever, it seems. Do I recall correctly that you didn't want to go on synthroid for some reason? If not, then I'm wondering why they don't try that. I've never had a problem.... they have had to adjust my dose over the years, but the symptoms were so subtle I didn't even really notice -- it was just the blood results that made the dr. adjust.

Sorry I'm not more help! good luck! I think if you figure out something that works you'll be happier than living with low thyroid.

-Beth

 

[meowracer]

Hi Tneah, From what I know, the Armour isn't as consistent as the Synthroid, and too much of the thyroid hormone can mess with your heart. I know I posted before on your other thread a while back. Are you taking T3 too? I need both. The T3 lets me take a smaller dose of the Synthroid and avoid issues with the heart and anxiety.

 

[nancy324]

tneah, I've been on synthroid for eons and I've never had any problem. I know other people who are on it too who've never had a problem. My understanding is that hypothyroidism is supposed to be very easy to treat. Did you say you have hypothyroidism, or is it something else?

 

[tneah]

The meds say 12.5 mcg t4 and 80mcg t3...a "combo" if you will.

I actually stopped having the heart "kerplunks" later on this afternoon...will keep taking this for a few days and see how it goes. Hopefully its nothing to worry about, I thank you guys for responding again, I have never had anything wrong with anything health wise before, so this is befuddling and scary to me.

 

[tneah]

Hey Nancy, its the hypo thing...never thought I had a problem until they ran a test for both levels of the hormone.
BTW, the SATC movie (saw it today) is good...not great...good.

 

[wutherhi]

I have had endless problems with my thyroid meds for the past ten years or so. For some reason, my body changes so much that the dosage must be adjusted constantly. Doctors don't know why. I range from hypo to hyper pretty frequently. Here's another strange thing. Whenever I'm too low or too high, I gain weight like crazy. Most people lose weight from being hyper, but I don't. I doubt, though, that you'll have problems once you get the dosage right. Most people remain pretty stable. That shaky, heart-skippy feeling is awful, though, isn't it? It's hard to think straight.

Hope you get the dosage right soon. Just wanted to let you know you're not being silly, and you're not alone. Thyroid can wreak all kinds of havoc with your body until you get what your body needs.

Shari

 

[nancy324]

Sorry, Shari, I didn't mean to minimize the problem. I was just trying to assure tneah that, if it's just hypo she's dealing with, once she gets her dosage worked out, the whole thing will probably fade to the background. For example, my mother is severely hypo but now only has to be checked once per year. Where hyper is involved, or where Grave's Disease or thyroid radiation or removal are involved, I'm sure the checking and the adjusting are far more frequent, but I don't know much about that. I'm so sorry to hear about what you're going through!