Comments on: Question on med Levothyroxine for underactive thyroid? http://www.signsofunderactivethyroid.com/question-on-med-levothyroxine-for-underactive-thyroid.html The Root Causes & Symptoms Of Thyroid Imbalance. Sun, 20 May 2012 19:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Candice H http://www.signsofunderactivethyroid.com/question-on-med-levothyroxine-for-underactive-thyroid.html/comment-page-1#comment-169 Candice H Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:59:43 +0000 http://www.signsofunderactivethyroid.com/question-on-med-levothyroxine-for-underactive-thyroid.html#comment-169 Many women become low thyroid as they get older. I was diagnosed with low thyroid when I went in for a physical before getting pregnant. I was 39 years old and was unaware of any symptoms. As far as drugs and side effects go, levothyroxine is much better than most pharmaceuticals. However, some people don't do all that well with levothyroxine, and since it is the standard drug for docs to prescribe with low thyroid, if you are one of the people who doesn't do well on it, you may have a tough road ahead to get someone to do the tests and experimenting you will need to get the right medicine and the right dose. As time went on I did feel very tired, even on the drug, and had other symptoms as well (shortness of breath, confused thinking, hard to lose weight). The symptoms can be very subtle - so subtle that you don't notice them until you feel better due to drugs or whatever, then you say "wow, I feel like myself again. I didn't even notice how bad I was feeling." A great website for info is http://thyroid.about.com Many women become low thyroid as they get older.

I was diagnosed with low thyroid when I went in for a physical before getting pregnant. I was 39 years old and was unaware of any symptoms. As far as drugs and side effects go, levothyroxine is much better than most pharmaceuticals.

However, some people don’t do all that well with levothyroxine, and since it is the standard drug for docs to prescribe with low thyroid, if you are one of the people who doesn’t do well on it, you may have a tough road ahead to get someone to do the tests and experimenting you will need to get the right medicine and the right dose.

As time went on I did feel very tired, even on the drug, and had other symptoms as well (shortness of breath, confused thinking, hard to lose weight). The symptoms can be very subtle - so subtle that you don’t notice them until you feel better due to drugs or whatever, then you say "wow, I feel like myself again. I didn’t even notice how bad I was feeling."

A great website for info is http://thyroid.about.com

]]> By: Fitness Guy http://www.signsofunderactivethyroid.com/question-on-med-levothyroxine-for-underactive-thyroid.html/comment-page-1#comment-170 Fitness Guy Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:59:43 +0000 http://www.signsofunderactivethyroid.com/question-on-med-levothyroxine-for-underactive-thyroid.html#comment-170 That's good that you feel okay - perhaps your thyroid problem is mild. 100mg of Thyroxine is quite a big dose but you should feel even better after a couple of weeks of taking it. Levothyroxine is the same as Synthroid - they just have different manufacture names and is highly effective at balancing your thyroid so you are in good hands. It has very few side effects but you should try and eat something around the same time you take your meds as they may make you feel slightly sick. That’s good that you feel okay - perhaps your thyroid problem is mild. 100mg of Thyroxine is quite a big dose but you should feel even better after a couple of weeks of taking it. Levothyroxine is the same as Synthroid - they just have different manufacture names and is highly effective at balancing your thyroid so you are in good hands. It has very few side effects but you should try and eat something around the same time you take your meds as they may make you feel slightly sick.

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