Levothyroxine And Diarrhea

I started taking this drug about 8 weeks ago. After 6 weeks my blood was checked and levels were still high so my doctor increased the dosage to 50 mcg's a day. I have had diarrhea for the entire time of taking the 50 mcgs of this drug. Emergency diarrhea. I told my doctor and she said to stop for one day then start back with 25 mcgs. Has this happened to anyone else? Should I be worried? It is somewhat embarrassing to have this because all I know is at least 5 times a day I will have explosive diarrhea.

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my level was on the low side of high but taking this medication has not been good for me and now I am on metformin for diabetes from my new doctor and she says that now my level is one is high and one is low so I have to have more blood tests but she thinks I should come off of the med for thyroid and the other doctor was a specialist.

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