Levothyroxine Side Effects (Page 16)

I was recently diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I have been taking levothyroxine for almost two weeks. For the last four or five days I have had a weird feeling. It is hard to explain. I don't really feel dizzy but I get a strange feeling in my head. I guess you would describe it as a head rush. Has anyone else had this feeling and will it go away as my body adjusts to the levothyroxine?

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I have told my doctor I have been so light headed to the point of having to hold on to something to keep from falling. I can't sleep. Been on 75 mg for about 9 months. Awful. Gained 20 pounds in those nine months - and no matter what diet I stay on - the weight just stays there - so frustrating. I was a good weight and energy level before taking the meds. The lack of sleep is the worst for me. I'm going to get another blood test to test levels - I'm not convinced they are correct. I feel like I've aged 10 years since taking these pills but am afraid to come off them. I went from happy with energy to slow, tired, and moody. Researching alternative meds also. I'm reading that magnesium helps. Suzanne Somers sells a Melitonien with magnesium supplement that is suppose to help with sleeplessness. I take melatonin now - but will try magnisum. I'm already taking Omega 3, Vit E, and Multivitamin.

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i am on 50, have been for 1 month. Was uped from 25. i was ok on 25, now i'm hungry and sick all the time. When i tried to start levothyroxine months earlier, they put me on 75. i felt like i was going to have a heart attack. i would shake all over. Have chest pains. Felt like i was going crazy. Was so dizzy i'd collapse on the ground. i feel alot better now, but i have my moments of weird feelings and problems. i started to lose a little weight. However, if i keep feeling sick and hungry and feel like i have to snack as much as i do, i will gain it back and then some.

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I am on a very low dose at.0.05. And i can barely ksep my eyes open when I take it I have started waking ip at4am and wake up at 8. Am and eat a little something and Im still tired everyone else is saying it makes you jittery I am so tired Id rather be fat and doing stuff than be skinny and not being able to get out of bed to libe life pleas help

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I have had the same feelings as you describe with Levothyroxine and find it pretty distressing. I feel as if I am on the verge of something else horrible happening to me.
I was so relieved today, to find that these surges in the head; this 'buzzing' which at times are almost overwhelming and accompanied by a feeling of disorientation; have been experienced by others as well. I feel at those times that I am living with something of a memory of the past; living in ago times.
I have an appointment to see my doctor in a couple of week. He has ordered blood tests; which I have had; but I don't know the result of these. I am certain now that these increasing feelings are due to the pills. I am going to stop taking them for the two weeks and try to confirm this.
Is there a natural remedy?

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My lips and tongue went numb and my hair fell out...I was allergic!!! You may be allergic or on too much of it!

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They gave me levothyroxin because my thyroid blood tests came back as low, I had been through some emotional trauma, and was suffering from being tired. I started taking the drug, Itafter 2 weeks I was feeling great, all kinds of energy, then after that aI began having hand tremors, heart palpitations, joint and back pain. I stopped taking the medication almost 2 weeks ago, but am still getting more symptoms, gum and rectal bleeding, severe back and joint pain, headaches, hot flashes, night ssweats. It is horrible to trust your doctor and have him make you feel this sick.

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The reactions you're describing don't seem to be from Levothyroxine. I hope you will see your Internist soon. It sounds like something else is going on.

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Johnny
After about 2 months feeling much as you are describing, I AM now beginning to feel better; not cured; but seeming to move in the right direction. What a relief. I am back on the tablets; leaving them out did not make any difference. I also realised that I was not drinking enough and think that I was dehydrated; perhaps exacerbated by the pills. I now drink plenty of water; even when I don't want to; and feel that this is making quite a difference. I just offer that as something to try.
Hope you feel better soon.

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Well although I feel like crap at the moment it is very reassuring to find people suffering the same as me. I have been on thyroxine for fifteen years now and have never repeat never felt any better ! A few months ago my doctor finally relented and let me take armour, I was so relieved at last I might start to feel better, oh no within a week of taking it i suffered my first panic attack ever, so discontinued using it much to my disappointment, I also didn't take any thyroxine for about a week also which was silly in a way because I have been trying to take it but it has been giving me horrendous side effects like dizziness, brain fog, shakiness, just a feeling of unrealness, today I feel dreadful and can only do the basics to get through the day. I really don't want to take this drug anymore but am frightened to because my doctor has told me I could go into heart failure if I do this. I also have put on 2st in the last fifteen years of taking it and it is impossible to lose any. I feel like I am at the end of the road now with no hope or help at hand.

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I have been taking levothyroxine for a few years now . And it is amazing to see that I get the same unexplainable feelings. I recently ran out of pills n started to feel worse .so it's like your body needs to adjust and I feel unbalanced n as if I need to eat something. Also a weird dizziness accures and very irritable. My doctor told me if I stop taking the pill that I can go into acoma.. It's scary...I guess u have to experience it so someone can understand it

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I just started taking this medication October 6, 2012 and I am feeling a extreme pain in the back of my neck it feel like someone hit me. After reading many posting I belive is the side affect of taking this levothryroxine 50 mcg. I just got started with medication and I want to stop already. I just want to go back to feeling normal. I only have been using it for three days and I feel so bad. i hope it gets better because the back of neck feel so much pain that I even had to remove my pillows while I sleep but doesn't help either.

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I am having similar problems and have just asked GP for the purified thyroxine fromn Martindales. Just wondered how you are getting on and if you had any resistence to using this from GP.

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I have been on this for years. I was diagnosed with fibro a few years ago but think it is this medicine. I am also experiencing a lot of digestive issues and reacting to almost everything I eat. Is anyone else experiencing food reactions? My doctor ran tests and decided she didn't see anything abnormal and that it is just stress or in my head.I am so thankful I found this site, these side effects are real and ruining my life. Not sure where to go from here.

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I can't take Levothyroxine b/c it makes me very nauseous and also makes me feel like I have a bad case of flu. I currently take Armour - 15 mg. - and am trying to move up to 30 mg. I need to be on 60 mg.

In the past, once I got up to 30 mg. on the compounded Armour, the same old symptoms started again. I have a very high TSH, so it's a real problem finding a way to treat me. My Endocrinologist says I am like a zebra in a room full of horses. Not very encouraging.

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Drinking coffee within 60 minutes of taking your thyroid hormone reduces absorption.
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Wow-thought I was having a nervous breakdown. Been on this medication for many many months but recently started having all the symptoms described for many pages here. Don't know what changed but 2-3 weeks ago things started going haywire....really bad! Suspected this levothyroxine but my DR didnt think so. It lasts all morning & the sensation in my head is scary. I'm nauseous, extremely flushed about an hour after taking it. Today my ears are even tingling.Very nervous, mild panic attacks. All in the last 2-3 weeks after no problems for months of taking it. Thank God I'm not going crazy. Dr appt in the morning.

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I went thru the exact same thing! Started in July. I turned red all over and broke out in a sweat. I feel surged inside and had panic attacks. The dr just told me it was stress and to take antacids for the stomach issues and see her in 6 months. Meanwhile, I have dropped 20 lbs and still losing. Now I am allergic to almost everything I eat too. I just don't know what to do next.

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Yes I have extreme sensitivity to light. I was on levo for over 6 years and this year when exposed to florescent lights, new place of employment, experienced eye strain, dizziness, heart palpitation, headaches, and all around feeling ill. Eventually the irregular heart beats ended me up in the E.R. After many test that came up negative...I asked "What about my thyroid med causing these side effects?" My Endocrinologist was reluctant to change my meds to Armour, but finally consented. I have been on Armour for three months and the side effects have diminished.

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Johnny. I think that I know exactly what you mean. It is a very unpleasant feeling. This feeling rushes towards me; I can see it coming almost; through my head; and leaves me feeling very strange and depending upon the intensity; quite sick and rather empty; lacking energy for a while and finding it difficult to re-engage with the world. My memory is affected for a short while.
I have been on Levothyroxine for about 5 months now.
I also feel that I am on the edge of this feeling most of the time; waiting for something to happen.
I can go a few days; occasionally a week; without an 'attack'; but today I have had two! Horrible. Do you recognise any of what I am saying. Please would you keep contact?
Frances

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You may want to look into Lugol's Solution Iodine and perhaps determine if you prefer that over the meds you are now on. You will definitely find that Lugol's solution is a side-effect free choice that is more in keeping with the need your body has.

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