Levothyroxine Side Effects (Page 19) (Top voted first)

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 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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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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The levothyroxine company has even forewarned that taking levothyroxine is not a way to lose weight, will not attribute to losing weight and is very dangerous for anyone taking it for just to lose weight. Your doctor should be sued.

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When reading the posts about Levothyroxin, it seems to be that many people are having other health problems not related to the medication. I would suggest you discuss this with your primary care doctor to see if it could be something else going on.

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Hi there, was just wondering what was the medicine you used to take? Have the same problem as all you guys.

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hello. I too, started taking the same medication , I'd say about a year ago. I noticed that about after six mos. my scalp would start hurting and get really,really hot,(almost like I had fever in my scalp,if that makes any sense). Then my scalp started feeling like someone was pulling a single strand of hair out of my head very slowly,(which is painful). After all this I noticed that my hair was falling out a lot. I have always had very thick hair. Every time I washed it,it came out by the handful. When I combed it, it was awful. There was hair everywhere...(.the bed, pillow,floors!). I'm in the process of trying to change the levothyroxine medication. I hope they can fix the problem, as I don't want to end up bald...waaaaaah!

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dl must be a doctor. i see a couple of comments from her/him around "this must be something else, see your doctor". only the docs think we couldn't possibly be "this sensitive". thank God i discovered this message board. i have found all of my symptoms (even the ones i hadn't related to the levo) here. i had an episode of memory loss today--thought it was 2/11 rather than 1/11 and called my daughter, thinking i had forgotten her birthday, which is 2/11. i guess that's confusion rather than memory loss, thinking it's february rather than january. thought i was losing my mind. now i just think i'll stop the levo. and, um, i won't be seeing my doc.

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I read some of the posts and thought to note some of my feelings. I have been taking this medication for more than 15 years and really didn't notice too many changes. For about a year, my right shoulder/arm/hand has had feelings like electrical currents lasting a few moments. I don't know if it has anything to do with the meds or not, but it concerns me. I did not experience these feelings until the doctor increased my meds. She had no idea why I had these symptoms and did not relate them to the meds.They now want to decrease the meds which I haven't taken for a week because I don't know whether they are helping or not. I have also felt dizzy and lightheaded. Sometimes I think that it's better to not take the meds and move more into holistic measures.

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Great website you suggested. Thanks.

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Ive been diagnosed with under active thyroid for yesrs I stoppistopped taking my 50mg for 7months I lost over a stone and half in weight went bk on levo thyroine stsrted at 25 but now on 50 again had bloods done my thyroid gland is normal will I get my weight bk i went down to 7:3 now eight dtone in a year was nearly nine stone will I put it on

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How are you doing? I am now on Armor Thyroid and doing better except for sensitive to lights. Florescent lights are killers and I have to wear a hat and or rose/yellow tinted glasses. I think what is the hardest is, doctors are so text book and dont listen to their patients. They look at you like you have a second head when you tell them how you are feeling. Anyway ope you are feeling better

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Gday, just reading your post and it is very similar to me. I'm 22 and have had hyperthyroidism for a few years, had radioactive iodide last year now I'm on thyroxine. I don't know anyone else with this situation, so it would be nice to chat about it. If you could email me or something that would be great. My email is {edited for privacy}. Cheers, Joe.

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Yes! I have had severe pain in my left shoulder and now its frozen since past 6 months. My doctor says she has never heard of such thing :(. Not sure what to do. I am 37..

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Ok i just talked to my doctor and she states i need to be on anti depressants. I have only had a problem with anxiety, depression, and horrible thoughts since being on levothyroxine. My gut instinct is telling me the meds are making me worse. I read an article on Dr. Mercolas website about how synthroid or levothyroxine could actually be making the hypothyroidism worse. I feel like i need to self treat myself. I cant seem to find a doctor close by that will listen and understand whats going on. I dont want the doc to try to cover up my symptoms with different drugs. I want one that will actually treat the hypo. Does anyone else feel this way?

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