Had a thyroidectomy in the middle 90s, and was put on synthroid. Due to insurance changes I haven't been able to get meds for almost 2yrs now. Is my health in danger ?
I now have a 4.1 ascending aortic aneurysm. Begin taking synthroid in 2007 after stage 4. Total thyroidectomy. Could there be a connection? My endo thinks I am loco.
View 3 RepliesI had a complete thyroidectomy four years ago (removed thyroid, two parathyroids and two lymph nodes) and have been taking my meds (112mcg) regularly until I lost my insurance 6 months ago. I can't afford insurance and can't get help with insurance anywhere! I'm now back to work and my health is RAPIDLY declining. I'm retaining fluid like crazy, tired constantly, headaches, severe body cramps, lymph nodes in my neck are so enlarged other people are noticing them, constipated, blurry vision, deep and severe spine pain, ect. I can't afford to pay out of pocket to see a doctor so they can renew my thyroid meds for me! The appointment will cost me around $400 for visit and bloodwork. Are all of these symptoms from being off of my thyroid meds? This has never happened before but I've always been very strict with taking my thyroid meds until now. Btw I'm only 27 years old.
View 7 Repliestotal thyroidectomy 2 months ago due to Graves disease, 3x since, I have experienced, edema of both eyelids, itching and redness, I am on Synthroid 0.1mg po/daily. The symptoms dissipate after about 2 days.Anyone post Thyroid removal ever have this happen?
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View 1 RepliesI would like to know just what happens when a person stops taking their thyroid medication; I had a TT a few months ago. Like apparently a lot of other people, I have lost medical insurance. I want to know literally what happens to the body once I quit taking the levothyroxine, and is it painful? How long before a person's body shuts down and coma happens?
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Also, why would anyone take Xanax XR instead of Klonopin? Aren't they basically the same? My dr said Xanax XR is less "dangerous" but is it? If I stop taking it for more than 1 day (so max dose of 1mg over a 24 hours period, then nothing for the following 24 hours) I start feeling some withdrawal symptoms. Scary. Is this normal? I thought withdraw was only a problem when you started getting into the 2,3,4mg daily range.
I have been having low free T4 (9 pmol/L), but normal although on the lower end TSH (1.69 mIU/L).
My doctor has put me on 75mg/day synthroid, because his diagnostic is hypothyroidism. However, I understand that hypothyroidism is normally associated with low T4, but high TSH.
Based on what I have read, it seems that a low T4 associated with a normal TSH may be linked to issues with the pituitary gland (and not the thyroid) or issues with binding agents.
Is hypothyroidism and the use of synthroid indicated in my case?
I was recently switched to the name brand of Synthroid after taking the generic for 20 + years. I really didn't notice any side effects from the generic but since switching to the name brand I have begun having hot flashes and night sweats (I'm WAY past menopause) and I feel anxious, moody, my foot is constantly moving when I'm sitting and recently I noticed I'm clenching my teeth. Has anyone had this experience when going from the generic to the name brand?
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View 11 RepliesCyclizine is dangerous and I will not stop warning people of the awful reaction to the drug company to own up their responsibility. I cannot do this alone, I need all your help we have to warn people of the danger of taking cyclizine.
Positive feedback on this?
I'm a 18 year old female, currently taking 20 mg of atorvastatin every day due to familial hypercholesterolemia. I have tried to control my LDL doing only diet, but it didn't help much, the reason why my doc prescribed me the pills.
I've been taking the medication for three or four months now and I didn't notice any side effects.
However, seeing people complaining about side effects on the internet, especially pain or muscle damage is making me seriously consider stop taking them. Nobody here has any good or tolerable experience with statins to share?
Well, after a year and a half on Erfa Thyroid, I had to switch back to Synthroid because the heart pounding at night on the Erfa just kept getting worse and worse.
Of course, with the Synthroid I'm now back to having severe foot cramps all night; by that I mean that my foot twists around on the ankle and I have to stand up and push my foot down to get it to go back into position. Sometimes it's both feet at once. Try sleeping with that going on!
Not sure which side effect is worse, and I feel as though I can't win, since neither medication allows me to sleep.
My doctor doesn't believe that switching back to Synthroid would result in foot cramps and won't offer any help. When I was on Synthroid previously my old GP game me quinine sulphate, which keep the cramps down to once or twice a week, but this one won't prescribe it.
Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution? I take lots of calcium, magnesium, Vitamin D, and B vitamins, so I should be okay on that score.
Meds recently changed from armour to these. Am I supposed to take them both first thing in am, or take cytomel later?
View 3 RepliesOverall, I am doing MUCH better - still have tweaking to do but this has by far been the best year for me since getting diagnosed. Things like my cycle becoming regular again, to even some weight loss (over the summer and it came back but it was nice to see my body responding for once...hopeful that once I am in my new job, my stress will be much better and Ill have time to be active again but I digress).
I had previously been on Armour and spent over 2 years never really feeling better (my body didn't tolerate it at all it seemed), so I switched to synthroid plus cytomel I had some side affects so switched again to tirosint plus cytomel.
That was when I noticed I was making progress - except for TWO annoying side affects. Zombie head that never went away over 8 months (even tried taking it at night instead which helped but getting out of bed in the morning was an act of god) and acne. Seriously, I feel like I'm going through puberty all over again. I should note, that I think the progress was due to finally increasing meds (anytime i increased armour I would be in pain so I avoided it)
I finally made a switch back to Natural Thyroid - I take the Acela NP thyroid which I tolerate much better than Armour. The good side effects have stayed and my zombie head is gone. My skin is a BIT better but not much.
Has anyone experienced this? I have read stories of people with Hashi's having skin issues due to low thyroid but that was never my problem. I have to say that my skin was maybe my one source of pride (even when my hair was falling out, i gained weight, my skin stayed clear and smooth).
Before I clearly wasn't on enough thyroid. I was on 1.5 grains Armour before switching to about 118 synthetic (it changed a few times but it was around that). When I switched to NO Thyroid (no more cytomel),I was one 2.5 grains and have now worked my way up to 3.5 grains. Increasing to 3.5 actually didn't make me worse skin wise - it was a bit better than it was on 2.5 so I can't quite figure out what the deal is.
Just looking to hear if anyone else has experience this, what they did and if it eventually went away? Would trying another version of NDT be worth a shot you think?
I am THISCLOSE to looking into accutane. I need help! I have tried every skin care product under the sun. It seems to be an internal problem and not a result of what I am putting on my face.
Sounds like a strange question but I wanted to check whether you thought this was a normal thing to do and also whether it could damage the muscles in the perineum at orgasm?
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