[Jules]

#1018162

Ok only 2 days on the synthryoid and I feel really hyper.

Monday I had bloods drawn and the Dr. called me on Tuesday said OK now we start on taking you back up. OK great I was excited to finally get going on the step 3 of the process. Step on feel like crap step 2 figure out that RAI was not going to kill me and now step three get the replacement going. I started it yesterday morning and with i 2 hours I had the rapid heart rate. 99 bpm just sitting there. took my anxiaty pill and off to work. Today I did the same routine. Took the .75 waited an hour took my PB and heart rate and they were both high again so I took 25 mg of lopressor and .5 of the atavan had my morning Coffee and off to work. Now I am sitting here all Jittery and Heart rate is up but a soft pulse. I was having rapid pulse and low heart rate when I became hypo from the RAI. So no I am worried about the Levothyroxine sodium is this causing the current issues I am experancing? I have a call into the Dr. but wanted to send this out the us experts that are actually experts in this disease (all of us diagonsed) instead of a Dr. who just assumes how we feel.

I was enjoying my few weeks when I felt normal. I really am not enjoying these last 2 days on the new meds. Any suggestions?
J

[Ski]

#1063037

This is actually really common when we either begin taking replacement hormone, or when we change doses of replacement hormone ~ for a little while, we feel kind of like a teeter/totter, up & down (maybe a week or two), and then our body accumulates enough thyroid hormone and starts to acclimate to the dose, and we start to feel much more stable. Usually it doesn’t spike out of control, it’s just a momentary inconvenience.

Talk to your doctor, certainly, since it’s alarming you ~ you should get medical advice straight from the prescribing physician ~ but it’s likely just an artifact from beginning to take replacement hormone.

Until you find the perfect dose for you (oh, holy grail of thyroid disease!), you may continue to have lingering issues on one side or the other, but you’re closer every minute, as I like to say. ” title=”Wink” /> Once you’ve been on your replacement hormone for about 6 weeks, your body is fully acclimated, and will give an accurate reading on your TSH lab test, so then you can consult with the doctor to see how to proceed with the process. At that point, you may want to begin a symptom diary, because once you’re CLOSE to normal, the tiny tiny shifts can be managed by using a symptom diary in consultation with the doctor. They LOVE data. ” title=”Smile” />

Check back in, let us know what your doctor said, and let us know how you feel! You’ll be back to normal eventually ~ it’s just never as quickly as we’d like, I guarantee it. ” title=”Very Happy” />

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