[katieladie85]

in reply to: 1 year post RAI and a few questions #1181738

Hi! Like you, I had RAI but I had it in May 2012 (so I’m a little over a year). I have recently starting getting dull pains in my neck, but nothing that makes swallowing or speaking uncomfortable. But my pains do only last for about 10-20 seconds before going away….

I’m not sure what it could be, but know that I am experiencing something like that as well! I hope you find some relief for you it soon!

[katieladie85]

in reply to: Levothyroxine side effects? #1181662

Sue, I can definitely relate with trying to figure out the difference between graves anxiety and normal anxiety! I’ve just started trying to figure out how to calm myself down (breathing deeply, listening to happy music, looking at cute pictures of animals online)
I hope your normal feeling comes back sooner rather than later. I know they can be frustrating!

[katieladie85]

in reply to: Levothyroxine side effects? #1181661

Update! I got the letter from my doctor saying that my TSH is at 17.86 so we’re upping my hormone from 112 mcg to 125 mcg but still sticking with the Lannett Co. My T4 was normal but my T3 was on the low side of normal.

So, here goes! I’ll be patiently waiting to see if this evens out to normal! I’m surprised there was such a big difference between my blood tests in October versus the blood tests now.

But I have started swimming laps in the morning and am starting to get back on my normal routine.

[katieladie85]

in reply to: Levothyroxine side effects? #1181658

Thank you for all your replies!

My appointment with my endo felt extremely frustrating at the time. I made a list of everything I’ve been feeling and everything that had happened to me in the past two months so that I wouldn’t forget anything. When I was done he started talking about panic disorder and anxiety. This felt so devastating to me since I had built my hopes up for a simple answer with a simple fix to what I had been feeling.

I asked about the change in pill causing these symptoms and he didn’t think that the difference in pill would cause so many symptoms. I take a generic made by the Lannett Company. He said this company was one of the first to be approved by the FDA when thyroid hormone started to be mass produced and has maintained a good reputation. I did not like this answer, got in my car, called my mom and cried.

Now that I’ve had some time to think about, I think that anxiety might be an explanation but I’d like to think that it’s from the pill change. He did test my calcium and thyroid levels (I haven’t received the results yet)

Since my appointment I have started exercising which I think is helping my anxiety feeling a bit, however I do still feel a lot of these symptoms still. I’m currently trying to build up some courage on asking my endo to either change my current medication levels a bit to see if that’s the problem or explore synthroid. However, synthroid does make me nervous as, like many people, I am on a budget.

Thank to everyone that replied, you all gave me a lot to think about and things to research. You all have no idea how nice it is to have a place to go to talk to others with these problems! I’ll let you know what happens with my doctor and blood results

[katieladie85]

in reply to: Levothyroxine side effects? #1181654

Thank you for your response! I just had labs done about 1 month ago and they were normal. I see my endo today so I’m hoping that I will get some answers!

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