I hate Synthroid!!!

[Minicooper723]

I hate synthroid!!  Everytime I up my dose by the smallest amount (I've been taking 75mcg for 11 days now) I start having all these burning sensations in my upper body, chest pains, jaw pain, extreme anxiety (even though I'm on anti-anxiety meds) I feel like I'm losing my mind and having a heart attack all at the same time.  I know it isn't my heart because I had a chemical stress test with an echo and ekg in late August before my TT and the cardiologist said that my heart looked great.  Does anyone on this board have any symptoms like this?  I thought I had a bloodwork appointment for today but it's not until next Monday and I don't see my endo until the 29th.  Thanks for letting me rant!

[redheadaussie]

In Australia it is called Eutroxsig with the generic named Oroxine.
  I go up a dose by a poopteenth of mcgs and I go hyper. I go down a poopteenth of a dose and I go hypo but then in a few weeks start to go hyper again. I HATE hate hate it!
   So you still have your thyroid? I find that people who no longer have theirs tend to do badly on just a T4 medication.

[dpleiman]

As long as the dosage is not "too much" then once you matabolize the dosage "usually about 4 - 6 weeks" then the symptoms should go away.. I get the exact same symptoms as you do..

[Minicooper723]

Thanks everyone!  A bad day now post TT is better than a good day before my TT, I'm just wanting to feel normal, whatever that is, LOL!

[Mozartcowgirl]

I had the same symptoms when i was placed on synthroid. I thought i was losing my mind. I had to be placed on anti anxiety meds just so i could take synthroid.
my body is very sensitive to anything i put in it. i cant take synthroid, Levoxyl, Armour brand thyroid.
I have to take Westhroid.  i finally found something that doesnt make me feel all loopy or put me in the heart hospital with pvcs. ughhh i hate synthroid too.lol