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Hypo to Hyper
I am normally Hypo and take Levothyroxine. I had taken 50 for a couple years. It stopped working so well so instead of moving me up to the next highest dose they jumped me up to 100. This was too much so they moved it down to 88. Well about a month ago i started getting really sick. Nausea, heart racing, low grade fever and needing to use the bathroom up to 9 times in 24 hours. I stopped taking it until i can get back to a Dr. Being that we are between insurance it will be probably another month. I have been this way for more than a month now. This is miserable but not as bad as it was. Does anyone know if my Thyroid will go back to Hypo since i quit taking it? If so how long before i start to feel better? This is scary.
If they don't have an appointment soon, ask to have labs drawn. If they come back out of whack, the doctor might fit you in sooner. You might also ask to get on their cancellation list.
I do feel like it's getting better. Some days are worse than others. We should have insurance by Monday. I'll make an appointment with someone at that time. Problem is that we are new to our area and it will take me a while to get in somewhere. The heart irregularities are getting better. I think it's the nausea that is horrible and tho it's not as bad as it was i'm just so tired of feeling like this. Just really want it to be over.
I understand; I've been overmedicated, and I don't wish it on anyone, either (except maybe the doctor who did it to me! LOL). I'll take hypo any day over hyper.
You were overmedicated for a long time. It sounds like it must have been close to three months. Of course, the longer you were overmedicated, the longer your levels had time to build.
Do you think you are progressively feeling less hyper? Are the irregular heartbeats subsiding? Is there any way you could get your levels tested to see where you are? Online lab? Online labs are self pay, but you can get FT3, FT4 and TSH (all three) for $75 or less.
You were overmedicated for a long time. It sounds like it must have been close to three months. Of course, the longer you were overmedicated, the longer your levels had time to build.
Do you think you are progressively feeling less hyper? Are the irregular heartbeats subsiding? Is there any way you could get your levels tested to see where you are? Online lab? Online labs are self pay, but you can get FT3, FT4 and TSH (all three) for $75 or less.
Only that i now have an occasional day that i feel better. I estimate i have been that way and getting worse since last Thanksgiving. I knew at that time i was taking too much medication. They lowered it but apparently it was still to much and i progressively got worse. I do not wish this on anyone. I had irregular heart beats si bad one night i broke out in sweats and vomiting. Since i quit taking the medication those symptoms have improved. I still suffer from the occasional insomnia and daily fatigue and nausea.
Only that i now have an occasional day that i feel better. I estimate i have been that way and getting worse since last Thanksgiving. I knew at that time i was taking too much medication. They lowered it but apparently it was still to much and i progressively got worse. I do not wish this on anyone. I had irregular heart beats si bad one night i broke out in sweats and vomiting. Since i quit taking the medication those symptoms have improved. I still suffer from the occasional insomnia and daily fatigue and nausea.
It will take 4-6 weeks for the meds to be totally out of your system. However, your levels should be dropping during that time, and you should be feeling less hyper as time goes by. How long do you estimate you were hyper before you figured it out?
Your thyroid should go back to being hypo, unless something else is going on. Are you seeing any change in symptoms from the hyper ones you were experiencing to more hypo ones?
Your thyroid should go back to being hypo, unless something else is going on. Are you seeing any change in symptoms from the hyper ones you were experiencing to more hypo ones?
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