havent taken my pills in a while

[moonbeamluna1960]

My hair is falling out, constantly tired, and i always forget to take my pills. I am overweight....doc gave me synthroid to take. I have aches and pains. And at times depressed deeply.  My mood swings are just LOVELY. But i keep it together. Noticed i am loosing a little bit of eyesight didnt know if that was a symptom.  So....what can i say... :) Dealing with this disease.

[Smilerdeb]

Ditto to all the postings.

If you dont take the pills, you will end up in hospital and the side effect (if thats what they call it) from being extremely Hypo is Myexedema Coma.
The disease can be managed but only if you take the meds.

[glori5]

Amen. Pills by the alarm clock works well. They can get started into your system while youre still waking up, you can even hit the snooze after you take them! When I struggled with not taking mine, I left the alarm ring until I had that pill in my mouth. By the way, when I have the right levels  it makes a world of difference in how easy I can get up in the morning.

Do it girl!!

[kitty9309]

My hair falls out when my TSH is over 2.

Take the pills. Put them on your nightstand with a glass of water. I have never forgotten to take them. I actually get the pill out of the vial (no little kids anymore) and set it next to the water. Easy.

Make sure to get retested as well.

[stella5349]

Take your thyroid medication

[redheadaussie]

Put the pills by your alarm clock and take them! I can't stress to you enough how important it is to take them....you wouldn't let a baby starve of milk would you? Your symptoms are hypothyroid and if you don't start taking the pills very soon you are going to need more than a pill to keep you going!
Hair loss aches pains etc.. you enjoy these?
Sorry to be so blunt but you like living.........then take the pills!!!! Get a phone company to call you every day at a set time to take them....get a friend to come round and shove them down your throat!
  Ok I am now off my Mommy Chair...be a good kid and take the pills!

[pep88]

Three words.  

Take the pills.  

All your symptoms are caused by being hypothryoid and it will continue to get worse if you continue to "forget" to take the Synthroid.

You can live a normal life if you take the appropriate amount of hormone to make it better.

[jean55]

I sometimes wonder if the hair loss is a perimenopausal thing, rather than a thyroid problem.  Over the past few years I've noticed periods of hair loss lasting maybe 3 mos. when no other hypo symptoms.  Then mysteriously, it stops.  And I can't say there's anything weird going on gynecologically, either.  I just think that in peri our hormones take over and weird stuff happens.