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Hi Ive been hypothyroid for about 12 years now. After i took rad...

Posted at 3:57 PM on Mar 15, 2008 by fitneesq, #28063
Hi Ive been hypothyroid for about 12 years now. After i took radioactive iodine I was put on synthroid.125. Had blinding headaches constantly! Then after about 3 years I was put on levoxyl.125. Blood work sometimes comes back a little elevated but not much to say for the symptoms i am having still to this day.I am so tired i cant even go to the store. Symptoms are, sever fatigued. headaches. muscle pain in chest and sternum. burning muscles, triggerpoints all over body. broken sleep .severe depression.Eye pain blurry vision lower back pain body feels like a punching bag.I could sleep for 12hrs and still be tired. These medicines have side effects that they are not telling us.I tried armour but it does not aggree with me. Im going to switch to either unithroid or leverthroid.If these do not work then i will try thyroler.Doctor wanted to give zoloft. Please I do not need bad medicine. This all started when i had to take thyroid meds.Before diagnosis I was a fitness fanatic . I was doing aerobics heavy cardio, lifting weights etc. now i cant even ride my bike.The meds are no good doctors are a waste they think it is in your mind.Let them feel one day like this and see if they can function.I do not think they can.ill see what happens when i change my meds..fibromyalgia? no such thing Fibromyalgia is diagnosed when the doctors cant figure out what is wrong with you so they pawn off some atidepressives.
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Reply 6 months ago on May 13, 2008 by catnlee, #8224

I to have been hypothyroid for over 12 yrs. I had to have my thyroid removed due to cancer years ago. I just wanted to tell you that for years I use to use a generic form of synthroid & I recently switched endocrinoligists. The new doctor believed the brand name medicine was better for you than the generic so I switched to Levoxyl for the 1st time last month. After being on Levoxyl for several weeks I began to have the broken sleep episodes that you described. It was horrible. I would wake up every hour of the night for no reason at all. I would dream vivid dreams all through the night sometimes. I even tried taking Tylenol PM so I could sleep but it didn't stop the broken sleep. I soon researched the internet for side effects & found other people had the same problem so I stopped taking the Levoxyl & now am back on Levothyroxine. The broken sleep patterns Stopped! I am so relieved. You might think about going off of Levoxyl & see if it helps you to sleep.

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