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I had always used the generic form of synthroid & then the generi...

Posted at 9:23 AM on May 13, 2008 by catnlee, #30432
I had always used the generic form of synthroid & then the generic form Levoxyl. The beginning of April 08' my endo prescribed me the brand name Levoxyl. I take 175mg. everyday. After several weeks I began to have terrible insomnia. It was weird because I initially fell asleep easily but began to wake up every hour of the night for no reason. This went on for weeks. I even tried taking Tylenol PM to help me sleep & I still would wake up every hour if not every other hour & I had very vivid dreams that I would remember. I began waking up in the mornings feeling exhausted from all the dreaming & all the waking up. I believe I became more depressed because I was so tired. Then I read on-line that someone else experienced this while taking Levoxyl. I switched back to the generic Levoxyl & now I can sleep through the night again. I still experience fatigue & have problems losing weight. None of that changed when I switched to the brand name anyway.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Jun 26, 2008 by nancyadams, #9572

I also had fatigue and easy weight gain on Levoxyl and finally figured out WHY. It's because it's T4 only. T4 is a storage hormone, and the body is NOT meant to live on a storage hormone alone. No matter how high you dose Levoxyl, you will stay hypo AND get worse as you age. I switched to Armour and it royally changed my life. Armour contains exactly what your own thyroid would be giving you--T4, T3, T2 T1 and calcitonin. And it's natural since it's from pigs. You need to read the stop the thyroid madness website. It explains why you still have fatigue and weight gain. www.stopthethyroidmadness.com I also got the book.

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