Wow! So glad and sad to find other sufferers. I wish our doctors...

I wept a little when I read your post because I too thought that I have been suffering alone with the side effects of Synthroid. I have only been on it for 6 weeks and am seriously considering giving it up. I already had problems with self esteem and looked forward to finally being able to lose the weight that I tried for years to get rid of before I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I still eat the same foods and live the same lifestyle however I have picked up 5 pounds of weight and my stomach is severely bloated. I also am experiencing depression and was wondering why. I wish doctors would be more willing to document the high numbers of patients experiencing these problems so that they could be addressed. We cant ignore the side effects but they seem to be ignoring our concerns. I am in a bad marriage and had hoped that thyroid treatment would finally free me from this situation. I am now looking for other alternatives.

I can't believe what I'm reading on here!! My old doctor put me on Suynthroid for "borderline" low thyroid. I have gained 25 pounds in two years and have developed fatty liver. Not to mention, feeling like crap all the time. I started suffering from insomnia, anxiety, palpitations and now intolerance to heat. My new doctor is slowly reducing the dose. I'm on ..025 and want OFF of it completely. I'm going to try cutting out carbs (I hear that relates to thyroid) and losing weight. I was also put on blood pressure meds (I believe to counteract the Synthroid). This drug is awful. And I don't even think now that my thyroid was low.

Tell me about it. I take .150 of Synthroid and I feel like crud. I am majorly fatigues, weak leg muscles ( walking around my kitchen I feel like I am drunk), headaches, joint pain and now burning sensation around left side of lips. I drink wine or beer and it is worse. I use to teach school and now no way can I do it. I have a three year old who knows I am not normal. "Mommy doesn't feel good" is what she says. I cannot even jump up like a cheerleader without falling or feeling dizzy and I am told "it isn't the Synthroid." BS! I never felt like this. Never!

HI
I, too, am experiencing dry mucuos membranes from synthroid among many other side effects. This is the newest one since upping my dosage. I have an appointment with the endocrinologist tomorrow, but the whole inside of my nose is inflamed, and I know he'll blame this on something else. The same thing happened to me when I took a large dose of vitamin D. Could it be hormones in general, as vitamin D is a hormone rather than a vitamin?
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Join SAVE NATURAL THYROID on facebook or yahoo group. If your having problems with synthyroid you will find some alernatives on this site. You will also discover that the FDA is in bed with BIG PHARMA and they are trying to eliminate this medication in favor of us all going on synthyroid or some other synthetic. Get educated there are alternatives and if you are a thyroid sufferer join the cause.