http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269 Hello To All, I too am on this med, I have been on it for 1 year as of July 2008- 35 pounds, brain fog, headaches, eye sight for reading, chest pain and fluttering heart beat. My doctor who is my friend has told me that he will up my dose... "Dear Go Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:59:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9216 I just recently diagnosed with the "Hypo" as I loving refer to it and am going crazy on the medication. I had an ititial TSH level of 13.54. The dr. started me immediately on .75 micrograms of Synthroid and my body rebelled. I ended up in the ER from a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9216 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:14:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9561 The reason you have all those symptoms is because Synthroid is simply T4, and T4 is simply a storage hormone. It's NOT enough to treat hypothyroid and you are STILL hypothyroid. You really need to be reading this site; www.stopthethyroidmadness.com It's t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9561 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:07:52 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9892 I have been on synthroid now for 25 years. I had a parial thyroidectomey then. Since then, I had thyroid cancer and have had a total thyroidectomy (7 months ago). They played with my meds recently and switched me from .175 of synthroid to 30 mcg of Armo http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9892 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:23:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9893 One more thing...I have done lots of research on thyroid problems and thyroid meds especially since I had the cancer. Ideally, the doctors want to keep your TSH level at around 1 to keep the cancer from returning. It is a myth that Armour thyroid is the http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=9893 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:48:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=10022 Rebecca, what I don't understand, is why you would be put on 30mg of armour when you were on 175 mg of synthroid. That amount is only 1/4 of your dose. Would that not make you sick? Most of the reading I have done on Armour states that you need to address http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=10022 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:56:37 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=10510 Hi, I definitely want to help you! I was having trouble with adjusting to the meds for over a year. Since my step-sister has a low thyroid she told me what to do. 1. Do not take generic. 2. Always take synthroid the minute you wake up and then wait an hou http://www.medications.com/effect/view/31269?item=10510