Synthroid and constipation

I have read a lot of these blogs and I am seeing that many other people have the same side effects. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism when I was in 6th or 7th grade I think and I am now a high school senior so about 5 years taking Synthroid. the doctors said that my antibodies had completely destroyed my thyroid gland so I wasn't getting any of the hormones I needed which became very noticeable when I started gaining weight and loosing energy in 5th grade. I haven't really seen any weight gain in a while but I still look like I am overweight. I am 5'6 and 130 lbs so I am about average. Side effects that are also occurring are rapid mood changes, one minute I am happy and something sad happens or I think about something and ill be tearing up. I feel depressed a lot. I am currently on 150 mcg. also during 9th and 10th grade I was put on this drug to stop my puberty so that I could grow more while on the Synthroid I guess it helped a little with height but I still look like a freshman. I don't know if I should stop taking it or keep taking it because I stopped for about a month once and started getting really sick, I would get really bad nose bleeds at random, had constant migraines and felt sick to my stomach. I started taking the Synthroid again and felt fine. I really don't know what to do.

I just start on Wednesday with a 0.05 dosage. So far, I haven't noticed much of anything except for, maybe, a little constipation. Not sure if it's from the medicine or just not eating as well as I should. Some of the side effects that people have been mentioning are ones that I had PRIOR to taking Synthroid. I was putting on weight like crazy, feeling depressed, extremely tired all the time -- to the point where I would just sit for hours, occasional foot and leg cramps, and a puffy face. Hopefully, Synthroid will help with these instead of making it worse.

Hi all, i live in NY and have been on synthroid. since i was 34 i am 50 now. Because of the huge normal range it is very easy to take too much synthroid. Doctors also do not know how to prescribe it...It is better to take a little bit less then move the dose up. Mohammed Ali( the prize fighter) thought that taking synthroid would make him a better fighter ,stronger etc... he took synthroid, though he didn't have thyroid issues, and became tired and sick.

So from my experience too synthroid much causes constipation, muscle cramps in the calves first , then everywhere, like your butt and then your pelvic floor which in turn can cause frequency. Your feet swell, you get much more tired and irritable then depressed. Your heart races then you have episodes of shortness of breath and horrible crushing anxiety. Also your hair falls out..

Also as you go into menopause with less estrogen you need less synthroid , (pregnant women need to take more)but NONE will tell you this so you just get sick all over and think that its just menopause!

I truly believe that there are millions of women out there with "fibromyalgia" who are just simply just taking too much synthroid... if 1.25 is the full replacement dose why would anyone be taking 1.65?

I am not a dr but i have come to see that they never suspect this medicine for the harm it can do.Part of this is that it is the most prescribed medicine in the country and the company who makes it is very powerful. And if you think that drug companies care if their meds make you sick than you should read about the Delcon shield and how the makers knew that the string wicked germs up into the uterus and they sold it and hid the results! I was not able to have children thanks to the good makers of this product.

so back to synthroid, I was taking .1 of synthroid with my numbers in the normal range and i had constipation frequency , muslce spasm in my calves,hair falling out , fatigue irritability , shortness of breath with anxiety... over a few weeks i moved my dose down( with email to dr) to a spilt dose of .025 in the am then 12 hours later .025 in the evening and ALL of the symptoms WENT AWAY! my advice to anyone who has the symptoms above is to tell their dr that they want to on a trail basis see if their symptoms are alleviated by less medication.If your dr says no ,FIND A NEW DR. , these are quilty of life issues and many drs are to busy to elp you titrate your dose , dont give up , you are only here once and you can get rid of the symptoms!!!