Synthroid and estrogen

I started synthroid about 6 months ago and I am unhappy. I complained to my OB about my lack on sex drive. He tested my thryroid and said it was the cause. I have always struggled w/ my weight but had it under control. Since I started a low dose of synthroid, I have gained 4 lbs (I am only 5' tall so this means none of my clothes fit) despite running 30 miles per week and watching my diet. My once thick hair is getting thin and my sex drive is no better. Also, my stomache is often bloated.

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!!!