Why You are Feeling WORSE on Thyroid Medication
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- Are you feeling worse on your thyroid medication? If so, you are not alone.
Many thyroid patients feel this exact same way! But how can the very medication that is supposed to help you feel better make you feel worse?
It's actually not that complicated but in order to understand what is happening, you have to understand some basic thyroid physiology.
Here are the top 3 reasons people feel WORSE when taking thyroid medications such as levothyroxine and Synthroid:
#1. Your thyroid medication is SUPPRESSING your T3.
In the normal and healthy state, your thyroid produces BOTH T4 thyroid hormone and T3 thyroid hormone. The ratio is about 80% T4 to 20% T3.
But when you take thyroid medication it completely shuts down how much T3 your body can produce naturally. When this happens you substitute out 20% T3 that your body produces naturally for 100% T4. And if you aren't able to convert that T4 into T3 then you will feel poorly!
This is how thyroid medication makes most people feel worse, by reducing how much T3 is in the body.
#2. You may be reacting to inactive fillers and binders.
There are also many types of fillers, binders, and dyes found in thyroid medication that can cause an allergic like reaction.
Imagine taking a thyroid medication that has lactose in it if you are lactose intolerant. This happens to a lot of thyroid patients.
#3. Lastly, your dose may be WAAAAAY off.
It's unusual but it does happen from time to time. Imagine you are someone who needs to be on 125mcg of levothyroxine but your doctor puts you on 25mcg instead. In this case, your dose is only 1/5th of what it should be so you may feel worse until your dose is increased.
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Great information. Not lots of doctors take time to go to the bottom of the real problem. Most everyone is just giving medicine to suppress the problem.
Thank you for the content... great explanation.. as sad as it is .. I think alot of traditional physicians may not take this into account when the patient is telling them that they feel worse...
Unfortunately, you are probably right.
V true. I'm on Levi,100/ over a year.. n gained weight n symptoms so bad..I'm unable to function.
All lymphnodes everywhere inflamed n ear n throat infections n was too sick to go see doctor , have endo, but covid messed up our communication.
I finally got to see a rude stand in doctor n I even asked for steroids!
Recurring ear n throat infections... Deep rash n new bumps under arm, groin n throat nodes like eggs. High palipations, anxious, v v v low. Insomnia n I can sleep in day but sweats during sleep n dizziness..n PAIN! Brain fog n tingling n numbing peripheral. I live in hot climate, in a bedroom, feeling too cold OR too hot to point I'm faint.
My eyesight started affected n much nausea, no much appetite yet weight gain...n inflammation big time.
I got full bloods...n waiting results.
Terrified its lymphoma.
Pain n urinary infection also. She gave one antibiotic a day as they make me throw up!
Major depression despite being on anti,d. Years!
I'm tempted to stop meds, all tbh, except anxiety.
I recorded the appointment in full duration, as I forget things.
My friend gp in other country heard it n was appalled!
I did inform her I was recording it...but the extent to which she is dismissive, she missed it!!
I'm civil n courteous as I haven't energy to get into all that was ignored.
No renewal of creams, b12_said she hadn't Time.
I guess she's under too much pressure! I always give benefit of doubt but I'm bringing my nurse friend with me next time! She has lots of energy!!!
I hate levothy. !!!!!
SUPER VIDEO...PITY I FEEL TOO MUCH INTIMIDATION TO SHOW THIS.
N ITS IN WRONG LANGUAGE!! LOL
BUT I GET HOPE FROM YOUR ADVICE.
SOOOO MUCH APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU V V MUCH!
@@y.t.a180 sorry to hear that you feel terrible.. I try not to complain bc I know there are so many which are worse than i.. as with you being one of them.. I asked my Dr for t3 and she didn't feel comfortable giving that to me bc she is unsure of the extent of my issues... I mean come on.. really?? That is why we don't feel better because they won't treat us.. or even listen to us. Again.. as I have said before... I have been in the medical field for more than 15 years and alot was spent in endocrinology.. I do my research and I try not to say something unless I am certain.. but they just look at me when I explain that my symptoms seem to be related possibly to hashimotos thyroiditis.. then when I had my TPO labs and the antibodies came back elevated I was more sure.. however.. again.. no one will listen to me.. im scheduled for an echo on the 6th... an echo.. I don't know where you live but I live in West Virginia which is the capital of drugs.. or at least it feels that way and trying to get any type of medication here is almost non existent.. or for me anyway.. I guess since I tell the truth I don't sound needful enough but the ones that bullshit the Dr's walk out w whatever they want.. im to the point that I just laugh.. what else can you do? I hope you get some type of assistance and feel better soon!!!... good luck
@@drwestinchilds if only we had doctors like you in this state!! I'm almost sure that I knew more about thyroid function / conversion that the PA did during my last visit.. 😱 and when you feel like that .. it is time to move on.. but then you ask yourself to whom will you go bc no one else has had any answers either .. its a vicious cycle.. and a dermatologist that dx me w alopecia areata.. then the next week my family physician tells me my labs show no inflammation.. 🤔
Ya think 🧐 😅 being sarcastic because Drs are FREAKING ME OUT with how little it seems they know or worse …don’t CARE
Lost thyroid to cancer 4 years ago . 200 lb. male 60 yoa . 150 starting dose , uped to 175 at 3 months after surgery . I feel awful . like I'm not myself . But like you said , the blood work tells the endocrinologist that things are alright ...... UGH !
I honestly think most docs are only focused on interpreting the labs well enough to pick a pill. They really don't know anything deeper than that
Don’t trust the white coats!! Hope you’re feeling better 🙏
Some doctors disniss you, as if you don't know your own body. Sometimes chalk it up to depression or too much web surfing. That on top of dealing with symptoms is exhausting. A Hashimoto support group would be great!
I'm glad to know I'm not going completely mad, lol. Haven't found my magic dose yet because I just got my diagnosis. Random question, though, since I started the meds, my fatigue has gotten worse. Also, when I was undiagnosed, I was considered IBS-D, but since starting, the meds have become constipated. The list of side effects on the meds say to expect diarrhea, but I have the opposite. It's slowly driving me mad. I can tolerate a lot, but I draw the line at constipation. Lol.
Most docs are criminally negligent when it comes to respecting a Hashis patient, here in London anyway. Thanks for being different!
Not sure it’s better in the states.
I live in London myself and suffering from Hyperthyroidism, every time I get called to attend Hospital for my regular blood tests and see Endocrinologist each time there's a different doctor, what kind of nonsense is this,it tells a lot of their competence..
@@sebastianliwinski222 hope that they don't convince you to get the thyroid removed. Then you'll be on hypo meds for life. To my mind functional, Chinese, Arab or Indian medicine is better. Anything with a holistic approach. Sometimes it is impossible to function with this illness. Certainly feels that way.
@@Freedom4PalestineEndZioNazism I recently lost my job, so that isn't any good for this condition, as I find stressful situations trigger certain symptoms further.
Moreover I'm on Carbimazole at the moment, I don't have any nodules etc.
I've been offered RAI treatment always refused it!, It doesn't make any sense to me from Hyperthyroidism to Hypo? .
I don't trust them and their pills!.
I take my tablets just to manage my symptoms, and will be looking into alternatives such as Homeopathy/Ayruvedic medicine and Shiatsu.
Wish me full recovery.
I've tried Chinese medicine although it was calming especially acupuncture, doctor told me £90 a week and duration is 2 years to get it fixed or not.
I felt he might be trying to rip me off,I stopped attending after my recent job loss.
Thank you! I feel much worse on levothyroxine! I’m hypo thyroid and on the lowest dose 25mcg and this experience was horrible… Thank you!
same. do you feel better now?
Ja to samo.Dostalam 25 mcg 2 miesiące temu.Zaczely mnie boleć stawy ze ciężko było mi chodzić.Straszne bóle i spać nie mogłam.Powiedzialam sobie ze dziękuję już nie chce.Myslalam ze borelioza wróciła .To straszne.Wiecej nie wezmę.
Hey Doctor,
My doctor always started me at 100mcg of synthroid and I would always get hypER symptoms within a month. We would check my levels and I’d still be hypo numbers. I kept quitting because as awful as I felt unmedicated I felt way worse on synthroid. I would
Finally I stuck to it for months hoping it would get better, but it got worse. Much much worse. I felt like I was constantly dying, panic attacks, couldn’t sleep, a headache for months, I could barely walk down the street without getting winded and needing a break.
I went to doctors, who referred me to endocrinologists, who told me what I’m feeling isn’t real and that I just have anxiety. Multiple endocrinologists. When my tsh was within range is when I felt the worst. I felt better when my numbers were in the 30s! Much better in fact.
I stopped the meds and slowly felt better but felt like my nervous system was fried and 2 years later I still don’t feel just right.
I was tested for anti tpo and it’s literally off the charts. Above the readable range apparently. So I have hashimotos.
I finally got my doctor to just start me at a small dose and titrate up from there. I started at 25mcg, and slowly moved up over the course of a year and a half. I had no bad symptoms up to 88mcg, and we test, and my doctor suggests I go to 100mcg because my tsh was still off (about 13) and one month into this tiny increase, all those horrible symptoms come back. I literally feel like it’s poison to my body. I did gain weight and I did lose hair as well, but all my other symptoms seem to align with hyper symptoms.
I’ve never tried t3, but the times I’ve tested my t3 it’s been within range. Since my results tend to not be indicative of…anything? Do you think I should try this anyways? And if so how would I go about approaching This with my doctor.
IT’s unfortunate that as soon as I list anxiety as one of my symptoms a lot of doctors will throw everything else out and just blame everything on anxiety. I didn’t have any anxiety before starting these meds though!
Sorry for the wall of text for a comment. I’ve been trying to figure this out for so long, and I can’t get anywhere and it has severely impacted my life. I want t3 to be the answer for me because I’m feeling so awful I need something.
That’s me … same horror story from age 38 to now 64
🥲😫I haven’t tried T 3 either ?? Also tested once !! ( and of course it’s supposedly normal )
I can’t wake up
My body aches especially the legs and same with exercise
I love hiking so I try try and do it
It does take its toll physically but lifts the spirit and soul
Still searching for answer
Same, both your stories sound similar to mine. Any new updates?
I couldn’t wake up in the mornings either and used to love hiking. Now I’m too weak to walk to the mailbox at 46 years old. Ask your doctor to test your cortisol level. My cortisol level was 2.5, and now she thinks I have Adrenal Insufficiency. I had never had my cortisol levels checked. It’s not a common blood test, but the more I research, the more I find people who have Adrenal Insufficiency (Look up Addison’s Disease, it is the same as Adrenal Insufficiency, just means you were born with it, instead of developed it later)
This is me first I was on T4 (I'm lactose intolerant and have colitis) so of course the first lot of tables contains LACTOSE eventually after 2 years of sheer hell feeling over medicated (not as my T3 and TSH were in what they call range) I get on T3 I'm having the same bowle stomach issues as I did on T4 and although I'm not over medicated I feel hyper.. 🤷♀️ I'd swear my bad thyroid was still in my neck.
I've learned a lot since my thyroidectomy and one thing is.. It's not all about the levels, just because our endocrinologists and Doctors say our bloods are in range means nothing it's optimal how we feel, some people can feel great with a lower T3, T4, TSH some feel awful Some can feel great with a higher level .. We're all different, but the specialists don't recognise this, umbrellaing us as the same 🤦♀️
I can't understand why I feel hyper when my levels say otherwise 🤷♀️ and my doctor and endocrinologist just think I'm a nuisance and won't address the stomach /bowle issues just saying.. Get on with it you'll feel well soon😮 it's been nearly 4 years.. How much longer do I need to wait doc???? 😠😢😢😢
This is me also...I feel awful all day then get some energy towards the evening...am asking my doctor if we can add t3 also...did adding it work for anyone?
@@karenwhitehead2260I'm reading and listening to different things because I have the same issue. I am on a low dose of t3 and even lower dose of levothyroxine. I've only been on it for a couple weeks and my stomach is upset a lot and I'm constipated even though I'm taking digestive enzymes and much more than I feel like I should have to. I used to take one digestive enzyme in the evening and I would go to the bathroom in the morning which was perfect. The last couple days I've been a little dizzy and constipated. I feel like it's from this medication but I'm going to stay on it for at least a month just to make sure. I have heard online and my doctor also followed protocol that you take half as much levothyroxine when you start t3. My doctor said the t3 is what's probably helping me be motivated which has been great! But I am having some hair loss, and some tightness in my lower abdomen and some constipation. Of course it's important to look at the whole picture and I am 54 going through perimenopause and I'm supposed to be getting my cycle right now, it's only the third cycle I have ever missed and not in a row, so... Just trying to figure this stuff out
Magnificent explanation. Thanks doc. I don't think there is HARDLY enough light being shined on fillers and binders in medication. I've had lots of experience with generics and name brands and switching generics and I feel that medicine needs to list all fillers dyes and binders on a label just like there are nutritional content labels on a food. I am confident medication adherence as well as positive affects will increase for way more people with various conditions.
You are so right about this. Also pharmacists need to be held responsible for switching meds to whatever the high pressure salesmen tell them!
Thank you so much !!! I know there is something wrong with my thyroid medication past couple of years I have felt like crap and nobody can tell me why the more I listen to you I feel like you’re talking about me Lol I’m hopping to wake up my Dr. And head them in the right direction for sure they will know I’ve been doing my research. I am certainly going to tell him about you. Dr Child’s
Are you freaking serious? Why I have none of my doctors in the last 14 years told me this? why have they made me feel like I'm a hypochondriac when I'm telling them all of the symptoms that I am experiencing? It's not fair. It's not ethical!! I have been suffering for so long. My body is not what I'd used to be and I'm taking about natural aging. I'm only 46 y/o! I had a thyroidectomy at 29 years old with 10 of golf balls.
The American health system has ruined my life and my vibrance. 😭
Thank you doctor now at least I know why more than a decade of my life has been ruined.
Thank you! My thyroid was completely removed due to CA. It wasn’t an aggressive CA but I was scared and mine was full of nodules and didn’t work anyway because many years ago I took the radioactive pill to stop the storm. However after it was removed I’ve felt like garbage every single day.
I don't have mine.And i don't feel well either
Sorry to hear that. Have you considered seeing traditional medics, like Chinese or Arab/North African/ Morrocqn/Pak/Indian specialists (not necessarily qualified in Western medicine) who deal with natural herbs? Also using Hiit training ot weven weights to balance up other hormones, that have a synergistic / protective edge?
Me too. Taking it out don't stop I'll feeling
@@Freedom4PalestineEndZioNazismI had mine removed too. Thank you for your help 🐱
Thyroidium does help. eBay has it.
It’s crazy I have all the signs of hypothyroidism but my doctor thinks I am in the normal range.
I’ve always been able to train and drop weight, x boxer, now I can’t drop any weight and I gave constipation, dry skin, etc.
On 50 mcgs of liothyronine and 75 mcgs of levo.
Watching you from India. And yes I forgot to tell you that after taking 125mcg of levothyroxine, my tsh usually comes around 0.5 to 1.5.
Hello Doctor, I removed my thyroid gland 3 years ago because of cancer, and the doctor prescribed me a dose of 150. I continued on it for a while, then I started increasing the dose without my doctor’s instructions. I continued in this way for two years. During this period, the blood test showed activity, and I am currently ignoring it. I went to a doctor who ordered me to reduce the dose. To 150 because I was using 175, and after 6 weeks I felt tired and gained weight. I went to the doctor. Surprisingly, he continued with activity, and he told me to reduce it to 137, despite my feeling very tired, but the blood test showed something else. 0.007.
Wow! Some useful info.
Hypothyroidism from birth. Taking levo, and 'levels are good", but often SUPER tired (intermittently sleeping 12hrs straight).
I'll get levels checked, and find out about getting additional T3
Been taking carbimazole for overactive thyroid for 3 weeks
Feel absolutely terrible and anxiety levels have tripled.
I've had to stop over the weekend before i can see the doctor.
I just can't physically stand the reaction im having to the drug.
I've been taking carbimizole for 1 month too. I have no anxiety but my stomach is very bloated. How are you now?
I have had fibromyalgia for decades & never really noticed any hypothyroid symptoms. I almost died from potassium depletion & was told I was hypothyroid in the hospital & placed on 25mcg levothyroxine. Within 6-8 weeks I developed what turned out to be Hashimotos symptoms (I had to Google them to find out): horribly itching & flaking skin on face & scalp, LOTS of hair falling out, paper thin/tearing nails. I stopped the Synthroid & those symptoms stopped. Damn rehab doctor wouldn't listen & said I HAD to take it. He never ran any full thyroid panels, etc. I was still too out of it to insist, figuring I would deal with it at home. Year & a half later, been home a year with no improvement, housebound, lost my insurance.
Thank you Dr Childs.
I am on T3 conversion booster now for few days and IF and I will see how it goes.
Thank you again for your content
Welcome!
Jaki to jest wzmaczniacz t3? Byłabym wdzięczna gdyż nie rozumiem dobrze angielskiego.Tlumacze tylko komentarze.❤
Tx for an excellent, clear, informative and concise presentation.
Welcome!
Dr started me on 25 then 50 and im still exhausted and have heart flutters
I am really struggling with my thyroid balance. I discovered my compounded T3/T4 was causing major anxiety and increased hair loss. I went off of all medications for a few months so that we could establish my baseline hormone levels. My hair looks amazing and the anxiety is much improved, but I am exhausted and have a hard time getting out of bed. Labs this week showed My body is producing extremely low levels of T3 and T4 (I have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's). Now my doctor wants to put me on levothyroxine because she says my body was not responding well to the T3 I was taking. I'm really nervous. I do have some food intolerances including gluten and dairy. I'm not sure what to do.
Was the hair loss temporary? I had temporary shedding on t3 only treatment. After about 6 months, it grew back in very thick, as I naturally have thick hair.
Have you ever heard of someone becoming hypersensitive to thyroid medication? My drs are struggling to find a dose and medication that I can tolerate
This is happening to me. Even ndt. Do you have this problem?
Same thing, I took the lowest dosage of Synthroid did, 1/4 the pill 2x a week and after 3 months I started having my horrible side effect and had to get off of it. All my endocrinologist has no idea what to do with me and even at the Mayo Clinic they are completely stumped on me. I haven’t taken medication for the past 2 years because nothing is working and makes me literally go insane.
I've stood it for 3 weeks but it's just too much to carry on taking it.
I've gone from doing ok to a basket case.
I take Tirosint for 2 years. Low dose 25 mcg. Then i had hartpalpitations during this 2 years. I read to less or to much meds can cause this. I put 13 mcg more on top of 25. Half year later in my bloodtest it didnt do anything !!!! It was the same as last time, but a fraction worse... so recent an extra 13. Total 51 mcg. Feel headace most of the days. I noticed my weight increased!! My eating still the same 2x a day. My stomach was already like pregnant, now even worse !!!
No palpitations yet. I will later reduce meds again to see if weight decreases.
In past i used levothyroxine teva 75 mcg. Stomach blows up, burbing a lot every morning. Got rash, breathing problems. I stopped radical within 2 wk all side effects were gone !!! I felt myself again, me happy. But after 3 months my thyoroid hormons got bad again. Thats why i got Tirosint. Every time if i have a specialist they put me back to house docter after say 5 months, even when i am not in balance still!!
Now i ask an mriscan for my gallblatter and liver. In past before thyoroid i had once an attack gallstone? Since the thyoroidproblem. I read conversion t3 to t4 you need bile! I wonder if my liver can make bile enough or that there is a blockage in tubes?
I've an elevated TSH of 13.16 (test done a week ago) with a normal T4 (I'm hypothyroid since 2013). I was put on 150 mcg of Levothyroxine for 2 years now, still TSH is elevated at 13 >. For the past few months, started experiencing episodes of tachycardia (thought might be due to high dose of levothyroxine, so had thyroid profile done with elevated TSH at 13.16). So just recently reduced the dose to 75 mcg, but still currently experiencing Tachycardia (my 24 hour Holter, BP and Treadmill are completely normal). I am 42 years old. I completely feel different with these palpitations, feel like I am going to die, shaky body, palms being cold, dizzy)
ok so what should you do when number 3 is affecting you? I actually feel worse on the small dose than before when I didn´t take anything at all. (my hormones were never that low so don´t need a high dose anyway...and now feel so much worse on the medication! In that case. should you stop the medication or increase? Thank you for your explanation, nobody has ever explained that to me before!
my tsh is 7 and my t4 and t3 are low so they put me on 25mcg of levo to start and it was great the first days and then all the hypo symptoms came back...
My RT3 was high at 31, so my provider prescribed Cytomel. I’m so scared to take it! 😱
I’m taking Levi and Tirosint. I felt good only the first 3 days. Now I crash after 3 hours
My doctor would not give me T3. I ordered it myself from Mexico. Cheaper as well. Been on it a month with graduation of dose.
Greetings dr. Childs, should I take T3 once in the morning on an empty stomach or multiple(2-3) times per day divided in smaller doses? I highly appreciate your content, God bless you.
I don't think multi dosing is necessary for most people but it may benefit you personally.
@@drwestinchilds Thank you sir for the answer. How long does T3 stay in the system after ingestion? I don't believe it's only 3-4 hours...
I read all this and think my heads going to explode.. i feel like crap since being on the meds. What do i tell the Dr. And what do i not? Im depressed, have anxiety, tired, body aches, no ambition. All i felt before was that at 57 im just getting older. Im about ready to just go back to my one a day vitamin. Never took meds before and now this is just going to lead to a full pill box...
I have undergone total thyroidectomy five years ago for suffering from papilary carcinoma of thyroid gland and I have been taking Levothyroxine 125 dosage since then and my T3 and T4 levels are always in normal range when I get my labs checked which means my body is sufficiently converting the T4 to T3 . But my problem is that I am always feeling energy lessness and particularly my morning time when I wake up is extremely hard for me for I always feel like I have headache while I sleep and my mind isn't relaxed even after night long sleep. Few days ago a gastroenterologist, advised that I should start a morning walk and that will boost my energy. But surprisingly what happened that after just twelve days I felt extremly fatigued and my muscles didn't support my body for exercises. I was taking a 45 minute walk and running in combination. Today after a gap of a weeks time I started my morning walk again. Kindly suggest how to remain energetic as it hampers my work performance.
That sounds like a lot of exercise to start out with. Over exerting maybe
Try a natural thyroid med
Thank you this makes sense. I have been on thyroid for a few years now and my numbers are right according to the doctor but I am so exhausted I can't function more than about three hours a day without sleeping. My doctor didn't want to do another test and since it is an HMO they only want to test once a year. I'm stuck feeling this way without a solution. I wonder if there is a doctor in my area who knows the things you have taught, that I can go and see.
I am the same as you! I can't fo more than about 3 hours before I crash and yet I HAVE to work! I'm a caregiver for a 74 year old woman who is in far worse shape than me at least in some respects. I'm 62
and feel so depleted and desperate. I just happened upon this utube video.
I have ADHD and anxiety disorder- when I started levothyroxine I was miserable both sensory-wise and anxiety-wise. My doctor kindly referred me to an endocrinologist (over a 4 month wait, but I appreciate it!)
@sonnetquinn5398~~Hi there~~I'm just like you in a way~~I 'm in my 60's and I have bad anxiety/panic disorder ADD since I was a child~~I have fought through my anxieties for years!!Very exhausting buy yo gotta do what you gotta do~~Worked hard and had many jobs till I got settled in retail management full with benefits and made goof money~~But everything I did including going to night school for other things~~Always had more than one job~~But I never felt good~~Then in my 50's I started losing weight and my friends kept asking me if I was anorexic~~I was working 3 jobs at the time and eating fast food all the time~~I should have gained weight from all the junk I ate~~lol~~I ignored what they said and just laughed cause I love food and always ate~~But I only ate junk food cause I didn't have a family anymore~~My son left for California after college and my husband and I were separated at the time~~I always cooked great and healthy food when we were all together~~Then one day I put on a pair of jeans and they fell off my butt~~I really never noticed I had lost so much weight~~Went to the Dr's and he had me take a ton of bloodwork which included thyroid bloodwork as well~~Told me I had thyroid problems and put me on medication for it~~After a while taking the medication I felt even more horrible and gained so much weight I had to buy new clothes and started eating better~~To this day I feel like crap all the time~~Started taking apple cider vinegar (The Mother) and tumeric and fresh lemon and made a cocktail from them and drank it twice a day~~I lost weight and started feeling better and my Dr. was surprised that my blood work for everything was perfect~~I told him what I had been doing and he didn't say anything~~I just told him that he should tell all his patients to do what I did and eat right~~I went to an endocrinologist and he was of no help and wanted to put me on more medicine~~People are getting sicker today because of all the bad medications and severe side effects~~As the old saying goes you are what you eat~~I learned the hard way~~Best of luck to you and take care and stay safe~~😃😃😃
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Hi Dr Childs, would you please explain about dry eyes, feeling sooo tired and numb skin after Total Thyroidectomy and taking levothyroxin. Love your videos. Thank you.
Hard to say what is causing it but I would focus first on optimizing your thyroid function to see if that fixes the issue: www.restartmed.com/normal-thyroid-levels/
I felt better when I stop taking it for few months weight I gained on started dropping off . Doctors say got take it
You may be able to get off of it: th-cam.com/video/fWQy12y-iNg/w-d-xo.html
Good information. Than you for the informative video.
I take levothyroxine and often feel light headed and pressure on my eyes. Could you recommend an endocrinologist in the Maryland area. When I don’t take the meds for a few days i immediately feel normal.
Same thing here. How is your blood pressure?mine goes skyhigh on both Synthyroid and Levothyroxine, even on the lowest dose. But I can’t get my dr to believe this is the cause.
My doctor refuses to change my thyroid to anything else. But that's okay for now. I am putting my Hashimoto's into remission and I am getting off thyroid medication.
But i thought the liver takes the T4 and converts it….i actually don’t make T3…..i make RT3…..am i totally wrong…..
I feel like crap on t4 only. Tried different dosages. Totally unfunctional. I take all the vitamins I actually need, changed my diet and so on. I will ask for t3 or combination. Otherwise won't take the t4 anymore I think and search for other ways like natural thyroid medication. Too hard to handle this state I'm in.
I've had a complete thyroidectomy about 40 years ago. I'm taking Nutri-Meds Desiccated Bovine thyroid because I live out of country and I am in a third world country situation. I'm 60 years old, female and I'm having to self medicate. If you're feeling benevolent, I sure could use some guidance. My BP is about 90/65 at all times. I DO NOT have the luxury of medical assistance. I'm trying to figure out the dose or what online NDT that I am able to procure. Thank you so much.
Thank you Dr Childs! I have started NDT and feeling discomfort in my thyroid. I am afraid my antibodies are increasing, as I have seen people who’s TPO antibodies went from 2000 to over 9000 while on NDT ( made by compounded by pharmacy with no allergens/fillers). I understand that this is a kind of reaction by the body that detects the animal thyroid tissue in the blood and mounts a powerful response?
I’m baffled that the range is like 1-5 and I’m ALWAYS at a 5-10, generally a 5.6 and they insist on 25mcg and EVERY time I feel worse. I’m only 120 pds and the doctor keeps saying I’m hypo thyroid and my antibodies were tested once and she said it was so high which guarantees I’m hashimotos and wants to do no more testing on antibodies because she said it always stays the same… I was hoping that synthroid would help but within 2 days felt more sick and within a week I quit.
Mine was .02
Hello, I've been suffering from hypothyroidism for 25 some years and medicated with Synthroid during that time. Situation stable and otherwise feeling good. I recently moved abroad, and the pharmacist made an error in levethyroxin prescription: in short, I've been taking 125 mcg instead of my usual 175 mcg for the past 8 months. Realized something was wrong because of the hypothyroidism symptoms and ultimately my ths going up to 12.5. so the pharmacist, admitting the error on his part (and mine to the extent that levethyroxin is not color coded as Synthroid is), he increased the dosage to my usual 175 mcg. That was 15 days ago and I'm now experiencing bad (and common) symptoms of hypothyroidism. Should I just wait for another few weeks and could this just be the result of a sudden sharp (50mcg) increase in T4?
just to clarify that underdosing on T3 only medications (without taking T4) can also cause suppression of thyroid gland? because in the video you seem to only talk about t4 only meds that cause suppression of thyroid gland. im taking 10mcg T3 daily without any T4 and i feel worse than prior taking any thyroid meds so im wondering if that is the reason.
Hey. I’m taking 15mcg of t3 only and yes I do feel slightly better than when I was taking t4 only or taking t4/t3 combination but I think the dose needs to be way higher, for us t3 only folk we need a dose of like 50-80mcg to feel 100% possibly more possibly less. I reckon it does course suppression with a low dose.
Thank you so very very much this makes total sense I was just put back on thyroid medication at 25 MCG and my previous position had me at 100 NCG so I'm assuming that I am on too low of a dose. Thank you
Is there a natural way to produce t3?? Or do you need to a balance of t4@80% and t3@20%? What I'm getting the video I need more t3?? Levothyroxine makes me feel awful and I just stop taking but then it my thyroid get too high I my cholesterol gets high so theres another pill. Wish there was a natural tablet to take I guess I'm getting at, tnk you
I just started taking Thyroid medication. I feel extremely tired and dehydrated. Is this normal?
I'm taking levothyroxine. The lowest dose.
Im taking levothyroxine t4 100 i started 3 days i feel the same very tired
My tsh is getting worse (more hypo) with the more levothyroxine I take. Doesn’t rly make sense I’m at 8 now. Started 50mcg then went to 75mcg then to 100mcg and now the doc wants 125mcg. Do I keep going up even tho I am becoming more hypo?? I get that if the dosage is too low still and my natural production is turned off then I could be getting worse. However it seems silly that at this point I need a lot more JUST to bring me back to where I was before levothyroxine(somewhere around 5tsh now I am 8) Thankyou!
I keep getting an itchy feeling on my feet it sometimes wakes me up from sleep. Also get welts around my arms and legs. I am only on 50 MCG of Levothyroxine. Would I need a cleaner version of this pill or need to bump up sooner than expected
Total thyroidectomy 2019 after graves thyrotoxicosis, put on T4 which contained lactose (I'm lactose intolerant and have colitis gp knew this🤷♀️ but I was unaware the T4 contained lactose had bad bowle /stomach problems headaches, with bad absorbtion problem not converting T4 to T3.
I eventually realised the tablets contained lactose (gp was sceptical, he said its such a small dose it couldn't possibly be causing any effects, as I told him.. If I only took one thyroid tablet containing lactose it would probably never effect me... But I'm taking 3 tablets per day split so the lactose builds up🤦♀️) he eventually got me on another T4 lactose free teva brand that was worse, I couldn't believe it🤦♀️ but I found that contained mannitol a filler😠 gp left me on this saying the effects would lessen.. They didn't and again my absorbtion was awful my T3 being 1.5 at one point.. OK my story continues until I eventually get on T3 only... Which you've guessed it.. Contained Lactose🤦♀️... Gp what the hell are you doing to me!!! I immediately knew this time and I was annoyed with my gp and ask for a lactose free one... I again get teva brand which contains the mannitol.
So now I've tried... Tablets T3, T4 liquid T4.. And now Roma T3 AND still i have bad bowles and stomach problems, after taking the t3 on an empty stomach as instructed nothing for one hour after ingestion of thyroid medication.. I have server acid burn with stomach pain, bad headaches, then after 1 to 1 and a half hours I have breakfast which then comes right through me with bad cramps and pain this as been happening since my thyroidectomy in 2019.
My meds have been tweaked and changed so many times by my endo and gp with no change in side effects I'm just about done.. And I know it's the meds as I did a little experiment.. I came of the T4 to see if the side effects would go.. They did!! went back on, they came back 😔 I've done this with the t3 also with the same results.
I honestly felt so much better being off the meds than on them, but I know I can't do this indefinitely as I have no thyroid 😢😢😢 I'm not getting much help from my gp or endo, just told to get on with it😠
They're are bunch of quacks, they believe in their pills so much!, closed minded professionals.
So are you saying that thyroxine shuts down down the thyroid gland at any dose, even small!? Surely it would be progressive for those starting small and cautious with subclinical. Or is there, as you say a risk in that of actually reducing T4 and possibly T3!?. Not a warning i have seen anywhere else ...
What if you are on 75mcg Tirosint and 10mcg liothyronine. And your T4 levels are in the lower end of normal 1.0, T3 levels are very low 1.7 and TSH is normal-low 1.5? Is this a case of needing to increase the medication dosage or is it that the medication may be too high and is suppressing thyroid levels further given that TSH is not high at all? I'm hoping you could read this comment and give some general guidance as to what might help, I recently bought some of your products and I'm hoping for the best. My Doctor, thankfully, is very open minded and is willing to collaborate and try new things. Thank you🙏
Well a TSH of 1.5 is no where near low so that isn't an issue :) You don't need to worry about a TSH until it's muuuuuch lower.
Hello doc please I'm hyper and I'm taking cabimazole and propranolol 40
I think the propranolol is not good for me because I feel tightness of chest anytime I take it and sometimes my heart feels heavy and I feel the same heaviness in my right leg and throat.. please what do you think i should do regarding my beta blockers and food's to eat
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm lactose intolerent. I've never known to take a lactase pill with my thyroid pill.
Ditto. We learn something new every day. Worst part is that my doctor knows that I'm lactose intolerant and he never informed me of this.
Thank you so much Dr Childs 🫶🫶🙏❤️
Thank you for a great explanation….
Hi Dr :) ! Iam from France. I have very low levels of T4, T3, T3 reverse and cortisol in my 24h urine. In my case, can i use Cytomel for exemple ? Thank you so much !
At some point could you address complete thyroidectomy and how the numbers affect differently if they do? Thank you
That’s what I want to see him talk about!
I have tons of info on that topic :) Please see these articles:
www.restartmed.com/thyroidectomy/
www.restartmed.com/thyroidectomy-5-things-every-patient-without-a-thyroid-should-know/
www.restartmed.com/should-thyroidectomy-rai-patients-take-thyroid-supplements/
www.restartmed.com/weight-loss-thyroidectomy/
www.restartmed.com/levothyroxine-thyroidectomy-patients/
@@drwestinchilds Thank you, i have lots to read up on!
Or maybe it’s because your thyroid medication gave you cancer, thin bones, heart problems etc…
Great comment! Why do so many people ignore the negative side effects of big pharma 💊 💰
@@PaperclipProphetsI don’t trust any doc anymore. I research and doctor myself. I won’t put up with this nonsense of medicine system.
I was on Levothoroxine 88 mcg on Monday Wednesday and Friday and 75 on all other days not feeling good, now he added 88mcg on Saturdays too, so now I’m on 88 mcg 4x a week and 75 on all other days my head feels weird and and more lightheaded. Is it too much or too little meds
so well explained i feel like crap on eltroxin .can i just stop taking it .
Since I started syntroid, I have migraines... Should I try levotheroxin or another meds?
I'm so sick whether I take thyroid meds or not. Always anxiety shaky. I've been on level synthryoid and now np thyroid. Lowest dose possible. If I take ot everyday I'm to nervous I skip it 3 days than I get muscle spasms and feel sick. No help
Do you still feel shaky?
Hello, so i have a friend who has hyperthyroidism and she feels tired a lot through out the day, and she is taking prescribed medication, and instead of feeling better she feels like it’s worse or not helping at all, so from seen this video i kinda feel like maybe she is overloaded on T4 and maybe she has to like balance between T3 and T4 because she is so tired she has to get hoke from work and had to rest because she is to tired and she is a secretary
This is a disguised infomercial. LOL
No idea why you say 25mcg is not normally prescribed and does not cause problems. My doctor did start me on 25mcg and I feel awful. Your info is not my experience.
I'm struggling with extreme fatigue. Am currently taking 125mg of brand name synthroid and 10mg of liothyronine. The doctor just adjusted my synthroid dose yesterday to 112 mcg. I can barely function on a daily basis now. I can't imagine taking a lower dosage from 125 to 112 along with the same 10 mg of liothyronine will improve my energy. If anything I would think it will make it worse. I have tried others such as compounded formulas that absolutely did nothing for me as well as NP thyroid which also didn't work. The one that did actually work that I took years ago was nature thyroid but hasn't been available for a very long time. Any advice will be appreciated 🙏
Best TH-cam information in the world I wish you could be my doctor .
It feels chalky inside the body , awful 😢
I am dairy intolerant but have a brand of levo with lactose. I am not having recognizable symptoms of a lactose intolerance since cutting out dairy.
How important is it to switch to a lactose free levo? I ask because it has taken me seven months to just get my GP to even increase my levo for the first time. Not sure my GP can handle two battles... Been sort of thinking fighting to keep getting increases until my levels are right and I feel better is more important.
Should us thyroid victims see a regular dr or another type of dr? I see regular dr and she does the blood test and my thyroid numbers are always normal but I’m still tired.
I’ve Hashimoto’s and though my labs are “normal”, I never feel well. When I was off medications and tried a very low carb diet, I managed to lose weight and didn’t feel as exhausted as I felt on meds. I’ve been reading about l tyrosine and read conflicting arguments. What are your thoughts on replacing levothyroxine with l tyrosine?
This is my case as well. I was put on Armour Thyroid and I have had the worse flare ever.. Do you know if I can just stop taking it and try to control it with diet?
My hands and legs burning after taking it the heart is bit quicker and feeling bad and weak as I am not taking any medicine.
Please explain more about the solution for number 1. How combining 2 medication t3 and t4 is happen?
What happens when you had your thyroid removed and taking LEVO
So i take 300mcg a day 5 days a week then 600 mcg on the weekends. They cant seem to figure me out, i feel awful all the time.
I feel fine and take no medication at age 76. and never want to take any meds. Presently being treated with an imunotherpy drug for skin cancer which has been sucessful. Before treatment they take blood sample. After my 6th dose they tell me I need to take synthroid because my numbers are low. They are tsh 0.72 and free t4 0.68. I feel fine and am very active with swimming and power walking. I don't want to take it . Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you for your video.
Excellent.thank you for great illustration...Age 60+ , I am taking levothyroxine 25 since 3 years when tsh 9 and hasimoto confirmed . Before taking medicine, I was feeling quite fine then .My tsh soon returned to normal range but bp management was very different.Recently I decided to to get active and started hiit exercise and nutrition al supplements like ALA , MAG GLY , CREATINE , and TAURINE . My hasimoto is healed and tsh is bit out of range (5+) .I was introduced with 50 mg levothyroxine . After one month my bp went haywire , and after dropping to 25 mg seems to be better. All t3 t4 and tsh are in normal range. Anti tpo is 0.5 .... what do you suggest?
What was your antiTPO result before taking nutritions sir?
@@tukeerchohan About 50...
Tried all the thyroid medicine for hypo years ago ended up in a really bad thyroid storm I couldn't take any of them I was having allergic reactions so we tried nature throid which I was given too high of dose I was put in the hospital and a thyroid storm heart problems in there for 3 weeks my endocrinologist said no more thyroid medicine for me to take D3 instead
Forgotten a lot past 3 months to take the D3 and now I'm having all kinds of strange symptoms with my skin my face blistering my thyroid levels being low are really a mess and my cholesterol is extremely high my new family doctor wants me to try levothyroxine but I am also allergic to just about everything can't take most medicines even you know I'm feeling really really bad rashes on my neck my face I had things come up on one of my legs and I had to take is this from myosin which I'm allergic to so I've been popping Benadryl like crazy can't seem to clear up my skin what else can I do I do not want to go into another thyroid storm either feeling really really bad
My 16yo daughter was diagnosed with grave’s disease. Very low TSH, high FT4, high T3 and thyroglobulins. Goiter present with eye protrusion. Was prescribed Methimazole and developed edema, excessive hives; they had to give her EpiPen in ER among other things.The doctor wants to proceed to a low dose radioactive iodine. I’m very on the fence… shouldn’t I?
What wind up happening? I hope she’s doing fine
I have a bad reaction on levothiroxine . It's a inflammation in my joints. Especially in shoulder. I take right now only T3. Is it approved?
Thank you for this information! I have hashimotos and my TSH is 1.2 and my T4 is 0.9 my T3 is 1.0 and I'm on 75mcg levothyroxin and 5mcg cytomel and I feel horrible! I had to practically beg my endocrinologist to run T4/T3 labs and to get the cytomel. She only had me on levothyroxin and I could hardly function. Now with the small dose cytomel I'm no better. They said they only treat the TSH level. My last endo had me on a t3/t4 compound and I felt amazing but he isn't in network with my new insurance and he is very expensive. I don't know what to do.
I would say you need to determine if the cost is worth the quality of life. Saving some money may not be worth it if it means you can't enjoy your life. You will have to determine if the cost is worth it for you personally!
Hey Amy, how are you now? I am also hypothyroid and feeling awful. Did you switch medication?
Cytomel is the worst. It lowered my free t3
Hi thank you for your content, but does this apply to patients that had there thyroid removed .
Im dizzy daily since i started hypo meds
Is palpebral part of the eyelid -swelling normal in hypothyroidism? I went off of levothyroxine and my face stopped swelling. My doc put me back on it and now my eyes and face are swelling again.
Please talk about those that have a complete THYROIDECTOMY!
Please see this video: th-cam.com/video/H_BSbif465I/w-d-xo.html
Well I don't have a thyroid.I wish I could be helped .But traditional medicine doesn't work.
after 3 weeks on 500mg lt4 levo i was raised to 75mg after 3 weeks i had blood test and dr said i was normall but i am having irregular pulse hbp diarea confusion depresion crying all day anger abd loud titinious in my head feeling that i am hyperthyroiid and as if i am going grazy also tight chest and both my hands are so sore tat i canot move them feeling really bad but i am suppose to have normall test i never felt worse in y life .
Hey question. I just transitioned off Armour thyroid 2 grains to Tirosint /liothiroine last week. Dose they gave me was 75/50 mcg T4/t3 per day. Is that somewhat enough or should the T4 be higher. I’m feeling up and down since the switch.
I'm on 137 mcg an am on a waiting list to see a doctor for November my hair falls out everytime I wash it I'm not getting the proper care I have just recently started the aip diet going on 30days I'm proud of myself but yet am still feeling fatigue 8 have the hashimotos what would you recommend I am on synthrod
I would consider supplementing for your adrenals with adaptogens or glandulars: www.restartmed.com/adrenal-fatigue-supplements/
Thank you Doc
Please I'm on carbimazole for a month and my situation is worst what should I do? Please help
How are you now?
What if I started NDT and my TPO antibodies went up about 200 points then I switched to Levo. and they went up another 300 points. Is that normal that starting taking hormones would make both my antibodies go up?
Hi maybe you can help me out I need to find a doctor like you in Fort Lauderdale for my wife she's having all these symptoms and I wanted to get her vitamin deficiency fix
Please see this info: www.restartmed.com/how-to-find-a-doctor-to-treat-your-thyroid/
I don’t have a gallbladder and I have hypothyroidism, plus Type one Diabetic. My doctor has me on Armor every other day 90mg and every other day on 60mg armor. He is stating my Tsh s off still and he keep lowering doses but I am getting more and more tired and gaining weight.. any suggestions? I’ve always been at a really low weight which was nice but now 20 lbs higher since he has been Messi g with my thyroid ..
I would start with a complete thyroid lab panel: www.restartmed.com/normal-thyroid-levels/
My doctor prescribed cytomel 5mcg but it gave me anxiety. Which number does that fall into?
Not sure what you mean by number.
@@drwestinchilds referring to your examples 1,2 or 3. 😊
Is matcha tea good for hypothyroidism.? Plz what other herbal tea u recommend for hypothyrodism or total thyroidectomy
It contains caffeine which I generally recommend avoiding: www.restartmed.com/thyroid-foods-to-avoid/
@@drwestinchilds thanks doctor
Mine was: untreated IR.