Had a bit of panic 3 days ago....
Have got in the habit of always taking my 100mcg thyroxine when I wake up (I keep them next to my bed); followed by my Pred when I get downstairs
On this particular day I took my throxine as normal .... got up and went downstairs and got out Pills to take (pred should be 2 x 5mg and 2x 1mg = 12mg) knocked them back with a drink of water. Then noticed I had on the counter - spare open thyroxine ; and open pred packets - quite frankly I did not know which pills I had popped out or what I had taken - dose right or completely wrong??
If wrong it was a total of 300mcg thyroxine (i had already taken 100mcg on waking) and only 2mg of pred instead of 12mg?
Felt really worried so phoned my Dr - hoping to speak to him; the receptionist suggested I speak to the pharmacist. He reassured me saying it shouldn't be too dangerous for one day.........to look out for hot sweats;racing heart or pains and to say don't hesitate to contact Dr if feeling ill or experiencing these symptoms later. (These side effects were possibilities of a thyroxine overdose)
I did ask him if I should make myself sick and he said not to.
I took 2mg extra Pred as I felt worried about a lack of this all day and was scared about the possible drop from my normal 12 to 2mg. (I knew I had taken at least 2mg of Pred)
Tried to forget about it ..... did feel peculiar, out of sorts all day; tired and not very well; but at the same time jittery - but no really worrying symptoms as outlined above which would warrant medical help.
Yesterday and today - not feeling quite right; have a few pains; actually felt faint and ill yesterday am - had to sit down; today- tired and listless; hoping I will feel normal again tomorrow.
Has anyone else done a similar thing before? I was doing well up until making this stupid mistake
Lessons to be learnt
-Put all my pred into a daily dose dispenser and keep the spare thyroxine out of the way (They are in a box and foil strip exactly the same size as pred)
-Pay full attention at pill time!!