Only recently been diagnosed but think i.m reacting to meds.

[antonia26]

Hi i.ve recently been diagnosed with hypothyroid and put on 50 levo to start off with but i.ve noticed my pins and needles in my hands feet and sometimes my legs are getting worse . Worse when sitting also headaches are getting worse feels like a dull ache but heavy on your shoulders and kind of top half of head in a cloud . I know it sounds stupid but hard to explain also been suffering vertigo when lying down its like an out of body experiance but feels sick not so much spinning but disoriented anyone else had this.

[antonia26]

Any advice will do my feet are driving me crazy walking about now and the pins and needles are just driving me mad constant tingling in them underneath towards my toes and my ankle area aswell also my hands over the backs of them

[lucylocks in reply to antonia26]

Hi

How long have you been on the levo. I had pins and needles in my feet and they eased when I increased to 75mcg of levo.

Also have you had your vitamin B12 checked as if low or deficient this can give you the same symptoms you are describing. Your also need to get iron, ferritin, folate and Vit D tested as people with hypothyroid can be low in these. Ferritin needs to be over 80, and the rest in the top third of the range to make your thyroid meds. work properly.

browny

[antonia26 in reply to lucylocks]

Hi only been on it 2wks but the last few days its been getting worse also feel really tired more than usual. Not had any of them tests done either just antibodies reason being i was put on levo as they was very high but routine thyroid test in normal range, bloods due in 6 wks. Seems to be spreading into my arms and shoulders.god i hope it goes find it hard to see to my baby .

[lucylocks in reply to antonia26]

Hi

I generally feel worse for a few days a couple of weeks after increasing my dose of levo, I think its your system getting adjusted to the meds. Maybe this is what is happening to you. Also it takes around 6 weeks for the dose to peak in your body so it is early yet to feel any benefit.

I have recently read you can be B12 deficient after having a baby so I would ask G.P. to test for this along with the others I mentioned.

Hope this helps.

[antonia26 in reply to lucylocks]

Thanks will go and see my doctor on monday.

[Yana]

I felt exactly the same with almost identical symptoms. You can feel worse before you get better and i agree with browny it will take 6 weeks before you will see an improvement. The pins and needles can be caused from vitamin B12 deficiency. It was the pins and needles that sent me to the doctors in the first place when I was first diagnosed with Hypothyroidism.

My pins and needles went away when on optimal medication and with the addition of vitamin B12. When I forget to take the B12 for any length of time the pins and needles return.

[antonia26 in reply to Yana]

Ok thanks i.ve been taking multi vitamins but past few days been hit and miss with them also don.t think they are anywhere near the dose i need to take . But what ever happens doctors monday its driving me crazy had trouble sleeping last night its like little electric shocks going through me. Did u also suffer any vertigo when lying down at all after starting your medication and headaches its a different kind of headache u normally have its like it throbs but also feels like its all foggy its hard to explain.

[Yana in reply to antonia26]

Yes I did suffer from vertigo and brain fog, but all have disappeared now. I've recently gone gluten free and this has helped especially with the brain fog. Gluten issues are something you could look in to as this is related to Hypothyroidism.

[Tracyparker]

Yes I have the same very weird head not vertigo but like I'm unstable and need to hold on to something and feels like I'm going. 2 faint I feel worse than I did b4 I was diagnosed 4 months ago