Mood swings

[wiganer66]

Hi all.

Stoppped my thyroxine about 4 weeks ago 175mg as thought it was not helping.

Now im always short tempered, angry or frustrated, mood swings and both mentally and physicaly tired.

I am also experiencing severe weight gain as im craving sweets and carbs.

Generally not feeling too brill

[Hidden]

Are you taking any thyroid medication?

[wiganer66 in reply to Hidden]

Was taking levo 175mg but stopped it

[Hidden in reply to wiganer66]

I don't think you should have done that. Who is managing your thyroid? Have you had any blood tests done recently? Did you mention to your GP or Endo that you weren't feeling good?

[Marz]

Do you have Hashimotos ? Where are your recent blood tests and results for your thyroid ? Maybe you are not converting the T4 into the Active T3. How are your levels of Ferritin - Folate - B12 - Iron - VitD ??? All need to be OPTIMAL in their various ranges.

Stopping your T4 is not a good idea - cutting it down maybe - but not stopping altogether. Sorry lots of questions - but then there are many roads we have to travel to sort the thyroid....

[wiganer66]

Hi Marz,

I have not had any bloods done for a while but they were "NORMAL" when done, I still felt tired and moods swings even when taking them, but recently seem worse.

I am not sure of the actual breakdown of the readings but was told things were normal in everything.

I was on 175mg levoroxin?

[Marz]

Yes I read you were on 175 of T4. You need to obtain copies of all your results with ranges so people can assist more

As we know - normal is an opinion - not a result !!