Hi
After been on levothyroxine and not feeling much improvement from it I decided to try NDT. and to be honest I have not found it a lot better.
I have been taking W.P. Thyroid for four months now and have increased slowly but then had to decrease a couple of time as I got a spaced out feeling.
I rose to 2 grains W.P. Thyroid ten days ago after been on 1 3/4 grains for ten days.
Last week I felt O.K ish but yesterday evening began to feel an itchy tingly feeling on my arms and chest and head, I also felt generally achey and my legs felt heavy.
During the night I woke up with the same itchy tingly feeling but just around my pubic bone area. I then suddenly felt a severe heat sensation throughout my entire body. It felt as if every part of my body was on fire. At first I thought it maybe a temperature, thinking I may have a bug because of feeling achy, but it was a different sensation to a temperature
The feeling on the pubic bone was very similar to what I sometimes use to get when my period was due, but the heat sensation I have never had it like this before.
I felt on fire from head to toe, it lasted what seemed ages but I suppose it was a few minutes, then I must have fallen asleep.
Yesterday I went to empty my bowels twice and was quite loose and I have been a little loose this morning, I also feel very nauseous and down in the dumps.
I have just looked back in my diary and I had a really down day after raising from 1 1/2 to
1 3/4 grains, after nine days, so nearly the same time frame.
I took my temperature just before lunch and it was 97.1, it has been around 36.4 previously.
I did not take my NDT this morning thinking I may be taking too much, but then decided to take just 1/2 grain before lunch. The itching and pricking has now come on a little again.
I have a had a family argument over the weekend which has upset me very much and my husband thinks this has caused my symptoms, but I do not think this would have caused the severe heated feeling. I do not know if it as a virus/bug or am I in fact overmedicated, and I am not sure what to do about my NDT dose.
Two months ago I had bloods taken and posted this below with the results.
When I had been on 1 1/2 grains of NDT for three weeks then reduced to 1 1/4 grains for a week (reduced because of spaced out feeling)
I had bloods done and NHS results were,
TSH 2.8 range 0.35 - 4.7
T4 7.4 range 7.8 - 21
T3 5.3 range 3.8 - 6.0
Ferritin 103 range 15 - 300
Vitamin D 78.5 range 75 - 100
Obviously my levels will be different now, but when I posted last time a member said my T3 looked worrying, did they mean possibly Reverse T3.
I am going to order tests including RT3. Would it be O.K. to do them now as I have only been taking 2 grains for ten days, plus I reduced my dose today.
I go on holiday on Saturday and I do not know whether to stay on 2 grains or reduce my dose whilst waiting for results.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thank you