Losing weight without tablets

[belfast123]

Hi guys so was taking my 150mg as usual come of as was sick for 4 day's started taking them again and getting really breathless so came of them for 1 week and it stopped and in that week I had lost 5pound can anyone explain why this could happen

[puncturedbicycle]

Levo alone made me very bloated. My guess is that you may be retaining fluid. But if you were ill already maybe you just went into sick mode and stopped eating and drinking as much as usual, or became a bit dehydrated.

[faith63]

you are not doing well on levo and do better off of it..

[belfast123]

Just ate the same so think I'll stay of them

[Hidden]

Just stopping is dangerous, you will become ill. I would reduce dose back to 100 and get bloods done again in 6 weeks. You could try NDT which maybe better for you. Read what Grey Goose said on your previous posts. Have you had any recent bloods done and vitamins checked and results you can post?

[jamesal0]

You hit the Levo wall - not sure what causes it but people seem to go fine for years on the stuff and then as in my case, my Doc pushed me to take more to get my TSH numbers down. After a month I too started getting sick, head aches, tingles in the feet, shooting pains randomly through the body, dry eyes, shortness of breath, pain in the left armpit glands and chest wall glands, brain fog. Gave up of that doctor after several unproductive visits and only being offered other drugs to counter the effects of Levo. Self lowered my dose to 25/50ugm from 150 per day, felt 100% better but began failing blood tests. Started reading forums like this one, discovered NDT, then a pharmacy that would dispense it and through them a doctor prepared to prescribe. Took me a couple of goes to transfer to NDT and I still can't take the recommended dose 2-2.5 grains but I'm now only failing my blood tests by a little. I suspect I became T4 intolerant by overdosing on Levo. NDT is 4:1 T4:T3 so I'm still pooling excess T4 in my body which gives me all the same side effects Levo gave me. But I am surviving with only a few side effects on NDT. The biggest being I cant take my 1-1.5 grains per day in one dose, I've hadto mix it into a water bottle and sip it all day/night. If a take .5grains in one lump I get light headed and often an uneven head ache. Second issue my Temp swings from 34.7 to 37.1 Deg C depending on how much NDT i got into me in the last hour. I just did my 3 month blood tests today so I see doc next week. He has agreed to trial me on synthetic T3. I guess we'll see how that goes.

James

[jacrjacr]

that is very interesting

[belfast123]

I know really weird