Skin colour change

[Angelic69]

Hello community, after being on my initial levo dose 25mcg I noticed that my complexion changed colour from being quite fresh faced as they call it to pale in comparison. Does levo lower temp?? Anyone else experienced this problem. How can I get my complexion back.

[greygoose]

Have you had your ferritin tested?

Levo should raise your temperature, not lower it. Perhaps you are under-medicated. Do you have your lab results?

[Angelic69 in reply to greygoose]

Yes labs showed that was in range but low end. Unless I'm going crazy the longer, stronger dose iI take of this levo the more I match with symptoms of disease. I totally convinced that in my case this medication has given me thypo. Well the label does say for hypothyroidism.

[greygoose in reply to Angelic69]

Low end of the range is not good enough. Are you supplementing it? You want it up around 100.

Levo cannot 'give you hypo'. It is thyroid hormone, T4, and is intended to replace the hormone you are lacking. But you have to take enough of it to get well. How much are you taking? What are your thyroid hormone levels, now?

[Angelic69 in reply to greygoose]

My body had enough free thyroxine in blood it was the tsh which was high. Now its low I feel like crap. I think my body needs more but can not tolerate synthetic hormones. I am taking iron and magnesium too.

[greygoose in reply to Angelic69]

Well, I hope you're not taking them together! Or with your levo!

If your TSH was high, then you were hypo. You may have had enough thyroxine in your blood, but what was your FT3 like?

Could you post the results from when you were diagnosed? Because this sounds a little bit weird.

[Angelic69 in reply to greygoose]

Won't be till Tuesday because surgery closed now.

[greygoose in reply to Angelic69]

OK