Migraines on levo

[Janetwhitt]

Would love to hear from anyone who has suffered severe migraines which seem to be made worse when levo is increased? And have you got any help?

Thanks

Janet

[startagaingirl]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Your question is very specific and chances are not many people could relate to it. I am not exactly the same, but I did suffer from migraines for many years, apparently triggered by a car crash that injured muscles in my spine. They started within a few days of that. Over the years they transitioned from pain only to pain with aura, to aura only and finally visual disturbance only but combined with vertigo. Anyway, the good news is that since being diagnosed with hypothyroid, realising I am intolerant of gluten, dairy and soy after removing them from my diet for a few months and now on optimal medication and almost optimal nutrients, I haven't seen hide nor hair of a migraine for many months.

With hindsight I believe I have been hypothyroid since before the migraines started so is there a connection? is it a co-incidence? I have no proof of either, but I am quite happy with no more migraines.

I can't say that yours will also go away, but if you aren't at optimum stage yet there is still a chance they might. Why don'y you put up a new post (this one is well down list now) with a copy of all your blood results that you can get from TSH, ft4, ft3, folate, ferritin, bit d, vit b12, TpoAb, TgAb. Ask your GP's receptionist for these, you are entitled to them by law. The members here know much more about thyroid than the majority of doctors and should be able to help you improve.

Gillian