Levothyroxine and supplements

[Bumbo]

I take 100mg levothyroxine every morning and I also take a bucketful of supplements (as ttc with ivf). Are there any supplements I should avoid taking close to levothyroxine? I take:

Pregnacare multivitamin

200mcg selenium

1000 mcg folate

600 mg ubiquinol

75 mg DHEA

1000IU vitamin D (but sometimes up to 3000IU)

Thanks in advance

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Bumbo

From your list, Vit D should be taken 4 hours away from Levo. D3 should be taken with the fattiest meal of the day. There are also important cofactors needed when taking D3 - magnesium and Vit K2-mk7 vitamindcouncil.org/about-v...

Everything else 2 hours away.

[Jazzw]

You might find it easiest to take your levothyroxine before bed to keep it well away from everything else.

[shaws Administrator]

I always leave a good gap between thyroid hormones and vitamins/minerals. I take vits/minerals at lunchtime as most have to be taken with food.

[LAHs in reply to shaws]

That's a good idea, I am going to start doing that - vitamins at lunchtime! I have always taken my vits with my breakfast like on autopilot. It's going to be lunchtime from now on.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

If TTC your TSH needs to be under 2.

B12 or Vitamin B complex may be needed too

B12 is important for baby's development

Do you have Hashimoto's?

If so are you on strictly gluten free diet? Or tried it

[Bumbo in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you slowdragon! I do have Hashimotos and this was eventually diagnosed as I wad having problems ttc. My TSH is now well below 2 and has been since I went on levothyroxine in 2015, at times it's been suppressed but I have refused to have my levo reduced (except for once which was a disaster) as my endo asked for my T4 to be above 17 and it's always around 17 on 100mg.

As soon as I found out I have Hashimotos in 2015 I went strictly gluten free.

I used to take a B vitamin complex and I stopped taking this for a reason which I now cannot remember! Will look into this again.

Thank you so much for all your advice!

[shaws Administrator in reply to Bumbo]

You are right to refuse a reduction. Why do they give suppressed doses to people who've had thyroid cancer. I doubt they develop heart disease.