A few days ago I switched from Levothyroxine 112mcg to Tirosint 112mcg. The good news is my energy came back, I felt better mentally, brain fog was gone, and was happier and was able to perform better at work. The bad news is it made me feel a little disoriented, and gave me a warm feeling sensation in my chest down through my arms. I had a tightness in my chest and it felt so uncomfortable. It got worse every day and stopped it after 3 days. Yesterday was the 3rd day on it and it felt like I was going to have a heart attack.
Anyone else have experience with Tirosint? I loved that I started to feel like me again but the side effects were rough.
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I felt more awareness of my chest when I was lying down & still, I'd say for less than a week after starting this medication. My sense was that my heart was making a adjustment to it, but this change was not enough to make me feel alarmed chest wise.
Yes (chest) awareness went away within a week. I take Tirosint first thing in the morning after waking up. Good to hear your symptoms have improved. These thyroid medications definitely need tweaking. Everything is said to come out in the wash. Let's hope so!
From what I've read, you should always start Tirosint at half your regular dose because it is pure and contains no fillers or binders, so therefore, it is going to be stronger at smaller doses.
Oh wow. Thank you for that. I really felt amazing on it (besides the side affects). I believe I’m reacting to fillers in my current Levothyroxine pill.
I have since stopped it due to the side affects unfortunately. I am currently on 125mcg Levothyroxine. That’s working although my anxiety levels are up with it.
I use deep breathing as well as an herbal supplement called ltheanine. I have started working out again which is helpful. Yoga helps too. Spending time with family and friends helps me a lot. In regards to the Synthroid, I have tried that one which didn’t work unfortunately. I’m not a doctor, but you may want try it another day or so, or switch the time of day you take it to see if symptoms start to improve. I have found that taking my meds at night is best for myself.
If you were not absorbing your previous levothyroxine product well, switching to Tirosint could result in a significant does increase.
Imagine you were on 100 micrograms of levothyroxine and absorbing 75% - that would be an effective dose of 75 micrograms. Switch to the same dose of Tirosint and you might absorb 90% - or 90 micrograms. That would be about a 20 percent increase!
Possibly half that increase would be helping you to feel better. But the other half might be too much for you.
(Obviously, if your absorption had been better, the difference would be less. And if it had been worse, it would be greater.)
This is just meant to illustrate what could happen. It isn't meant to be a complete description of what you are experiencing.
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