Hashimotos and HRT advice wanted.

[cat_alli]

Hi, I would love some advice on Hashimotos & Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). I’ve got Hashimotos and take my 100mcg levothyroxine when I go to bed, it suits me by far to take it at night. I’m post-menopausal but for a number of reasons am just starting HRT. The oestrogen will be through a patch but the progesterone will be by a capsule which I also need to take at night as it apparently might make me feel a bit dizzy. Can anyone advise me about this, whether the progesterone will interfere with the thyroxine, or the absorption of the thyroxine, in any way? Many thanks.

[greygoose]

Yes, it will. You shouldn't take anything with your thyroxine, and all supplements/medication should be at least 2 hours away from your thyroxine. Can you change to taking it in the morning? That would be better, a safe distance away from your progesterone.