Discomfort/Pain in Thyroid are?

[Rhsana]

Hi all,

I have recently introduced levo back in - switching from 50mg T3 to 150mg T4 & 25 T3. This has caused me to become very symptomatic again and has brought with it a new issue. I seem to have developed a large sack of mucin under my chin and around my neck and jaw line. As well as a discomfort/pain in the thyroid area, it sometimes hurts to swallow and feels almost like its strained? I have always had a bit of a double chin but nothing like in the picture. Granted I have put on about 10 kilos in the 8 weeks I have been back on Levo. Has anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts/comments very welcome! Rxx

[Lalatoot]

I get a painful thyroid area and voice that disappears when I am undermedicated. Your body will have taken quite a shock with the meds change and will need time to settle.

[Rhsana in reply to Lalatoot]

Hi Lalatoot, and thank you for your reply. Yes it certainly feels that way. Have you the same lump of fat under your Chin as well? Rxx

[Lalatoot in reply to Rhsana]

No lump of fat but it often feels harder and slightly larger. Mine depends on how undermedicated I am and sometimes goes for a day or two.

[Rhsana in reply to Lalatoot]

Ok, i think I may try and get some blood tests and see whats going on. Though symptoms would suggest am not properly medicated

[Lalatoot in reply to Rhsana]

Your body will need time to adjust to the big change in meds and I think you will need to have a period of adjusting and blood testing until you get optimal. All the best.

[Rhsana in reply to Lalatoot]

Thank you, in your experience, how long does it take to adjust? I appreciate this will be different for different people xx

[greygoose]

Did you do that all in one go? Why did you want to go back to levo? There must have been a reason why you were on T3 only.

[Rhsana in reply to greygoose]

Yep all in one go- to be honest I easily tolerated 100mg of T3 all in one go. Went down to 50 when I was pregnant and as I felt ok thought I would stick to it. Then started feeling unwell again(think I have other hormone issues as well) so instead of upping T3 thought I would try a t4/T3 combo as I am finding it hard to source the T3 and doctors/endos will only support me on levo

[Rhsana in reply to greygoose]

oh sorry just reread your message! with the Levo I was prescribed 50mg for 6 weeks then the next prescription was 150mg. I took the 50 then upped to 100 after 6 weeks and now am on my 1st week of 150 plus 25 T3

[greygoose in reply to Rhsana]

Even so, those are huge increases. And, without labs to back them up?

[Rhsana in reply to greygoose]

They did labs after the 50 and then increased to 150. Yeah I thought it was a leap so tried to do 100 then 150. Gonna get some private labs done this week as they don’t want to see me until December

[greygoose in reply to Rhsana]

Be careful. They obviously have no idea what they're doing!

[Rhsana in reply to greygoose]

Yes am looking for a private endo 🙄