Hello All,
I was not feeling very well on 200mcg of Levo so I took things in my own hands and went for T3 and NDT (Thyrogold). Thyrogold didn’t help much because I was on thyroid medication already and a high dose at that. I ended up taking so much more of it than the recommended dose that I supplemented with T3. Immediately I felt better so for a few months I took 2 Thyrogold capsules (300mg) and 25 mcg T3.
Then I began to feel sluggishness and fatigue , getting palpitations, hot flushes, body pains, and general symptoms listed under being overmedicated, so I went and took some blood tests and what I discovered was surprising.
I was under medicated. In fact, I was the most under medicated than ever before in the history of my thyroid journey.
So, I increased to 50mcg of T3, left the Thyrogold out and have been doing so for about 3 weeks now.
The point is as follows: Symptoms of being overmedicated can be quite similar to being undermedicated indeed. The only symptom that wasn’t similar is that I was gaining weight, not losing it. In fact, that made me suspect that I was under.
Of course, my vitamins are also a hot mess so I am also fixing that too.