Good Day to you all, i have been suffering violent daily headaches in the forehead from morning til night. I have had them for about 6 weeks now. They seem worse in the morning. Today I have had to take paracetamol as they are making me feel awful.
Please any advice greatly appreciated..
I am taking Levothyroxine 100mcg Daily
Liothyronine 20mcg daily.
Thankyou
Kind regards
Bubba 😘
Headaches can be a side effect of Levo. Can you pin point if they started with a change in anything, maybe with your Levo - brand, dose, etc., your T3, any supplements, etc.
If not then I'd discuss this with your GP
Hi Seaside Susie, Yes my Endo has again changed my meds from:
Levo T4 - 75mcg to 100mcg
Lio T3 - 30 mcg to 20mcg
Thank you 🤨
Hi bubbatetley
From your post I gather you're not keen on taking painkillers. Nor am I but I know it's hard when you have constant pain. I find Forehead invaluable. It's a balm that you apply all over the forehead and it really does work. I first discovered this type of balm when I was pregnant and particularly wanted to avoid taking painkillers. It's available from Boots and other chemists.
Obviously, you do need to find out what is causing the headaches. In the meantime though I hope this is helpful.
Best wishes
Caroline
I am not medically qualified but you could be sensitive to the fillers/binders in your dose. I assume you take both hormones at the same time?
If you do, I'd take one antihistamine tablet one hour before you take levothyroxine and wait a few hours to see if you get a headache. You could take T3 later on in the afternoon .
The following a.m. I'd take one antihistamine one hour before liothyronine and wait and see if you still getting a headache. Then take your levo dose.
Hopefully the antihistamine can resolve if it is levo or lio that is the culprit and then you could try another manufacturer's T4 or T3.
Hi Shaws, I hope you are ok.. I take my Levo and Lio at different times.. didnt know you need to take them together or at the same time ?
I am now taking
Levo 100mcg I split it and take it 2 X day
Lio 20mcg I split it and take it 2 X day
Can you advise please
😘😘
Sinus problems? Here's a picture of where the sinuses are :
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If they match up with where your pain is then do some research on what your options are. I don't know anything about the sinuses, so can't suggest anything sensible.
I don't split any dose. I am aware that some do.
With T3, liothyronine, which I take when I get up with one glass of water
You can take levo/lio together if you wish.
The purpose of T3is it has to saturate all of our T3 receptor cells and that one dose lasts between one to three days.
T4 is an inactive hormone and has to to T3.
I shall give you a link by an expert in the treatment of hypothyroidism who would never prescribe levo at all. He only prescribed NDT or T3 alone for those who were 'resistant to thyroid hormones'. He was also an Adviser to TUK before he died through an accident.
naturalthyroidsolutions.com/q%26a
This is an excerpt from the above link:
"ONE OF THE WORST DISASTERS in the history of medicine is theendocrinology specialty’s modern guidelines for diagnosing andtreating patients whose bodies are under-regulated by thyroidhormone. These guidelines and the beliefs they’re based on have caused a worldwide public health crisis. It involves the chronic illness of scores of millions of people and the premature deaths of incalculable numbers more. Each year, billions of dollars are spent for drugs intended to control patients’ chronic symptoms; the drugs are largely ineffective and often induce adverse effects in the patients. Researchers who fail to recognize that the cause of the patients’ symptoms is under-regulation by thyroid hormone do studies looking for other causes. Since they are blinded to the real culprit, their fruitless efforts squander billions of research dollars.We learned of this public health disaster through our study of fibromyalgia patients. Our research taught us the main underlyingcause of most of the patients’ fibromyalgia symptoms: under-regu-lation of their bodies by thyroid hormone.
Reading Previous post suggests you have had 10mcg reduction in T3
Is that correct
Levothyroxine increased by 25mcg to 100mcg and T3 reduced by 10mcg to 20mcg
That’s a dramatic drop in T3
Did headaches start after reduced T3?
Yes I went from 30 mcg to 20mcg, and Levothyroxine from 75mcg to 100mcg, as prescribed by the Endo, as she cannot get me symptom free.. And yes thinking about it, that's when my headaches started.. I am going to see Endo on Monday week..
Any advice please Slow Dragon
Thank you.
I too have these hideous forehead pains for 2 weeks now and they come and go more come then go.
I’m on 100mg synthyroid and 10mg cytomel
High blood pressure can cause continuous headache, might be worth getting it checked.
Thank you..🎀🎀
I had a horrible forehead headache when I tried Tiromel. I persisted with it but had to go back to Cytomel as the headache was so bad. I’m fine on Cytomel.
Thankyou . 🌺🌺
hi Bubba, I'm a bit late to the conversation, but would love to know if you've managed to pinpoint or alleviate your headaches as I'm on more or less the same dose of t4 (75-100) and T3 (10-20)and have similar headaches which is helped by paracetamol but not cured (& doesn't seem a healthy or optimal solution). I hadn't related the headaches to my medication but it seems possible. I also get incredibly dehydrated, regardless of how much water i drink.
Anyway, hope you're feeling better by now and would love to hear from you if you feel like reporting back. Thank you!
Hi Vivo, I hope you're okish and the headaches have lifted.. I had a brain scan and all ok there, which is reassuring, but still getting them, Apparently it is a side effect of the medication that we take... But I have been doing steam inhalation with Olbas oil every day, and the headaches are not as bad... Also I think it could be sinus headaches as they are in my forehead and having them daily.... Went to my GP, and she has given me a nasal spray to help with the nasal congestion, which is helping.... Maybe you should try the steam inhalation it does help....
Take care
Kind regards
Bubba🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
Also I too am always thirsty and drink lots of water, which is good for us.
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