Headaches

[Gillybabe48]

I always seem to get headaches after an hour of taking my morning dose of levothyroxine. Does anyone have the same?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Headaches are listed as a side effect of Levo.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Looking at previous posts you had dose reduced ?

Headache is hypothyroid symptom

Do you always get same brand of levothyroxine?

Different brands affect people and are frequently not interchangeable

You could try either

Taking levothyroxine at night...many find it more effective too

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Or splitting the dose, taking half in morning and half at night

When were vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 last tested.

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking?

These frequently drop if dose levothyroxine is reduced.

[Gillybabe48 in reply to SlowDragon]

Wouldn't that mess with my sleep. I do suffer with poor sleep taking it at night I mean. During pandemic shortages of my usual brand and given Teva instead. Usually mercury Pharma and actavis and wockhart.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Gillybabe48]

There is no shortage of Actavis (Accord is new brand name for this). I had my prescription filled on Tuesday with no problem.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Gillybabe48]

Many people find it improves sleep by taking levothyroxine at bedtime (same applies to T3)

It’s often low Ft3 and/or low vitamin D that causes poor sleep

Teva causes severe upset for many people

Teva contains mannitol as a filler, which seems to be possible cause of problems. Teva is the only brand that makes 75mcg tablet. So if avoiding Teva for 75mcg dose ask for 25mcg to add to 50mcg or just extra 50mcg tablets to cut in half

Teva and Aristo are the only lactose free tablets

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Teva poll

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