Fed up

[Godday]

I’ve been taking both North Star and aristo tablets my levels r slightly high i take 100 mg a day I have mixed a drip of each by mistake alternatively but been reall I’ll for 4 week in bed hedaches fatigue dizzy clammy acheing muscles moody crying just fed up any help off anyone

[humanbean]

Why are you taking two different brands?

You could be reacting to the fillers in one or both but you wouldn't know which one you coped with best. Another thing to be aware of is that what it says on the box isn't necessarily the manufacturer. For example, North Star could be one of two different makers, depending on dose - and neither of those makers is North Star itself.

North Star is actually made by either Teva or Accord.

You should find this article by helvella (one of the admins of the forum) to be useful :

dropbox.com/s/6h3h0qi4eqwi6...

[Lora7again]

100mcg is not a very high dose and you might need an increase of 25mcg. humanbean is right about mixing different brands and you should stick to one that suits you.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

How long have you been on 100mcg levothyroxine

Which brand of levothyroxine do you normally take?

Always get same brand of levothyroxine once you find one that suits you

Not a good idea to mix brands.

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies

Do you have Hashimoto’s

Ask GP to test vitamin levels

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)

Is this how you do your tests?

Feeling fed up is common hypothyroid symptom. Ask GP to test thyroid levels

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin

medichecks.com/products/thy...

Medichecks often have special offers, if order on Thursdays

Thriva Thyroid plus vitamins

thriva.co/tests/thyroid-test

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes vitamins

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

Come back with new post once you get results

[Godday]

I’ve had blood tests everything as come back clear to vitamins b12 anemia etc but my thyroxine was slightly high but doctor hasn’t altered my doasage just said do another blood test in 4 weeks but nothing as floored me this bad befor it’s been over a month and it’s the first day I have got out of bed thank you for reply’s x