Will this nightmare ever end!! And I appreciate so much that I can come here for support! If I ever get my act together I hope to reciprocate!! Posted previously that I had been on Nature Throid 1.5 grains for 2 years but due to recall doctor switched me to 100mg Synthroid.
Just before the switch my labs were:
TSH
1.790
0.450 uIU/mL-4.500 uIU/mL
T4,Free(Direct)
0.78
0.82 ng/dL- 1.77 ng/dL
(T3), Free Triiodothyronine (T3), Free
2.4
2.0 pg/mL-4.4 pg/m
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I tried the Synthroid for 7 days and felt absolutely non functional...edgy, short of breath, spacey, just awful. So she tried Tirosint 50 mg and that was just as bad! Stopped taking it after 5 days. She retested my levels at this time after 12 days of only t4 and here is where I was:
TSH
3.290
0.450 uIU/mL-4.500 uIU/mL
T4,Free(Direct)
1.21
0.82 ng/dL-1.77 ng/dL
Triiodothyronine (T3), Free
1.9
2.0-4.4
I gave my body a 6 day break where I could see alittle bit of overall improvement and then decided to take Nature throid 1.5 again since I have extra. I figured it’s the dose I had been on for so long!
I was hopeful!!! I felt alittle better day by day but at day 11 of being back on my 1.5 grain dose, I started to have some slight chest pressure and shortness of breath that sent me to ER. I was checked for heart attack and blood clot and sent home reassuring me heart is fine, but the symptoms have not let up. I have been having the tight feeling in my chest more and more, heart palps, severe shortness of breath, anxiety, and just overall ill feeling. What could this be? My numbers were never high enough to be over medicated on the dose I went back to for over two years could they? Am I just all screwed up now from the switch of NDT to t4 back to NDT? I just don’t know what to do and I am barely functioning as a human. I am so mad that I ever let this doctor talk me into t4 only. Any advice or input would be so appreciated!
Sincerely,
Heather