Does anyone feel better after they taken the right thyroid dosage?

[Ocean_19]

So I just got my blood results back and they needed to increase my dosage. This is the third day I’m on it and I’m wondering if anyone feels better as soon as they are on the medication. Do the depressed/sadness symptoms go away permanently?

[pennyannie]

Hello Ocean :

You will only know if you are on the right dose of T4 when your symptoms are reduced and you feel better for taking the medication.

What have you been diagnosed with and do you have the blood test results and ranges at diagnosis and can share them with us ?

If you have just started T4 it's likely you'll not be immediately on the right dose and it is generally monitored and dose adjusted by 25mcg increments every 6-8 weeks until you do feel better for taking the thyroid hormone.

There are numerous brands of T4 - maybe this particular brand doesn't agree with you :

No thyroid hormone replacement works effectively until your vitamins and minerals are optimal so it's also necessary to also monitor ferritin, folate, B12 and vitamin D .

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Looking at previous post, you were only on 25mcg levothyroxine

Are you now increased up to 50mcg levothyroxine

50mcg is the standard starter dose levothyroxine

Bloods should be retested 6-8 weeks after each dose change or brand change in levothyroxine

Likely to need further increases in levothyroxine over coming months

guidelines on levothyroxine is to increase the dose slowly upwards in 25mcg steps until on approx 1.6mcg levothyroxine per kilo of your weight

Unless very petite, that’s likely to be at least 100mcg per day

How much do you weigh in kilo approx?

Important to regularly retest vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

These are frequently very low when we are hypothyroid, due to low stomach acid, results in poor nutrient absorption and low vitamin levels

Request doctor tests vitamins ……and thyroid antibodies if you haven’t had these tested yet

ALWAYS test thyroid levels as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

This gives highest TSH so you can get next dose increase in levothyroxine

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Suggest you read the opening reply by humanbean in this post

Great explanation of why dose is increased slowly upwards over several months

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...