Symptoms and how they improve

[Jump1]

So I have recently increased my levo dosage to 75 from 50. The immediate improvement I have noticed is that the fluid retention/thickened skin in my arms and hands has reduced greatly. But is still there sometimes just not as bad as it was before.

A question I want to ask though is, when you increased your dosage and got to your optimal levels, did your symptoms reverse slowly one at a time in the order that they appear d with you to begin with or did you not notice?

Hair loss is the very first symptom that made go to drs. No improvement with my hair yet I'm wondering if the symptoms improve slowly....or what the experience of others have been on the road to improvement and their symptoms.

[humanbean]

did your symptoms reverse slowly one at a time in the order that they appear d with you to begin with

Not in my case. One of my very first symptoms was plantar fasciitis, a common problem with hypothyroidism. It gets mentioned quite often on the forum.

It was one of my first symptoms to go away.

[teenarocks in reply to humanbean]

I had an episode with hair loss and it gradually reversed when my TSH was lower in the range. Remember, it takes time for hair to grow back and fill in. My other symptoms slowly went away, some more quickly than others. Hang in there. Things will get better.

[Jump1 in reply to teenarocks]

Thanks.....your hair loss did your strands get thinner? And was it just from your head?...I've hair loss.everywhere thinner and slower growing now as well as it shedding a lot. Still trying to figure out the cause, trying to be very patient.