Sudden drop in blood pressure

[fuchsia-pink]

So I am happy with my meds - 50 mcg levo and 20 mcg lio every day and good blood results BUT twice in the last six weeks, and most recently last night, I have had a sudden and severe drop in blood pressure

Both times around 10pm, sat on a sofa watching tv on a computer, after a normal day. I'm pretty fit (the lio is magic!) and did my usual 5-mile coastal walk in the morning.

The first blood pressure reading failed - the next was 48/35 with a pulse of 41. Later readings rose to 53/39 and 45 then 72/48 and 51.

I freaked a bit and called 111 and after answering no to all their questions (not lying in a pool of blood, no stroke symptoms plus a load more) they are referring me to the GP.

Is there a connection between well-managed thyroid meds and a severe sudden drop in blood pressure? (it's always on the low side - 100/60 is usual)

[Tythrop]

I am.not a doctor and I know nothing about BP except that I've just got a script fir Roma T3 ,( Liothyronine) and it elevated my BP and anxiety levels .Have you changed your tablet- type?

Have you gone from lio capsules to tablets?

If , as I am begining to suspect, the rate of absorbtion has a metabolic effect, ..and if the capsules are absorbed more quickly than tablets ( see my previous post) , maybe you went from.caps to tabs and thereby slowed the release rate ? Thus BP drop?

Also what did you eat? If the tablet are absorbed in the stomach ,( I think they are) then maybe what's in the stomach has an effect

I know you should take lio on empty stomach

Finally having read your bio my curiosity was piqued when you wrote ".....not a good idea.... " when you were taking two 20mcg lio a day .What happened ? was it BP and anxiety ?

All the best

[fuchsia-pink in reply to Tythrop]

Hi Tythrop

No, no change in type of meds or brands. Both tablets taken around 7am, so plenty of time to absorb them by 10pm. Had had a bit of quiche and salad and some cherries a good three hours earlier.

Never had problems with anxiety or high blood pressure (it's always been low but never THIS low!). The problem I had with taking two tablets of lio when first prescribed (not introducing it slowly) was that it was tough halving it suddenly in one go when the endo realised he'd over-prescribed, until I got used to the lower dose - and it has left me with little patches of impetigo (permanently) on the tops of my fingers below the nails and a couple of little patches on my face (which are more noticeable in the summer when the rest of me goes brown) but aren't painful or anything

[Tythrop in reply to fuchsia-pink]

Could the BP thing be due to a non- thyroid thing ? Thanks fir other info

[revitalise]

Hi fuschia-pink

I take 100mcg and 75mcg of Teva Levothyroxine on alternate days. I have never had any issues with my BP and I do have it checked regularly.