Overmedicated on Levothyroxine

[Loe12]

I've been overmedicated from 50mg to 75 for 5 months and started having hyper symptoms. Has anyone gone through this? I have felt sick, anxiety and heart palpitations for two months. Dr just took me off meds last week. Feel a bit better but worried I caused long term damage. I'm scared.

[tattybogle]

Hi , if a dose leads to overmedication , it is usual to reduce the dose ,

it is not usual to stop completely.

Did doctor say why they were stopping it rather than just reduce dose back to 50mcg ?

did they do a blood test before stopping it , if so can you let us have a look at the results ~ it will help us understand what is going on.

[Loe12 in reply to tattybogle]

I went to emergency about 3 weeks ago and the er doctor prescribed me my regular 50 mg but I didn't improve by the time I saw my dr last Thursday. So she said to get off meds until my blood work came back and sent me to get an ekg. I have telephone appointment at 3 today for results on some of my blood work. I am nervous.

[Loe12 in reply to tattybogle]

I'll share my results with you, when I get them thank you.

[greygoose]

Do you have Hashi's?

[Loe12 in reply to greygoose]

No I don't have Hashi. Thank you for responding. I really need support. I'm a wreck.

[TiggerMe]

Those symptoms are also caused by to little a dose and perhaps you actually needed an increase.... what do the bloods show?

[Loe12 in reply to TiggerMe]

I get my results in about 2 hours.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

75mcg is a low dose

Hypothyroid symptoms can include palpitations, anxiety

Bloods should have been checked BEFORE any dose change in Levo

TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 plus vitamin D, folate, B12 and ferritin

Testing early morning and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

As you have now stopped Levo completely ensure you retest thyroid and vitamin levels after 6-8 weeks