... yrs. A couple of years ago my menopause symptoms went out of whack and my thyroid levels increased dramatically causing anxiety and all kinds of havoc. Synthroid was lowered and eventually everything settled in place at .88mcg 5 times a day and .78mcg 2 days a week. ... (0 replies)

... Thanks for your reply! Hopefully the testing will tell her more and she can adjust the dose if needed. I sure hope I continue to improve. After the day I have had, there is no doubt it's the meds. I have done more today than I have in months! I have energy and my aches are way less than normal. I hope they can get yours figured out and you can find some good days too! (9 replies)

... Just wondering if adding Cytomel to Synthroid helped anyone with weight loss after a total thyroidectomy. ... (0 replies)

... While some say it takes weeks to feel a change, I strongly disagree! Within a couple of days of a Synthroid increase, I start feeling better. It helps a great deal with body aches, fatigue, etc. ... (9 replies)

... I'm new to this after a Thyroidectomy. The pros on here could help you more but I felt amazing after the first dose of my synthroid, so I believe it! Just being level is the real test. Trial and error. (9 replies)

... When I was first diagnosed, Synthroid was prescribed for me. It never did agree with me. Even in the lowest therapeutic dose, I quickly became hyper, with suppressed TSH and high FTs. ... (3 replies)

... er began obstructing my airway, I had a total thyroidectomy. The surgery wasn't bad, but trying to get my meds regulated is absolute hell! I started on 100mcg of Synthroid the day after surgery. ... (0 replies)

... er began obstructing my airway, I had a total thyroidectomy. The surgery wasn't bad, but trying to get my meds regulated is absolute hell! I started on 100mcg of Synthroid the day after surgery. ... (3 replies)

... I've never heard anywhere that thyroidectomy patients shouldn't take a branded levoT. You should take what works best for you. ... (6 replies)

... hoping for help. I recently had a complete Thyroidectomy after papillary thyroid cancer was discovered. The surgeon immediately put me on 137 mcg levothyroxine. ... (6 replies)

... I'm so glad I found this thread. I'm currently on Levoxyl, 150mcg, had a complete thyroidectomy in 2010 due to thyroid cancer, but the last 2 months, I have been feeling terrible! ... (18 replies)

... My pharmacy told me it was back ordered. So I started making some phone calls. When calling Pfizer they coldly told me to go to Levoxyl . com. They wont be making them until 2014. They were smelly. My thyroid levels were off the chart about 4 months ago. Just this week I have been feeling more normal. No more heart palipitations, anexiety or feeling like I was having a... (18 replies)

... I had a thyroidectomy in 2004. I had goiters, cysts, and a tumor entangles in my esophagus and thyroid. They checked for cancer, I was cancer free. ... (3 replies)

... hello! I am 10 days post thyroidectomy now, and am feeling OK but have been having some weirder issues that my doctor isn't quite sure exaclty what's up with me. ... (2 replies)

... and have been on medication for my entire life. Back in 2011, I had a sub total thyroidectomy due to a very large goiter that my endocrinologist was concerned about. ... (1 replies)

... ars are it messing with my voice and not being able to sing anymore and the possibility of weight gain while adjusting my meds. My endo is starting me on 100 mcg synthroid the day after surgery. I think he based my starting dose on my height and weight. I am 5'2" and weigh 122lbs does this sound like a good starting dose? ... (5 replies)

... After my thyroidectomy, my endo insisted on synthroid and I had a hard time finding a thyroid doc that would look at me and how I was doing rather than my TSH. I found one through word of mouth in Nyack, NY. ... (48 replies)

... Hi y'all, I apologize in advance because I am certain this topic is covered elsewhere and that this won't make much sense. However, I'm currently too tired to look very hard...or to try to make sense! I had subtotal thyroidectomy three weeks ago due to a baseball-sized nodule (among other nodules). Relieved that the surgery went great and that the nodules were benign! ... (2 replies)

... More than a dozen years ago Naturopath helped me get onto first Symplex F, then AOR's T-100 which I am currently taking. Had thyroidectomy (Hashimoto's) in 1970. (48 replies)

... has her thyroid still. After days of I could barely maintain my own existence I increased my dose to 120mg and now I feel better. It took about 9 days to get the synthroid out of my body. The doctor told me about a week. ... (0 replies)