FINALLY.............
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FINALLY.............
| Fri, 09-08-2006 - 1:17pm |
I finally got a doctor who listened to me!!!! I had to keep making and cancelling appointments until I got the Dr. I wanted....a woman Dr. who I had seen before for something else. I also went in equipped with pages and pages of research and data. She took one look at my TSH and quickly scanned my papers and said without question, she would put me on a low dose of synthroid to begin with. I cried in her office!!! Finally, I can begin to get back to myself- hopefully! Can anyone give me a realistic idea of what to expect over the next few weeks? Thanks!!!! Stephanie

Hi Stephanie,
What a relief for you to finally get in to see that doctor.
Stephanie,
Good luck! I hope it helps. When I first started taking synthroid for an underactive thryoid I felt very sick and tired for the first month. Once my body adjusted to the hormone I did just great. My skin and hair wasn't so dry and I started to actually loose weight!
The doctor told me to take it in the morning on an empty stomach. It made me so sleepy in the begining that I started taking it at night instead. After I got use to it I switched back to the morning.
Good luck!
Yusra
Hi,
Any t4 meds (like synthroid, levoxyl) take about 4 weeks or so to build in your system.