New to Synthroid. How long to tell if it helps, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you taking it for, OP? That m atters.

Exactly how many reasons are there to take synthriod?

Right. thyroid issues. That's why it's called SynTHROID. The eyeball roller has been busy today and just posts contrarian and argumentative worthless things which detract from the thread. FWIW, my mom and sister have been on Synthroid for decades. They didn't notice a difference like a PP noted. It shows in the bloodwork

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never noticed any difference at all. My blood work is different but I feel exactly the same.

Same here. I was never having symptoms to begin with. I got tested because of a strong family history, and I went on Synthroid about five years ago. No noticeable difference.

[Anonymous]

I have high normal TSH but very low free T3 and free T4. My dr is starting me on a low dose of Synthroid. We’ll see.

[Anonymous]

I've been on synthroid for 6 years (hypothyroid) and don't feel it helps much, if at all. I have asked my doctor about cytomel and testing my t3 and t4 along with tsh. She won't test for t3 and t4 as long as my tsh is within the higher normal numbers. I'm also in menopause, so it's easy for my doctors to say that's why I still have all the hypothyroid symptoms. I'm pretty depressed about it all.

In 2017 I was very sick with hyperthyroid for a few months, before it hit bottom and then became hypothyroid. Endo called it thyroiditis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been on synthroid for 6 years (hypothyroid) and don't feel it helps much, if at all. I have asked my doctor about cytomel and testing my t3 and t4 along with tsh. She won't test for t3 and t4 as long as my tsh is within the higher normal numbers. I'm also in menopause, so it's easy for my doctors to say that's why I still have all the hypothyroid symptoms. I'm pretty depressed about it all.

In 2017 I was very sick with hyperthyroid for a few months, before it hit bottom and then became hypothyroid. Endo called it thyroiditis.

Six years is a long time to take a drug that you don’t feel better taking. Has she tested for TPO antibodies? Why do you stay with this doctor if she isn’t honoring your concerns? A test is simple. You could even order it yourself through something like Everylwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have high normal TSH but very low free T3 and free T4. My dr is starting me on a low dose of Synthroid. We’ll see.

I’m curious to hear how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never noticed any difference at all. My blood work is different but I feel exactly the same.

Same for me.

Try getting off gluten

[Anonymous]

Synthroid alone, never. Once I went on Armor, within a few days. The when I went on Natiurethroid, much better. T4 alone doesn’t work yet I have to fight to stay on my T3. I walked out of an endo’s office when they told me I had to come off the T3. Absolutely not.

[Anonymous]

I've never noticed much difference at all.