Hypothyroidism Support Group
Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyrohormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism following radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism. Advanced hypothyroidism may cause severe complications, the most serious one of which is...
I've been on Armour for a year now. I had 7 months of really feeling super great- lost all the weight, felt happy, awesome. Then there was slippage and I started feeling bad again. The NP upped my dosage from 90 mg to 150 mg a week ago.
After a week, I feel decent in the morning but crash horribly in the afternoon. I'm feel so terrible words cannot describe- the second pill I take (my dosage is 90 morning/60 afternoon) does not feel enough.
My question is this- when you're already on considerable amount a med, does it really take 4-5 weeks for labs to reflect the change and you to feel better?
I'm just going to pitch a fit if I have to feel like crap every afternoon for the next 4 weeks. It's all I can do not to grab an extra 30mg.
I didn't test positive for antibodies last year so since it wasn't Hashimotos, I didn't give up gluten. NP has added that test in for next time and I'm wondering what it will come back at. I'm on such a high amount of armour that I wonder where we will go in the future???
After a week, I feel decent in the morning but crash horribly in the afternoon. I'm feel so terrible words cannot describe- the second pill I take (my dosage is 90 morning/60 afternoon) does not feel enough.
My question is this- when you're already on considerable amount a med, does it really take 4-5 weeks for labs to reflect the change and you to feel better?
I'm just going to pitch a fit if I have to feel like crap every afternoon for the next 4 weeks. It's all I can do not to grab an extra 30mg.
I didn't test positive for antibodies last year so since it wasn't Hashimotos, I didn't give up gluten. NP has added that test in for next time and I'm wondering what it will come back at. I'm on such a high amount of armour that I wonder where we will go in the future???
Yes.
Have you considered halving your dosage? 1/2 in am and 1/2 in pm
Today I did 90 at 7:30am, 30 at 11am and 30 at 1:45.
I felt like it worked a little better. Kind of a pain though.
I just wonder what has changed in me that what I used to do doesn't work anymore.
It seems like it doesn't matter what the dose it- that I'm only getting a 4 hour "bump" in feeling good.
I'm going to try 90 morning, 30 at 11:15, and 30 at 1:45 and see if that works again. Sort of a large pain to remember but I'd do anything at this point to feel as good as I used to on Armour.
My antibodies test is in a few weeks and I've got a gluten bucket list to eat before then just in case it comes back Hashimotos.