Thyroid problems

[dinkydoo]

I was on 200mcg of thyroxine 6weeks ago during a pre op i was told my thyroid was not controlled and i needed a higher dose, my doctor gave me an extra 25mcg bringing my daily intake up to 225mcg, had a blood test monday and results today, the doctor has just rung me up saying my thyroid function in now worse than before i started taking the extra 25mcg of thyroxine 6 weeks ago and she needed to take advise on what to do next as my body obviously is not absorbing the thyroxine i am taking, i religiously take these tablets every morning before i go downstairs so this has really frightened me as to what happens next, can anyone hep me with some explaination please. Thanking you in anticipation, dinkydoo

[Sqad]

I need to know the level of your TSH before your thyroxine was changed.

One remote possibility is that your thyroxine should have been lowered rather than raised.

[dinkydoo]

Thank you sqad but there is no way i can get the TSH results, i said to the doctor when she told me the results that this is very frightening and she said yes it is, not the reasuring answer i was looking for, hence my visit here. dinkydoo

[Sqad]

dinky......why can't you get the TSH results? That is your right.

My bet?..................your GP has misinterpreted them and your thyroxine dose should have been reduced NOT increased.

225mcgms is a fair "whack"

[dinkydoo]

Been to see an encrinologist now, referred to by my Doctor, he advises I now take 300mcg of thyroxine instead of the 225, have a blood test in 6 weeks and then see how we go from there, he also said if my body is still not absorbing thyroxine I may need to go onto the liquid version, its all a mistery to me.

[BryanL]

Dinkydoo, I have been on thyroxine for 30 years. Dosage has gone up and down like the proverbial elbows/drawers etc. There is no medical efficacy at a doseage above 300micrograms. (mcg). I have been on 75 to 350mcg over the last 30 years, I am 5kgs overweight due to the misfunctioning of the gland, and have an elevated cholesterol level. That is affected by the Thyroxine dosage. Don't worry about anything, take the medicine, and relax a bit. Without thyroxine you will be tired, sleepy, and put on weight just by being alive! With thyroxine you will be active, your weight will be a little above what some government official says it ought to be, you will be hot when others are cold, your cholesterol levels will be some 25% higher than some government official has decided is right. Interestingly, those Government cholesterol levels have gone from a recommended maximum of 6.0 down to 4.0 in the last 5 years. Mine is 6.8, has been between 6 and 8 for years, but was 11.8! 3 years at 300mcg Thyroxine doseage reduced this to what it is now. Current doseage is 200mcg. Nothing to be frightened about, doesn't seem to matter whether you chew them, swallow them whole, eat before or after, what time of day it is--as long as you take them every day! I eat a normal diet, nothing special, just careful with the carbs and fats, for the weight!