Thyroxine/tiredness

[fruitsalad]

My GP has told me to reduce my thyroxine from 125mg a day to 125mg one day then a 100mg the next, as i think he said my T4 was on the high side, since doing this I have become very tired in the afternoons, so much so that I fall asleep in the chair, when I sit down for a cuppa, this is very unlike me as I usually only sleep when I go to bed, does this seem normal for such a small drop in my medication?

[Sqad]

I am not at all happy with your post.
A high T4 is very "non specific" and what is far , far more important is your TSH levels.
You dosage is in micrograms and not milligrams.....just a minor point.
I will not comment until we know the TSH.

[fruitsalad]

Sqad I'm not sure which part was on the high side, I find this thyroxine very confusing, I have been taking the med for 8 years you would think I would be a bit more clued up, but I'm not.

[Sqad]

Fruitsalad.....don't criticise yourself, thyroid tests are not easy for the layman to understand or indeed some doctors. I have seen patients who should have had their thyroxine dose increased on the results of tests, but have been advised by their GP.s to have them decreased.
I am not suggesting that this is the case with you..........but we do need that TSH level and we do need to know that your GP understands the results.
It is YOUR health.

[CW1]

My dosage was lowered exactly the same as your's, that was on the back of my annual blood test results. I also quite often fall asleep in the afternoon though I've never associated it with the thyroxine.
Was your dosage reduced after a blood test ? If it was, I'd just go with it for a few weeks. Far as I know, any change to the dosage takes about 6 weeks to make any difference anyway. Could be the weather, or getting that bit older that's causing fatigue ...
If you haven't had a blood test recently, get one done (tho' think you must've for the dosage to be changed ;) ).

[fruitsalad]

Yes it was reduced after a blood test

[Smowball]

I have never ever been told what my levels are despite being on medication for 12 years. T4 means absolutely nothing to me.

[fruitsalad]

No GP didn't tell me exact levels, just that something was a bit high, not sure what though.

[Eleena]

I often think having thyroid medication is one big gamble. I feel the same at the moment, I'm actually going to make an appointment to ask for another blood test.