Underactive Thyriod help.

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I have an Underactive Thyriod and due to me being forgetful and the bank holidays I ran out of pills and I have not taken a pill for 5 days.

I got the pills on Sat and started taking them again.

During the five days that I was not taking them I felt great, slept better, ate better and generally felt better.

Now I am back on the pills I don't feel so good.

I am going to make an appointment to see the doc to ask her advice, but my question is has anybody else who takes these pills stopped taking them and felt better?

I haven't had exactly the same situation as you, but I did start feeling quite ill on the 25mg pills I was on, so the GP did a blood test and found my dose was far too high - things had obviously changed a bit on my body since I was first DX. It does take quite a bit of tweaking to get the dosage right.

I feel much better on the lower dose (I'm only on 25mg now), so i would definitely ask for a blood test to find out what's going on. HTH

I am on 150mg.

mmmmmm maybe it is too high.

thanks for replying.

my answer should have said I was felling ill on 50mg - sorry, - bit confusing

Hope you get it sorted and feel better soon.

How often are you getting your bloods checked?

every 6 months last checked in Feb.

Definitely ask for another test, mine had been fine for nearly a year on the higher dose, then from being OK in Nov. it went to being too high a dose by late January.

Some of the symptoms had on too high a dose included insomnia, very rapid heartbeat, feeling dizzy, shaking hands, loss of appetite.

Of course your problem might be something completely different (not trying to push my amateur diagnosis ) its just that the dose being too high never occurred to me, I thought my thyroid must be getting more underactive.

I will ring doc tomorrow.

Another thing [sorry for subject] how is your poo.

I am either constipated then get one out then have piles then have the runs.................

I will mention this as it might not be connected.

It might be connected, I would mention it. I know constipation is more associated with underactive and diarrheoa (sp?) with over active, but I was more constipated with the too high dose - GP gave me some lactulose which helps (softens the poo so its easier to pass rather than laxatives which can be a bit explosive in their effect - sorry TMI) But my bowels are back too more or less normal now the dose is sorted.

Will be making the appointment tomorrow.

thanks for replies.