thryoid

I have been taking .25 mg of synthroid for about 13 years now. Towards the middle of the year last year this all of a sudden was not enough of a dosage so my doctor and I have been working all this time upping my dosage and trying to regulate it. Since that time I have put on a whopping 30 lbs. And the weight is still climbing. And fliud. I am retaining so much fluid again it's not even funny. It's 3 am. I woke up feeling like I was drowning and having problems breathing. As I'm laying there thinking about it and thinking about how I'm getting the full rounded bloated face again (noticed that in the mirror yesterday) this thought ran through my head. G, you haven't felt this way and looked this well rounded everything puffy fingers tight and swollen way since they were first trying to regulate your thyroid. Then BINGO! It hit me. When they first started me on this medication all those years ago I tried the generic brand. They could never get me regulated. I went up to .3 mg and still they could not. As soon as I got off the generic things started working right. I was, at that time able to move down to .25 mg. During the first quarter of last year to save a dime or two, I moved to the generic. Surely it has to all be related. Don't you think? Or is just the madness of a woman awake in the middle of the night feeling miserable. Gigee

Gigee - It makes sense to me. Call your doctor in the am..don't wait & worry, what a horrible feeling this must have been for you. I have 3 family members and a couple of friends on Synthroid, all take the brand, not the Generic. I definitely understand about saving money, we all need to do it, but explore the possiblity with your doc about the Generic causing this problem. Take care, hope you finally got some sleep! Valerie

Thank you Val. I finally got back to sleep about 5 am. ugh. I have called the pharmacy and ordered the Brand. I'll pick it up today. I"m a mess. This fluid build up is crazy. I have one week left of my Lifeskills class and instead of losing weight I've put it on. I'm hoping they are flexible. Gigee

Gigee- The way I understand it you actually have until your final PMRI md check to lose the 2% for your lifeskills class. If there is indeed a connection from the generic med to your weightloss, get your pcp to state so in a letter and clearance shouldn't be a problem! Hope everything other than that's going well. Peace -S

Susane! Everything else is going perfectly! And this coming Tuesday is my quit smoking day. This is one thing I haven't been able to get a "go get em" mental attitude around. But I'm working on it! How's you?

I hope you can get this thyroid issue under control. Gosh I felt bad just reading about it. I hope you are feeling better soon! Tuesday will be a hard day but worth it! You can do it! I have lots of faith in you! You are right its a MENTAL thing! We have to mentally prepare ourselves for lots of things....you can kick the habit. The Great American Smoke out by Gigee! YEAH!