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Re: hypothyroid, on levoxyl, can't sleep
From: Sarah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 08:48:31 -0500 (CDT)
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Thank you Christine! I appreciate the response. I will wait a few more
weeks and hopefully will sleep more. Regarding TSH, my Dr. said that
she finds that most patients feel their best with a TSH around 1.5. I
feel pretty great right now. What is your TSH at?
At Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Christine wrote:
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>I thought I would answer because I take thyroid hormone and experience
>LOTS of weird things due to it. First off, with your TSH at 2.57 you
>are still in the range of being "normal." The only way you would lose
>sleep is if you were "hyperthyroid." Depending on what scale your lab
>uses you have to get your TSH to around .5 for those symptoms. BUT,
>everyone is different. I am VERY sensitive to my thyroid meds. Whenever
>I have a dosage change, I get many symptoms until I level out. Most
>notably, my sleep is affected. Once my body adjusts then I seem to do
>okay. Is there any reason your doctor wants your TSH lower? You are in
>the normal range now. I would give it some time and maybe you will get
>more sleep soon!
>Christine
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>At Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Sarah wrote:
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>>I've posted here before regarding my hypothyroidism (TSH was 8.1). I'm
>>currently on 50mcg levoxyl and my TSH is now 2.57. The problem is that
>>I've gone from a 10-hour a night sleeper to 5 hours maximum and my Dr.
>>wants to increase my dosage to get me "optimum" to 1.5. I was wondering
>>if you thought my TSH was okay or if I should increase my dose and if my
>>lack of sleep is correlated to my lower TSH.
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>>Thank you very much!
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