Started thyroxine - what to expect?

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Hi all

I started taking thyroxine, 50mcgs daily, a week ago. Today was my eighth day,

and I'm feeling absolutely wiped out.

I was having some serious debilitation before I started taking it - thought I

had flu, and then realised that since there were no symptoms developing, it was

just my recurrent collapsing-sickness which I now presume to be either

hypothyroid or adrenal related. (It's been happening periodically for over ten

years). Some people have said that you can have odd symptoms when you start the

thyroxine. Is feeling *worse* at this stage, something common? I'm told it

generally starts to work after a couple of weeks.

Have I maybe got to the stage where my own thyroid is shutting down in response

to the thyroxine dose and it's going to take a bit longer to level out?

Any relevant experiences, anyone?

By the way, if I had the option, I would have gone for NDT instead of

levothyroxine, but this is what the doctor offered, of course, and it's free. So

I'm trying it first. If it doesn't work, I'll either ask for additional T3, or

I'll obtain NDT for myself.