Re: Severe breathing problems on Synthroid

[Guest guest]

Not on synthroid, but before that when I was hyper with Graves I

sure did! Maybe its a hyper thing, not a med thing...?

>

> I have been writing on the other thyroid group because I have been

> on Synthroid since about last Oct. I have been having breathing

> problems since then. It happens mostly at night in bed. Last night

I

> went to bed at 10 mand woke up at midnight breathing rapidly and

> deeply. I could not catch my breath for about 45 min. When I go

off

> the synthroid I have no breathing problems. I went from hypo to

> hyper thyroid by taking 100 mcgs a day of Syn. My TSH was 7 before

> and .34 after one month of syn. My Total T3 was above the normal

> range. The doc is surprised that I am so sensitive to this stuff

and

> all other drugs. The reason that I was on Syn was because I could

> not tolerate Armour. But now the doc feels that Armour may not

cause

> these strange breathing problems. If I do go on Armour I will have

> to start with something like 1/8th of a grain for a month and then

> to 1/4grain and so on. Does that sound ok? By the way, did anyone

> who was on syn first have breathing problems, especially at night?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Not on synthroid, but before that when I was hyper with Graves I

sure did! Maybe its a hyper thing, not a med thing...?

>

> I have been writing on the other thyroid group because I have been

> on Synthroid since about last Oct. I have been having breathing

> problems since then. It happens mostly at night in bed. Last night

I

> went to bed at 10 mand woke up at midnight breathing rapidly and

> deeply. I could not catch my breath for about 45 min. When I go

off

> the synthroid I have no breathing problems. I went from hypo to

> hyper thyroid by taking 100 mcgs a day of Syn. My TSH was 7 before

> and .34 after one month of syn. My Total T3 was above the normal

> range. The doc is surprised that I am so sensitive to this stuff

and

> all other drugs. The reason that I was on Syn was because I could

> not tolerate Armour. But now the doc feels that Armour may not

cause

> these strange breathing problems. If I do go on Armour I will have

> to start with something like 1/8th of a grain for a month and then

> to 1/4grain and so on. Does that sound ok? By the way, did anyone

> who was on syn first have breathing problems, especially at night?

>

>

[Guest guest]

I went from hypo to

> hyper thyroid by taking 100 mcgs a day of Syn. My TSH was 7 before

> and .34 after one month of syn. My Total T3 was above the normal

> range. The doc is surprised that I am so sensitive to this stuff

and

> all other drugs.

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This was not rue hyperthyroidism but thryoid hormone building up in

your blood and not getting into tissues due to adrenal problems. You

cannot get true hyper untill your dose exceeds what your heatlhy

thyroid would make or 3 to 5 grains or 220 to 370 mcg synthroid.

When cortisol is too low or when you have anemia and other

deficienecies, thyroid hormone can't work and so builds up in the

blood. This will force free T3 up very high and TSH down, but your

tissues are still very deprived and body temperature will be very

low.

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The reason that I was on Syn was because I could

> not tolerate Armour.

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This would be the case in adrenal problems or other deficitncies.

The T3 would worsen the adrenal condition.

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But now the doc feels that Armour may not cause

> these strange breathing problems.

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I totally agree with him on this. The synthroid is causing you to

become more hypothyroid on the tissue level. So at night you are

becomming oxygen deprived. Extra breathing can't help you. I had

similar problems with Levoxyl - felt like I was suffocating.

Dr. Ray Peat has called Synthroid an anti-thyroid medicine because

it seems to enterfere with thyroid function for many people.

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If I do go on Armour I will have

> to start with something like 1/8th of a grain for a month and then

> to 1/4grain and so on. Does that sound ok?

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Yup, this is what I had to do. I could only tolerate 1/8th of a

grain in the beginning. It took me a long time. But, it's worth the

suffering. You will do better in the long run.

Tish