I have a lot of trouble sleeping, and I get a headache everyday. If I don’t have a headache, my head at least feels very heavy.
Could synthroid be the cause?
My doctor put me on synthroid 50mg a week ago and I have trouble sleeping?
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Synthroid usually takes a couple weeks for someone to feel a change. There are side effects of Synthroid, and headaches and insomnia are two of them. If this continues, you should let your doctor know.
i take synthroid for hypothyroidism, but i have quite a bit of a larger doseage than you because ive had it for years.
Recently though i have been having headaches, and i basically dont sleep at all.
I think that my problem is because i havent changed my dosage in a while so i may be taking the wrong amount.
Because you just got the medicine a week ago, its probably your bodies way of getting used to it, and it may even be too much or too little of a dosage.
Usually doctors cant be sure exactly how much you need, so they start of small and check on you frequently, increasing until levels are normal.
I would say that synthroid is at least partially at fault, but you may have something else going on also.
Yes. An overdose of synthroid causes hyperthyroidism. Insomnia is a symptom of hyperthyroidism.
Yes . It may well be part of you problem I too took synthroid for a short time and before I knew it I was unable to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . After reviewing this problem with my doctor he removed me from synthroid and replaced it with levothyroxine , which is a generic source of the same medication , which also makes it cheaper. Also the dosage of your medication may be a little much for you have you doctor look into this alternate medication . If you check out synthroid on line you also find that after forty years of use the FDA has yet to approve it . Because the formula continues to change . Lots of luck and best wishes with this . But I caution you do not wait too long to check with your docto . losing sleep is very dangerous .