I take levoxyl .125mcg everyday. I am a thyroid cancer survivor. I am sensitive to everything. I can not take hardly any antibiotics or anything. Is this normal? I also ate a teaspoon of turnip greens and my tongue ears and head feels numb. This is how I feel if I take any supplements containing iodine. When I did my body scan and they had me drink iodine I stayed sick for weeks. It made me feel this way and itchy too. I also had hyper symptoms. I was wondering if turnip greens contain iodine or am allergic to the greens? My thyroid has been out since 2006. I used to take synthroid but it caused severe constipation and blood in stool. Levoxyl is better on my bowels but I have a lot of other crazy symptoms from time to time. I can't seem to get regulated. Is this normal or is there some kind of filler or preservative in the pill that I am having a reaction too or can't absorb? I also have a lot of edema that want go away and I look so fat and swollen.
I wonder if anyone has some of the symptoms I am experiencing?
- Posted:
- 3 Jan 2011 by loritopeka
- Topics:
- levoxyl, thyroid disease, cancer, thyroid cancer, antibiotic
Answers (1)
4 Jan 2011
Hi loitopeka,
I had my Thyroid out in 2004 because of cancer and I'm taking 1000micrograms a week of Eutroxsig thyroxine tablets, I too suffer from IBS my bowel is never stable it's one way or another, sometimes both! I think it has to do with the thyroid, more than the medicine. I find I am sensitive to certain foods and try to avoid them. Maybe you should check out if you have IBS. I know that if you take calcium with thyroxine it doesn't absorb as well. So try to avoid that when taking thyroid meds. I've been on pednisolone for my arthritis and I'm very fat and swollen too so I sympathize with you. It's very difficult to get everything balanced I'm afraid and it certainly is a life long journey! Take Care Hope this helped.
Heidihoe
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