Im 20 and ive been taking levoxyl 120mg since fourth grade now Im taking levothyroxine 150mcg?

I understand that you don't like taking pills. But you can really mess up your body if you're not careful. Here's how you can experiment to find out whether you can go off the medication. If you can find a doctor who will take your self-observations seriously and work with you, so much the better.

First of all, set a pattern to how you take the medication. For example, you can always take it on an empty stomach when you wake up in the morning. Or, you can always take it with breakfast. Etc.

Now, pick a starting dose, say 150 mcg. Try that for two weeks, and keep a self-observation log. After the two weeks, look over your notes, along with the list of symptoms and side effects. (For example, severe lack of energy often indicates your dose is too low; repeated insomnia often indicates your dose is too high.)

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If you think you can lower your dose, please do it gradually, not cold turkey. You could lower it by 25%, by cutting the tablets into four pieces with utility scissors, and taking three per day. But stick to the pattern you chose (upon waking, for example -- see above). And wait two weeks before you make any more changes to your dose.

In this fashion you may find, after several months, that your body is okay with going completely off the medication. Or you will find the right dose for you (at this stage of your life).

Good luck!

I think you got your doses mixed up mg... miligrams and mcg... micrograms are different. Please tell me how many mg you are taking so I can find out how many mcgs you are taking. I am on synthroid(levoxyl)too for the rest of my life. But I'm taking 50mcg... 05 mg a low dose. If your on 150mcgs I say that is way high. Have they took your blood and got your TSH level too see if its too high? My xfriend was taking .75mcg which I thought was high but not too high ,he stopped his meds too and has mood swings, I had to let him go. The indications that your saying in your post may be from the med you need to call the doctors, are your tremors the same as twiching... it is an allergic reaction. You actual get mood swings when your not on that med. But it can cause a side effect of irratibility and nervousness too while on the med. Call the oncall doctor now and explain your symptoms, he'll probably want to check your blood ASAP. and reduce it. I am bipolar too.

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And suffer from the depressive part of it.

I also need to know if your on Lithium, it causes bad tremors. And caused my thyroid to be abnormal to begin with.