Levothyroxine and Headaches: What Users Say (Page 4)

• Lil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 21, 2018

For Underactive Thyroid "I've been taking levothyroxine for four months, and it has helped, albeit with some negative side effects. However, the side effects last for no longer than four hours after ingestion, while the tremors I was experiencing previously lasted all day... seriously, I refused to write in front of coworkers because my tremors were very apparent while using fine motor skills. I do experience side effects such as lack of appetite, nausea, rapid heartbeat, headache, and occasionally tremors, but I'll take four hours of those side effects over tremors 24/7 anytime."

• Lou...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 8, 2021

"I have been taking this medicine, Levothyroxine, for a while, and I feel terrible. I’ve put on so much weight, my muscles hurt, where I can hardly get out of bed, have trouble sleeping, headaches. When medicine makes you feel worse than you did before, I wonder why doctors put you on this stuff."

• Pam...
• September 27, 2017

Levothyroxine for Underactive Thyroid "I don't feel it does anything. I have more headaches and insomnia. So I am telling my primary I am stopping it. If she doesn't agree, I am stopping regardless."

• Anonymous
• March 31, 2011

Levothyroxine for Hashimoto's disease "Only on 75 mcg for three weeks, but have headaches, spine feels compressed, joints ache, muscle fatigue, sleep disorders, not to mention extreme hair loss, dry skin, oh yeah, forgetfulness."