Living with Thyroid Disease on Synthroid

A little over a year ago now, I went to the doctor for my second case of Bell's Palsy and found out something that I wasn't really expecting. She asked me if she could do a full blood screening on me and I let her. I went on a Thursday for the blood draw and on Tuesday, she called me to come in as soon as I could. I went in that evening and was informed that I have Hypothyroidism.

I had never heard of it, so I started asking questions and learned that all the things that I shrugged off because of being overweight were symptoms of the Hypothyroidism and that they could be corrected by taking Synthroid. I had never heard of it, so I got really cautious, especially since I'd never been sick. I started reading all the possible side effects on the paperwork that came with my prescription.

Synthroid side effects can include all the symptoms of Hypothyroidism, such as weight gain, hair loss, changes in your menstrual cycle as well as increased fatigue. When you have these Synthroid side effects, it's because you've been given an therapeutic overdose of Synthroid.

Other Synthroid side effects can include a rapid or irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath or chest pain. All of these side effects need to be brought to your doctor's attention immediately so that he or she can change or discontinue your usage and prevent further problems, such as heart attack or worse.

Synthroid side effects aren't always as drastic as heart problems, but are still things that you need to watch for and notify your doctor of. For instance, you can start having leg cramps, headaches, nervousness, irritability, sleeplessness, tremors after taking Synthroid. Most of these things on their own aren't cause for concern, since they can happen to everyone, but coupled with the Synthroid, can be something worse.

Further Synthroid side effects can even include changes in appetite, weight gain or loss, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive sweating, heat intolerance, fever, changes in menstrual periods, hives or skin rash, or any other unusual medical event. One thing that you have to remember when you start to taking Synthroid is that you need to pay attention to your body, know what it's doing. Know that if your body is doing things that it never used to do, then you should contact your doctor immediately.

After a year, I have experienced very few of the Synthroid side effects and usually when I do have any adverse reaction, it's due to changes in my routine and not the drug itself.

Sources: http://www.synthroid.com/