Synthroid, since I brought it up, seems to be pretty popular around here , so I just wanted to know if folks would share their experiences. i've been on it a week or two and it's already an enormous pain in my ***.

My sister the nurse (every single female in my immediate family is hypothyroid, BTW) told me she takes hers when she gets up in the middle of the night to pee but it's still too early to get up for work.

Well! Lately, when I'm awake, my ears are killing me, so when I get up in the middle of the night, i have some yogurt or something so I get something cold and non-chewable down. There goes that.

The pharmacist told me to take it at the same time every day, so there goes my sister's theory in the first place.

The pharmacist also told me not to take it with other meds. Friends, I am on so many other frickin meds that I would do nothing but sit here all day and take meds if I had to spread out ALL of them. Hell yeah, I'm gonna double (and triple and quadruple) them. I have "the ones i take in the morning" and "the ones I take at night" and that's as big a distinction as I'm making.

Is all this really necessary with this med? And what happens to you if your thyroid stays out of whack? Because I'm frankly ready to let it go if it's going to be this huge of a hassle.

thanks

candy