I've been on the increased dose of synthroid (went from 25mcg to 50mcg) since 8/29? I do not feel any better, even more fatigued.
I'm to get the routine blood work done this week, but no appt for follow up till March 2007, after another ultrasound in Feb will be done to see if nodules have shrunk or stopped growing, and bloodwork one week before that March appt.
I'm going to call them meanwhile and tell them I feel no better, even possibly worse, am I being impatient?
It may be they need to change the type of thyroid med for another or prescribe a combination regimen, but what good is waiting till 2007, and continue to feel crappy to find out,eh?
I know when I first was put on Synthroid a couple of years ago, in a month's time I saw improvment, over the years the dosage needed upping, for it seemed to peter out, which I know is very common.
Here I thought after 2 months, now with my increased dose I'd be feeling better, like I did back then.
I don't know I just feel so beat, I can barely function, starting to make me depressed and feel like I have some terminal illness (exaggerating) or something.
Has anyone here with Hashimoto's and nodules experience the increase in synthroid still not doing the trick?
I'm so disgusted at this point, but will still persue my appts., even ask for one sooner than March 2007, which is ridiculous in my eyes. Especially when this has been going on for so long, last Dec up to present day I occasionaly get a low grade fever and then it goes away, weird, no symptoms of a cold, or anything, just a fever.
All tests had shown alright, January was WBC imbalance but then after another workup it was normal again,may have been from the Hashimotos, who knows anymore.
I'm appraoching 50 in Jan. so I'm sure pre-menopause is not helping matters.
I feel like a mess.
So if anyone here has had a similar situation with Hashimotos and/or nodules (hypothyroidism) and can share what it took to get it under control and take one out of the "want to sleep all day feeling" please share your experiences, I'd appreciate some real life success stories about now, help me to keep faith.
Thanks in advance.

DE