I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and hashimotos thyroiditis. I have been experiencing some different symptoms as of late, but am wondering if they have anything to do with a recent change of prescription (cytomel has been added and recent blood tests came back with a TSH of 0.01). My current symptoms are involuntary movements (an "about to fall asleep" twitch which happens whenever I am at rest), muscle weakness (lasted a week and then went away), and numbness in the tips of both big toes (its been 3 days now) Could my symptoms be due to overdosing the cytomel? I am worried it could be something more serious such as MS, but want to rule everything else out first. Thank you for your time. Lindsay
Wed, 17 Dec 2014
General & Family Physician, Dr. B M Gupta's Response
HI Lindsay Welcome to H C M I am Dr B M GUPTA answering your question Don't worry It is due to over dose of the drug you are already taking Cytomel (short acting) Your doctor would prescribe a better drug Levothyroxine(long acting) Maintain TSH AT 2.5 TO 3 mcU/ml Repeat TSH after 4 to 8 weeks interval Thanks
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HI Lindsay Welcome to H C M I am Dr B M GUPTA answering your question Don t worry It is due to over dose of the drug you are already taking Cytomel (short acting) Your doctor would prescribe a better drug Levothyroxine(long acting) Maintain TSH AT 2.5 TO 3 mcU/ml Repeat TSH after 4 to 8 weeks interval Thanks