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Suggest Treatment For Hypothyroidism
Hello Dr
My age is 44 years. Height 5:3,and weight 51 kg.
I was diagnosed with hypothyrodism around 2 weeks
back.My TSH level is
27.82 and T3,T4 tests are normal. my gynecological prescribed me thyroxcine 50mcg which i had two weeks.and when i saw
endoctrologist he increased my dose to 75mcg since then i am having sleeping problem.When i told endoctrologist about my sleep he reduced the dose
to 25 mcg.But i am still having sleeping problem in the night.Kindly advice me what should I do to my sleep back.I used to be deep sleeper but having
hard time sleeping. I will be greatful if you can
help.Kindly tell me if i should see any sleep specialist too.
Thankfully
ruchi
My age is 44 years. Height 5:3,and weight 51 kg.
I was diagnosed with hypothyrodism around 2 weeks
back.My TSH level is
27.82 and T3,T4 tests are normal. my gynecological prescribed me thyroxcine 50mcg which i had two weeks.and when i saw
endoctrologist he increased my dose to 75mcg since then i am having sleeping problem.When i told endoctrologist about my sleep he reduced the dose
to 25 mcg.But i am still having sleeping problem in the night.Kindly advice me what should I do to my sleep back.I used to be deep sleeper but having
hard time sleeping. I will be greatful if you can
help.Kindly tell me if i should see any sleep specialist too.
Thankfully
ruchi
Fri, 8 Jul 2016
Hi Ruchi
You seem to have subclinical hypothyroidism. You surely need to take the thyroid medication considering the TSH value. You can repeat you thyroid test after 2 months and the dose of the medication can be adjusted according.
As far as your sleeping problems is concerned, do you have difficult in falling asleep or do you feel sleepy all the time ? Both are opposite end of the spectrum and the former may not be related to your thyroid problem, while the later is surely related to the same. We can help you if your sleeping problem if you could give us more details of the problem.
Regards
Dr. Om J Lakhani, MD
Department of Endocrinology
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
New Delhi
You seem to have subclinical hypothyroidism. You surely need to take the thyroid medication considering the TSH value. You can repeat you thyroid test after 2 months and the dose of the medication can be adjusted according.
As far as your sleeping problems is concerned, do you have difficult in falling asleep or do you feel sleepy all the time ? Both are opposite end of the spectrum and the former may not be related to your thyroid problem, while the later is surely related to the same. We can help you if your sleeping problem if you could give us more details of the problem.
Regards
Dr. Om J Lakhani, MD
Department of Endocrinology
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
New Delhi
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