I have been taking 25mcg of Levo for about 3 months now. It all started
after I could not get out of bed for a week, felt flu-like, no energy,
no motivation, etc. I went to the ER finally after having severe panic
attacks. They did blood work & the only thing the doc could find was
that my thyroid levels were slightly under normal. So I started 1 pill
every morning on an empty stomach. It seemed to help a little bit at
first, with the energy, but made my anxiety MUCH worse. My anxiety got
so bad I lost my job, about 3 weeks ago. For the past 2 weeks I have
felt extremely dizzy, light headed, tunnel vision, outside looking in,
and find it severely hard to pay attention, and hyper senses (this is
all day long). I almost have to hold myself up from passing out
sometimes. I just started a new job this week & the symptoms have
gotten progressively worse. I've already missed one day. The job is very
detailed oriented, yet I cannot absorb my training whatsoever. I am
deciding to stop taking the thyroid medicine as of 2 days ago. I had
been diagnosed with pneumonia a week before I went to the E.R. when I
was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I honestly believe I may have been
mis-diagnosed. I've had anxiety on & off since 2007 (have an attack
like once every 6 months) & it's never affected me this badly. I was
never ever dizzy & had the tunnel vision. I just had random
attacks, not an all-day anxiety thing. I even had to go to the mental
health center today to talk about, yet again, more anxiety meds. I am a
very down-to-earth person, very controlled & it's driving me nuts
that I have no control over my body & mind. I want so bad to feel
better. I hope that stopping this medicine will help. Anyone else
feeling this way?
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