Thyroid Void

My physician wanted me to come back to see her and have my blood retested after six weeks of taking the thyroid pill she had prescribed for me. After a slight delay due to the ice storm, I went in on January 28th. I'm not sure exactly why I had to see her in person, but I guess she wanted to make sure I was tolerating the medication okay. I told her I have not had any problems with it, and have adjusted to taking my vitamins at noon instead of first thing in the morning. 

Thyroid medication has to be taken when you first wake up, and then you need to wait 30-60 minutes before eating or drinking anything except for water. You shouldn't take certain vitamins until at least four hours after the thyroid pill because they interfere with absorption. So it has just seemed safer to take my multivitamin and calcium pills after the four hour mark.

After meeting with her, they drew blood to test the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in my system. This time the test showed that my TSH level is too low. This indicates that the pill she prescribed is too high of a dosage. For now she suggested that I take the pill six days a week, and skip the seventh day. Honestly, I wish she would just give me a new, lower prescription. Skipping one day is a harder routine to remember than taking a pill every day. I have to go back in six weeks and have the blood work repeated. Apparently it is pretty common to have to play around with thyroid medication until they see what works best for an individual.