Does a higher dosage of thyroid medication help fibromyalgia pain?
I do not have a thyroid gland and take meds to regulate. My doctor put me on a higher dosage because she heard it will help my fibromyalgia pain? What are the effects of being over medicated and is this actually a good idea?
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1. The symptoms that are commonly lumped together and labeled as Fibromyalgia are often a case of a person that is hypo thyroid and under dosed.The key is to properly dose the replacement thyroid hormone to provide the hormone needed for body function, then the 'fibro' symptoms will lessen, or go away... depends on how severe they are and how long they have been manifest.
If you and your doc is serious about addressing this, my suggestion would be to run the properly labs and adjust accordingly.
By proper labs I mean TSH, as well as the thyroid hormones, Free T4 and Free T3, to be sure that your dosage is correct AND your body is properly converting the replacement hormone that you are taking into the hormone that your body needs to function in an healthy manner..
It's not just getting the blood levels of the hormones 'in normal range' it's getting them to the proper levels within those ranges to be sure that you body has what it needs to be healthy.
You still don't want 'over medicate', you don't now want to have so much of the replacement hormone to become hyPERthyroid.. you want enough for your body to function properly.
2. absolutely not..
it will only help yor thyroid issue which may be misdiagnosed as fms
