Methimazole

Hi! I take 30 milligrams/day. Yes my urine is bright yellow. I drink a lot of water so I know it's not that. My doctor said to be careful because you want to make sure you aren't Jaundice. Sometimes I get an upset stomach and throw up. My doc said that could be stress tough! I have only been diagnosed with Hashimoto's and Hyperthyroidism for about 6 months. Everyday it seems to be sometime different! Lol

Hi,

I have been on 30 milligrams for about 2 months now. I feel great (knock on wood lol). I started in feb at 80 milligrams and that put me into Hypothyroid. Felt horrible. Then I went to 15 milligrams and still felt awful. Then 20.....no change. Finally settled on 30 milligrams and it seems to be helping. I talked to a nurse and she said that the stress makes things worse (naturally). I have been walking and found a less stressful job. Although I am making a lot less money the lack of stress at my job has made a world of difference. I was severely hyperthyroid when I first started. My levels were above 8. Right now I am between 3-4. I go to get tested in a week so we will serif I stay level. Good luck!

Hm. When I was pretty hyperthyroid - undetectably low TSH, T4 and T3 well above the upper limit - I started at 30 mg. 80 mg. is a pretty scary dose. Not to give medical advice but I've picked this up from Elaine Moore: one starts at a high starting dose, then after one month gets a complete thyroid panel* and if there's movement (ignore TSH for a few months) the doctor should halve the dose. After that, the reductions are usually in more gentle increments, maybe 5 or 2.5 mg. at a time.

I asked if you were on thyroid replacement too because if you're having symptoms of both, your doctor might have been trying something called block and replace, which would explain why you were on such a high dose for so long. Sometimes staying at that high dose - 30 mg. - for 2 months is warranted but I bet that your recent labs will show that a dose reduction is in order. Staying on such a high dose for too long will make just about anyone hypo. The idea is to kick start thyroid suppression, then gently wean off the meds as the thyroid heals and normalizes. This process takes 12 - 24 months in most cases.


* a complete thyroid panel, i.e. TSH, Free T3 and Free T4. What was that number that was over 8? Surely not TSH if you were on methimazole.