Synthroid users...Do you suffer from "Liver Dumps"?

[duck]

Thinking aloud here...I don't seem to suffer from liver dumps like some diabetics do. I also don't really get anything approaching "dawn phenomenon" or the Somogyi effect. But, I have noticed occasionally that if I take my synthroid in the mornings with nothing else to eat, a couple hours later my blood sugars are high as a kite.

So I was wondering if any other members here who also have hypothyroid get "liver dumps" or suffer from DP?

[TvBabe]

I'm on the max dosage of Synthroid and don't seem to have the same problem as yourself. Sorry :)

[duck]

I'm on the max dosage of Synthroid and don't seem to have the same problem as yourself. Sorry :)

Are you saying you DO or DO NOT suffer from "liver dumps"?

[TvBabe]

Are you saying you DO or DO NOT suffer from "liver dumps"?


I am saying that I do NOT suffer from "liver dumps" (let me qualify that) in the mornings. I do have a problem with "liver dumps" when I exercise but that isn't what you were asking :)

[duck]

I am saying that I do NOT suffer from "liver dumps" (let me qualify that) in the mornings. I do have a problem with "liver dumps" when I exercise but that isn't what you were asking :)

Yeah, I'm going to get to the exercise part later. LOL.

[KrisinNM]

Duck, are you taking real synthroid or a generic like levothyroxin(sp?) The pharmacy recently messed up my refill and gave me the generic and I had the same problem you are describing plus some other side affects like rapid heart beat and chest pain.
I do have dawn phenomena, being a morning person (hey! wasn't I the one that discovered the connection?) DP may start at 3:00 or 4:00am but for me doesn't really kick in until I get out of bed. Which is when I take my synthriod....so maybe you are onto something.

[duck]

Duck, are you taking real synthroid or a generic like levothyroxin(sp?) The pharmacy recently messed up my refill and gave me the generic and I had the same problem you are describing plus some other side affects like rapid heart beat and chest pain.
I do have dawn phenomena, being a morning person (hey! wasn't I the one that discovered the connection?) DP may start at 3:00 or 4:00am but for me doesn't really kick in until I get out of bed. Which is when I take my synthriod....so maybe you are onto something.

If I remember right, you are the one who made the connection with DP and being a morning person, yes. :proud:

Right now I am back on real Synthroid, and if I take it in the AM on an empty stomach, it seems to crank my sugars up. My last endo told me I was wrong (one of the reasons I don't see him anymore) when I reported that side effect.

Hmmmmm...So do you "liver dump" as well in the day? I cannot think of any time I really "liver dump" at all, so I guess what I am trying to do is figure out why I am different than some others here...

[KrisinNM]

so I guess what I am trying to do is figure out why I am different than some others here...
uh...maybe because you are Duck?;)