Author: Winnie Yu

Finding the correct dosage of this thyroid hormone isn’t always easy and the side effects are difficult: Take too little Synthroid and your symptoms of weight gain, fatigue and depression won’t go away. Take too much and you’re at risk for weak bones, insomnia, breathlessness and even heart problems. My own experience with Synthroid began a few years ago when I started feeling more tired than usual. I chalked it up to stress, my endless to-do list and the lack of sleep. A blood test, however, revealed that I had hypothyroidism. That meant my thyroid wasn’t churning out enough thyroid…

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