Levothyroxine causing severe anxiety and insomnia at day 10, is this normal and when does it stop?
My mom (59) was just diagnosed with hypothyroidism (TSH 11.53, FT4 0.698) with possible pituitary involvement from an old brain injury 25 years ago. She started levothyroxine (50mg) about 10 days ago and last night had severe anxiety, complete insomnia and extreme restlessness.
My questions for people who’ve been through this,
Did levothyroxine cause you severe anxiety early on and when did it resolve?
Did it ever just not get better, did some of you need dose adjustments?
Any specific things that helped the anxiety while adjusting?
For anyone with pituitary involvement specifically, was your experience different to standard hypothyroidism?
Worried because she already has depression and anxiety from the hypothyroidism itself and this feels like it’s making things worse before better.