MeghanPA

Sorry, didn't realize I didn't make what I'm looking for clear... I was wondering if anyone else with hypothyroidism has felt that working nights has messed with it, and how they handled it.... I'm a baby nurse so I am probably going to get stuck w/ the crappier shifts for a while no matter where I go and I am just trying to get advice so I can figure out what works for me..... I do have a message in to my dr about dosage so hopefully he'll respond to that lol.... But yeah, just wanting advice on how others w/ hypothyroidism have dealt if they have to work nights and if anyone here knows of any studies on the effects of night shift on people with hypothyroidism and what not I'd love to see them so please share links.... I

A little background on me... I am 25yrs old I graduated nursing school in Sept. 2013 as an LPN and in Feb 2012 I was diagnosed w/ hypothyroidism during a pre nursing school physical. I was on Levothyroxine for a month to see if my symptoms would resolve. OH MY GOD I had so much energy during that month I felt great I was working out and losing weight I was feeling so much healthier then I've felt in years. Due to a mix up in communication the script was out after a month and so I was off it and had a horrible rebound of hypothyroid symptoms...A few month's later I went to the Dr. crying over the fatigue and got the bloodwork done my levels were almost double what the high end of normal is... which is like 4.40 mine was like 7.4 or something like that so obviously I got put back on the meds... It didn't have the same effect though, I mean I was at the point of sleeping all but 7 hours of my day and he put me back on and I went to a normal sleep pattern of 8hrs a night and 1 1hr nap a day... I just got a job it's every other weekend 11pm to 7am and although it's only 4 days a month I feel like it's totally screwing me up.... I feel like it's effecting my thyroid and causing my hypothyroidism to get worse.. I just had a level done and it was 3.30.... My question is this, could working night shift even if it's just those 4 nights screw w/ my thyroid and be contributing? I feel like I get good sleep at night I wake up and I am wide awake until about 3 when I am too tired to function and need a nap... My levels are in the normal range although still high and the first time he put me on 75mcg it went from being high down to almost the low end of normal. So, I really think my dosage is not right... But my doctor is insisting on me just trying to lose weight and see if that helps.. It will help I'm sure but at the same time I constantly feel sluggish and like I'm walking through Jello just a few short hours after waking up and I know this is not normal...