Method levothyroxine

[dweller]

i know some people have already asked about this, and i'm aware of the low fatality of prescription medications.
i'm just wondering what the effects would be if one were to overdose on levothyroxine? i have researched risks and they say taking too much medication will cause hypothyroidism to turn into hyperthyroidism and/or cause a thyroid storm, which is life threatening.
please tell me any complications or fatalities caused by levo overdose, if any. sorry if this post was stupid, i'd just like to know about any potential impact of it.

 

[itsover14]

i know some people have already asked about this, and i'm aware of the low fatality of prescription medications.
i'm just wondering what the effects would be if one were to overdose on levothyroxine? i have researched risks and they say taking too much medication will cause hypothyroidism to turn into hyperthyroidism and/or cause a thyroid storm, which is life threatening.
please tell me any complications or fatalities caused by levo overdose, if any. sorry if this post was stupid, i'd just like to know about any potential impact of it.

um, replying just in case you still need the info / anyone else is looking for such things.

But, I was hyperthyroid for many years and never had a thyroid storm. Many people can live for decades that way (used to, actually). It's also quite an unpleasant way to live, my anxiety was through the roof and it was like I was in this anxious fog all the time, unable to think clearly. Seemed like the biggest long-term worry of my doctors were osteoporosis or perhaps heart trouble eventually.

Hope you're feeling better at least

 

[locked*n*loaded]

I take levo daily. Doubt you're going to overdose on it. I couldn't even find one case of someone dying from a levo overdose searching the web. A case I did find was a young woman who took 200 levo pills, something like 10mg total, I think. She survived after hospitalization and she took a couple other meds with the levo, clonazepam and zolpidem, too. I think she was in the hospital 15 days.

 

[dweller]

um, replying just in case you still need the info / anyone else is looking for such things.

But, I was hyperthyroid for many years and never had a thyroid storm. Many people can live for decades that way (used to, actually). It's also quite an unpleasant way to live, my anxiety was through the roof and it was like I was in this anxious fog all the time, unable to think clearly. Seemed like the biggest long-term worry of my doctors were osteoporosis or perhaps heart trouble eventually.

Hope you're feeling better at least

thank you for the info. levo is really my only option so i was just trying to think of what i'd have to worry about/the cons if i didn't take enough. but it seems there's no point wasting my time on it as it doesn't do anything to really kill you.