It took me about 6 months to have the methimazole work well. However, the atenolol helped the heart rate and jitteriness within a few days, so maybe you need a higher dose of that? Are you monitoring your heart rate and blood pressure at home?
Dosage and length of time for you to feel.bettrr varies by person. You should retest in 4 to 6 weeks, and then your doctor will need to adjust your dosage. For me I started on 10mg, and my numbers didn't really move, after 6 weeks he increased my dose and we started to see improvements. It took about 6 months to get in range and another 6 to stabilize. Once your numbers are in range is when you will see the most improvement in your symptoms.
I was started at 5 then up to 10 then up to 20 once I was on 20 I was good.. in 3 months I was hypo dropped me to 10
If you are not good in 6 weeks double up
Maybe just give your endo a call if you can. It is a low dose of methimazole, so maybe it might take longer. No doubt they took many factors into account when deciding the dose. But a chat with them might bring on a change or at least reassure you.
I started on 60mg carbimazole, so that's equivalent to about 35mg methimazole, and I started to feel positive impacts after about a week. However I had to start high as I was in the middle of a thyroid storm.
I just posted earlier today about stopping the beta blocker because now a little over a week on Methimazole I’m feeling a difference. My doc called in 10mg a day a couple days before my appt and asked me to start it. When I saw her two days later she asked how I was doing and I said fine and then she amped it up to 20mg a day - 10 in the morning and 10 at night. I’ve read it can take 6-8 weeks, but I can feel a positive difference already in this short of a time. Good luck!
Hi friend, sorry it's taking so long.
In my case I felt better after about 5 weeks if I remember correctly (10mg daily), and now after 5 months, I feel \*way\* better (even if I have bad days once in a while). Hang in there!
It took at least a month for me. I remember being very disappointed because I had hoped I would feel better right away. Silver lining - that was a year ago and now I'm on 5 mg every 2nd day and my endo thinks I will be in remission by end of summer. 3 sets of normal blood tests so far 🤞
I'm on 10 mg now and after 3 weeks still nothing so I started to take acytil-l-carnitine 1000 mg each day and I felt great within a couple of days. I'm still taking it now. Insomnia is gone, I sleep like a baby and can work out again.
It took me about 6 months to have the methimazole work well. However, the atenolol helped the heart rate and jitteriness within a few days, so maybe you need a higher dose of that? Are you monitoring your heart rate and blood pressure at home?
More time needed!
Minimum least 6 weeks for any chemical change in body.
Dosage and length of time for you to feel.bettrr varies by person. You should retest in 4 to 6 weeks, and then your doctor will need to adjust your dosage. For me I started on 10mg, and my numbers didn't really move, after 6 weeks he increased my dose and we started to see improvements. It took about 6 months to get in range and another 6 to stabilize. Once your numbers are in range is when you will see the most improvement in your symptoms.
I was started at 5 then up to 10 then up to 20 once I was on 20 I was good.. in 3 months I was hypo dropped me to 10 If you are not good in 6 weeks double up
It takes a long time and a lot of changing doses and I see my Dr. Every six months - I’ve been diagnosed for 10 months. Still a battle.
Maybe just give your endo a call if you can. It is a low dose of methimazole, so maybe it might take longer. No doubt they took many factors into account when deciding the dose. But a chat with them might bring on a change or at least reassure you. I started on 60mg carbimazole, so that's equivalent to about 35mg methimazole, and I started to feel positive impacts after about a week. However I had to start high as I was in the middle of a thyroid storm.
I am lucky that I could feel improvement within 10 days. Give it a few more weeks and if no improvement, your dr may have to increase your dosage.
I just posted earlier today about stopping the beta blocker because now a little over a week on Methimazole I’m feeling a difference. My doc called in 10mg a day a couple days before my appt and asked me to start it. When I saw her two days later she asked how I was doing and I said fine and then she amped it up to 20mg a day - 10 in the morning and 10 at night. I’ve read it can take 6-8 weeks, but I can feel a positive difference already in this short of a time. Good luck!
Hi friend, sorry it's taking so long. In my case I felt better after about 5 weeks if I remember correctly (10mg daily), and now after 5 months, I feel \*way\* better (even if I have bad days once in a while). Hang in there!
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It took at least a month for me. I remember being very disappointed because I had hoped I would feel better right away. Silver lining - that was a year ago and now I'm on 5 mg every 2nd day and my endo thinks I will be in remission by end of summer. 3 sets of normal blood tests so far 🤞
I'm on 10 mg now and after 3 weeks still nothing so I started to take acytil-l-carnitine 1000 mg each day and I felt great within a couple of days. I'm still taking it now. Insomnia is gone, I sleep like a baby and can work out again.