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<blockquote data-quote="zicksi101" data-source="post: 1144167" data-attributes="member: 97084"><p>After being told to phone my GP surgery, I was told by the receptionist today that levothyroxine has been added to my prescription as a recommendation from the endocrinologist.</p><p></p><p>I do not know what my latest test results are saying yet. I have not been told that I have an underactive thyroid.</p><p></p><p>So my current situation is that I been given a prescription for a pill, without the manual on how to manage it as a type 1 diabetic who is on insulin. Are there any basic guidelines at all on how I should proceed whatsoever?</p><p></p><p>I have been told to take a 50mg tablet a day as a starting point. On the leaflet it states that this will likely increase my blood glucose levels, but quite frankly I don't have the first clue what to expect.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, I've had type 1 for long enough to know that I'm the one responsible for it.</p><p></p><p>After speaking to my mother, who has had an underactive thyroid for a while (but not diabetes), she mentioned that there is a 25mg levothyroxine tablet as well. Given my lack of symptoms, I am thinking about asking the GP if I can start on the lowest dose.</p><p></p><p>With my complete and utter lack of symptoms, frankly I am struggling to comprehend that it is actually possible for me to have an underactive thyroid at the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zicksi101, post: 1144167, member: 97084"] After being told to phone my GP surgery, I was told by the receptionist today that levothyroxine has been added to my prescription as a recommendation from the endocrinologist. I do not know what my latest test results are saying yet. I have not been told that I have an underactive thyroid. So my current situation is that I been given a prescription for a pill, without the manual on how to manage it as a type 1 diabetic who is on insulin. Are there any basic guidelines at all on how I should proceed whatsoever? I have been told to take a 50mg tablet a day as a starting point. On the leaflet it states that this will likely increase my blood glucose levels, but quite frankly I don't have the first clue what to expect. Fortunately, I've had type 1 for long enough to know that I'm the one responsible for it. After speaking to my mother, who has had an underactive thyroid for a while (but not diabetes), she mentioned that there is a 25mg levothyroxine tablet as well. Given my lack of symptoms, I am thinking about asking the GP if I can start on the lowest dose. With my complete and utter lack of symptoms, frankly I am struggling to comprehend that it is actually possible for me to have an underactive thyroid at the moment. [/QUOTE]
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