Yes - Levothyroxine/Synthroid only did not alleviate any of my symptoms. It got my TSH to 4.9 and my first doctor announced I was "cured". I was still taking 3+ hour naps whenever I could, sleeping 12 hours a night, and sometimes having to pull over and nap in a parking lot during work hours because I was literally falling asleep at the wheel. This would always be markedly worse for me after a flare up of my hashimotos...

Your thyroid dosage will likely need to be upped over time if you have Hashimoto's (autoimmune) thyroid disease. Do you have other symptoms on this dosage (intolerance to cold, constipation, etc.)? What are your free T3 and T4 levels? Does your doctor only test TSH?

You most definitely need your free T3 and T4 levels tested. You may need, like many, the addition of Cytomel to your therapy. Also, how's your diet. Diet, surprisingly, has played a huge role in getting my energy back.

You most definitely need your free T3 and T4 levels tested. You may need, like many, the addition of Cytomel to your therapy. Also, how's your diet. Diet, surprisingly, has played a huge role in getting my energy back.

Oh, and my diet is usually pretty good. Recently it hasn't been that great but it is generally good

I've written about my recent diet change other places on these boards, and I'm not being preachy AT ALL because I know what works for some does't work for all, etc etc, so just take this with a grain of salt, BUT, 3 months ago I started eating a whole foods, plant-based diet, with no dairy and no gluten. I feel FANTASTIC, I'm off half my PCOS meds so far, and my hypo symptoms have disappeared. Maybe try it for 2 weeks, and see how you feel. (PS: I was taking levo and cytomel all along, but only started feeling better when I drastically altered my diet).

I was crazy tired ALL THE TIME until my TSH was finally under a 3. That plus working out really helps to liven me up. It can be an infuriating and a vicious cycle. Good luck.

I believe the lack of exercise and working the swing shift is what's tearing you down. That sounds awfully familiar. I used to work retail hours, which varied from day to day, and my sleep patterns got so jacked up that I just felt tired all the time, and I had terrible migraines, and at some point on all of the migraine medication, I even hallucinated.

All of that got WAY better when my neurologist told me to quit my job and find a M-F 9-5 gig. I freaked out a bit, because I liked my job, but it was the absolute best thing I ever did for my health. I was still a little sluggish for the first few months at my current job and my hair was falling out that summer as I got adjusted, but once my sleeping habits fell into place and working out became a habit rather than an attempt, my overall health got so much better. I feel awake all day, because when I sleep it is so much harder than when I was trying to get a different 8 hours each night.

If you go to bed at the same time every night and wake up at the same time every day, you are giving yourself a much better chance at being healthy than if you try to work with a wonky schedule.

The hormones also play a role, but I firmly believe that if you're not in a good sleeping and exercise routine, then your hormones are just going to bounce around up and down until you find some stability.

I could be wrong, but that's how I started to feel better. I truly believe that you need both the medication and a normal sleep schedule to find what being completely awake feels like. To be completely awake, your body needs to learn how to be completely asleep, and it just doesn't happen unless you set a regular routine for it.