Can armour thyroid cause a person to be dizzy?

I started taking armour thyroid 120mgs on June 21st and was doing better but then I started having stomache cramps & felt like throwing up but didn't so I called the doctor that prescribed the medicine for me on july 2nd and they told me to stop taking the medicine for a couple of days so i didn't take my armour thyroid july 3 & 4 no stomache cramps at all. The next morning which was thrus. july 5th I sat up in bed and the room was spinning so i hollered for my parents,they came to see what i wanted and they helped me to sit back up one of them went and got some crackers so i could take a pill for dizziness i didn't do anything at all that day. On friday morning we called back up to the drs office and told him what was going on and they suggested taking a whole armour every other day or i could take 1/2 tablet everyday. So I decided to take the 1/2 tablet and I was doing fine except for waking up tired and no energy even with a cpap. Today Fri.july 27th I woke up dizzy the room was I I started taking armour thyroid 120mgs on June 21st and was doing better but then I started having stomache cramps & felt like throwing up but didn't so I called the doctor that prescribed the medicine for me on july 2nd and they told me to stop taking the medicine for a couple of days so i didn't take my armour thyroid july 3 & 4 no stomache cramps at all. The next morning which was thrus. july 5th I sat up in bed and the room was spinning so i hollered for my parents,they came to see what i wanted and they helped me to sit back up one of them went and got some crackers so i could take a pill for dizziness i didn't do anything at all that day. On friday morning we called back up to the drs office and told him what was going on and they suggested taking a whole armour every other day or i could take 1/2 tablet everyday. So I decided to take the 1/2 tablet and I was doing fine except for waking up tired and no energy even with a cpap. Today Fri.july 27th I woke up dizzy the room was moving but i wasn't so mom went and got the medicine for innerear trouble so now i'm doing fine we did call our doctor and left a message on the nurses machine to call me.
my question are this Should I go back on synthroid and not the genric?

Hi Princess

Im assuming you have Hypo and I dont know anything about drugs, but I do know how to heal the body. Ideas below:

Cause: Hypothyroidism can be caused by food allergies, excess stress, environmental toxins, insufficient exercise, B vitamin deficiencies, lack of iron, lack of digestive enzymes, liver disease, hormone imbalances, and/or parasites. All of these factors need to be screened for and addressed before lasting relief can be achieved.

Sulfa drugs, lithium, synthetic estrogen, and antihistamines can exacerbate hypothyroidism symptoms. In addition, if you are on thyroid medication, increase calcium supplementation to reduce the risk of bone loss.


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Natural Cures

Diet: Eat an organic, whole foods diet, emphasizing foods that are naturally high in iodine such as fish, kelp, vegetables, and root vegetables (such as potatoes). Also, increase your daily consumption of foods rich in vitamin B complex, such as whole grains and raw nuts and seeds, and foods rich in vitamin A, such as dark green and yellow vegetables. But avoid foods that slow down production of thyroid hormone, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts, mustard greens, broccoli, turnips, kale, spinach, peaches, and pears.

Herbs: Mild cases of hypothyroidism can be helped by herbal bitters such as gentian or mugwort, while constipation due to low thyroid function can be improved by yellowdock, butternut, or cascara sagrada. St. John`s wort can also be helpful.

Homeopathy: Calc carb. in a dose of 1M once a day is very useful for treating hypothyroidism and improving overall thyroid function.

Hydrotherapy: Hydrotherapy is the application of water, ice, steam and hot and cold temperatures to maintain and restore health. Treatments include full body immersion, steam baths, saunas, sitz baths, colonic irrigation and the application of hot and/or cold compresses. Hydrotherapy is effective for treating a wide range of conditions and can easily be used in the home as part of a self-care program. Many Naturopathic Physicians, Physical Therapists and Day Spas use Hydrotherapy as part of treatment.
*Purified water is essential for any hydrotherapy treatment. Remedies for Treating Chlorinated Bath Water offers clear instructions and recommendations.

Lifestyle: Regular aerobic exercise can play an important role in helping to regulate thyroid hormone production.

Nutritional Supplementation: Organic thyroid glandular extracts can help restore normal thyroid function, but should only be used under the supervision of your physician. Other useful nutrients include vitamin A, vitamin B complex, essential fatty acids, iodine, kelp, calcium, magnesium, and zinc.

Best of health to you.

The dosage of thyroid hormones is determined by the indication and must in every case be individualized according to patient response and laboratory findings.

Thyroid hormones are given orally. In acute, emergency conditions. The appearance of angina is an indication for a reduction in dosage. Most patients require 60 to 120 mg/day. Failure to respond to doses of 180 mg suggests lack of compliance or malabsorption. Maintenance dosages 60 to 120 mg/day usually result in normal serum T4 and T3 levels. Adequate therapy usually results in normal TSH and T4 levels after 2 to 3 weeks of therapy.

Readjustment of thyroid hormone dosage should be made within the first four weeks of therapy, after proper clinical and laboratory evaluations, including serum levels of T4, bound and free, and TSH.

Liothyronine (T3) may be used in preference to levothyroxine (T4) during radio-isotope scanning procedures, since induction of hypothyroidism in those cases is more abrupt and can be of shorter duration. It may also be preferred when impairment of peripheral conversion of levothy-roxine (T4) and liothyronine (T3) is suspected.

The T3 in Armour your body isn't used to. This happens sometimes. I suggest you split the dosage taking half in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. That's the way I take it, as well as many other people who are on Armour. I take it on an empty stomach, though some websites suggest you take it with food. Below are some Armour related websites that may help.

I think its too early to think about going back on Synthroid. I think you need to try dosing twice or 3 times a day to see if that helps first. Armour helps symptoms like fatigue, depression, muscle and joint aches, and hairloss. If you have any of these symptoms, I'd give it a little more time with splitting the dose

Remember Armour is adjusted by the free t3 and free t4, not the TSH. Also do not take the dose before testing in the morning. You test first, then take the Armour. This is on Armour's website.