Doctor frustration

[Catrin]

Actually, I've read some literature that suggests that caffeine can interfere significantly with absorption, which is why I'm concerned.

Interesting, I hadn't heard that. I've been doing it this way for years and have had no apparent problem but perhaps I've just been lucky. Like Sookiesue I have breakfast within an hour of taking my daily dose. My levels are always in the same range when tested.

I won't take the Synthroid brand, I've had more problems with that than Levothyroxine. It shouldn't matter, but certainly did at one time and now I won't risk trying that brand again. Since I don't have a thyroid at all, when things get out of balance it can take months to get it back again - so I don't mess with what works for me Levothyroxine is one of the older "generics", I've been taking it since for a very long time. I tried Synthroid about 10 years ago and it took close to a year to get things right again. For some it works fine, but not for me. I've no idea what, if anything, differs between Synthroid and Levothyroxine, and it may be that something else was going on at the time that caused that problem outside of changing the brand of my thyroid replacement.