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Advise on Supplements.  I have been prescribed synthroid.Advise on Supplements. I have been prescribed synthroid. I've been told wait 1 -2 hours to eat, drink coffee and take supplements. 4 hour wait for calcium. Would this schedule work? Synthroid 5 am BREAKFAST 7-8 am 1IP Multi Vita 1IP Potassium 1 B12 LUNCH 11am-12pm 1IP Multi Vita 1IP Omega 3 Plus 2IP Cal Mag SNACK 3-4pm DINNER 6-7pm 2IP Cal Mag 1IP Omega 3 Plus 1 D3

Answer 1

The 4 hour one is correct but you only have to wait 1/2 to 1 hr, with 1 hour being better, for coffee, food, etc. I have been on Synthroid for years.  

Answer 2

Yes that's great spacing. Also just plain water with synthroid. Its measured on a microgram basis and anything will affect its absorption.  

Comments

@oxblood yes. no coffee for an hour in the morning was a hard habit to break!  

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Yes understood. Thyroid affects so much in body, mood, weight, temperature, etc. It's enough trying to find the right dose that works only to be altered by a dietary switch. Well this program is about flexibility and maximizing food and getting benefits. Way to go!  

Answer 3

Do you have to take synthriod same time every day ?  

Comments

@questionless195 yes she does

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@questionless195 You’re supposed to take it first thing in the morning when you get up. I have it on my night stand and take it before I even get out of bed.  

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@masseur I do too but my sleeping is all over the place sometimes up at 9 , 10, 11  

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@questionless195 Me too. I actually was just getting up when I wrote that. I go to bed between 3 and 4 am every night.  

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@masseur I hear you . My doctor says is because of lock down

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Trying but not sleeping well and up crazy times

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@questionless195 I’m retired. I’ve been doing this for years. Before retiring, I still went to bed between 2 to 3 am, getting about 4 hours sleep each night. Now I try to get 6.  

Answer 4

I have been on synthroid most of my life. I used to worry about the timing of it even before this diet— as they tell you to. As long as you take it regularly it does not matter .  

Comments

I take mine all together in the am.  

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@hah7 It does matter and you’re not supposed to take it with other medications. It’s in the instruction sheet you get with your scripts that none of us read.  

Answer 5

My starting dose is 200 mcg. I just want to feel better.  

Answer 6

I take synthroid 30 minutes before my other medication and vitamins. My thyroid levels are normal.  

Answer 7

Yeah, I take it first with as much water as I can chug. Take the dog out, feed dog and cats, shower then take my next pill and eat. It gives me about an hour. Trying to gulp down as much water, every time I walk past my glass. Thyroid sucks. When it wasn’t regulated, I gained weight. Now that it is regulated with correct dose, I’ve lost 140lbs on IP, had blood work done twice in the last year, and doctor still won’t lower my dose.  

Answer 8

I take synthroid my doc says half hour til u eat!  

Comments

@variegated me too!  

Answer 9

You can also choose to take them all at once I do at lunch time that way im done. I also take 2 cal/ mag pills and then at snack take 1 cal/ mag chew so im not taking so many pills plus it's like a little chocolate treat

Answer 10

I take my thyroid medicine before bed. At least two hours after dinner. Ok’d by my doctor. I am a coffee drinker and could not get a good morning routine. 5 am is too early for me. Good luck!  

Answer 11

I just take it thr moment I get up and take shower and get ready.  

Answer 12

Dont take anything with iron for 4 hrs and no soy for 4 hours after or before taking