thyroid problem

I'd take her back to the vet sooner than later if I were you and have them run a FULL blood panel....both a CBC and a chemistry panel.  Being lethargic and then starting to tremble weeks after IS NOT good.

You could also consider contacting Dr. Dodds at hemopet@hotmail.com  She's a canine thyroid expert.  You really don't want to mess around with thyroid related diseases.  Conditions like autoimmune thyroiditis can lead to so many other problems such as blood disorders.

In my opinion, 3 weeks is WAY too long to wait. 

Good luck and keep us posted.

Thank you. I will call tomorrow and request that we run another Full blood panel to see if there have been any changes in the last 2 weeks.  First blood panel showed low thyroid levels and high triglycerides.

We discovered that our elder, Buddy, was hypothyroid a couple of years ago.  The vet started him on Thyrozine and it helped almost immediately for him.  He too, became more alert and feeling much better.  I'd be concerned about the trembling and instability, which can be a symptom of this thyroid condition and will improve once the thyroid levels are regulated.  I do wonder if you should ask the vet if another drug might be better instead of the one he prescribed. 

Good luck.

Honestly it bothers me a *great* deal that your vet doesn't want to re-test yet.  If YOU request it, that should be enough!

There is a wide array of thyroid drugs -- and even natural supplements (like a porcine glandular rather than the chemical).  They ALL react differently.  And one of the reasons there IS such a wide array is because some humans/dogs do well on one and not another.

I have found Dr. Dodds to be a superb source.  She is the one who actually originated breed-specific thyroid testing.  She set up Michigan State's lab (and they STILL use her protocols to this day) and when she retired she set up her own company "Hemopet".

I have found *great* help in sending bloodwork directly to her.  But honestly -- I think your vet needs to do a full chem panel or superchem panel -- and get a complete picture of what's up with this dog BEFORE you go further.  Because thyroid interacts with MANY parts of the body -- and sometimes getting the thyroid under control can either help reveal a problem elsewhere or help a problem you're already treating get better.    But seeing those sorts of symptoms AFTER a period of time on Soloxine -- man, I would NOT put off checking.

Sometimes vets *assume* the owner does not want to spend money.  So they can take the decision out of your hands ... and honestly that's not good.  YOU know this dog better than anyone and if you are concerned that should be good enough.  If it's not good enough for *this* vet?  I'd be  looking for a vet who honored my wishes.

It's not difficult to send bloodwork to Dr. Dodds -- and she has complete instruction for the vets on her website.  She does require a large amount of blood and she's very particular on how it's packaged and what "tubes" they put it in (because she's in California so it has to go by overnight deliver to her IN ICE (and you don't use dry ice but the vet will use something like "Blue Ice" like you'd take on a picnic to keep the blood cold). 

The best thing is Dr. Dodds will communicate directly with you and/or she will work directly with your vet -- we had a problem when we sent my dogs blood in a few weeks ago and Dr. Dodds was VERY good about working with my vet and helping evaluate everything.  Back when Billy had IMHA I am convinced she helped enormously getting him thru the disease because her knowledge of bloodwork is SO extensive.