Kool said:
Not to encourage it, but you can actually go a fair period of time off of your thyroid meds before you become hypothyroid. We do it all the time when thyroid cancer patients need postop radioactive iodine. But always be your own health care advocate. Trust, but verify.
I know you can go a few days without much problems, but when it stretches out to a couple of weeks or more the initial symptoms can start to return and maybe more.
I know one local woman who let her prescription run out a few years ago and didn't get it renewed very fast. She was feeling quite ill within two to three weeks as a result. She said that it was worse than before she started taking thyroxine daily.
My main concern was that it would take several few days to choose a new doctor and get it changed on the Blue Cross Blue Shield records and with the time it could take to get a first appointment, it could easily take two or three weeks or more to get back on the prescription. I would hope that under the circumstances, the doctor would immediately reissue the prescription under the current dosage and give it a couple of months to reach an equilibrium before doing a blood test and making any adjustments to the dosage.