hyperthroid and joint pain.
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Has anyone else had severe joint pain related to hyperthyroid.? I can't close my hands. I am still hyper but think that joint may be something else. I hope it is just the hyperthyroid
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designergirl12 jane4469
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My joints kills me but I didn;t relate it to hypothyroidism, I will go back to the doctor about this.
jane4469 designergirl12
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Bryer jane4469
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designergirl12 Bryer
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Why do you say Levothyroxine is a killer and what is NDT?
derek76 designergirl12
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Bryer designergirl12
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Sketchy jane4469
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sarah95570 Sketchy
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designergirl12 Sketchy
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Sketchy designergirl12
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I am in Australia .. so not sure what is available where you are. There are some others that are easy on the gut these days .. like Spatone and Floradix and maybe more. My ferritin levels went from 76 to 93 a few months later when I was tested.
I hope this helps.
Rosalie
jane4469 Sketchy
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sarah95570 jane4469
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jane4469 sarah95570
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stacy47047 sarah95570
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Yes, I was diagnosed 19 years ago with hypo thyroidism and had pain in both knees. They would not associate the pain with the diagnosis. Though, within 6 weeks of meds it went away. Now, the last few weeks I had severe pain in my joints, starting in my hands as carpel tunnel and spreading to all over body aches. I just found I was now Hyper thyroid and am waiting to hopefully have all of this pain go away with lowered meds. It has only been 2 weeks with .75 synthroid instead of 1.0 and I'm still hurting. Never have I had such pain that affects my lifestyle. I'm so much weaker. I can only be positive this pain will also go away in time once the thyroid meds get lowered in my body. I've had unusual symptoms throughout my years of thyroid disease when it is finally found to be off. If the meds are off it has huge consequences on the body. I am a very active person, I stay positive with a high pain tolerece. I have to say this pain is excruciating!
nan23 stacy47047
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Hi Stacy,
Your symptoms seem very similar to mine and I wonder if you are feeling any better yet, and how you achieved it. I've taken levo for 25 years, and in the early days, rarely had to change my dose. The last few years, however, I've had to lower it bc of palpitations. I'm now 53 and through menopause, and for the last six weeks, my muscles have ached like I've been hit by a truck. And my hands ache -- especially at night -- I can't move my fingers they are so achy and tight. My pc lowered my dose from 100 to 88 two weeks ago but it's only helped a little. I think I need it to be even lower and I'm ready to start cutting pills! Please let me know how you're doing now!
nan23 stacy47047
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stacy47047 nan23
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Hi Nan!
Excited to say, it has been 5 weeks and I am incredibly better on the lower synthroid dose. I feel like I'm normal again. My pains have slowly been dissipating. It was a long wait but each week I had a little less of the symptoms. My carpel tunnel symptoms were the first to appear and were the last to leave but are basically gone. Other aches are gone. I had a lot of inflammation in knees and hands where they didn't want to bend or close, it is also gone. When I wake in mornings, I have a tiny bit of pain in feet but that goes away once I'm up and going. My thyroid was also swollen and very sore, I could feel it was hard to swallow, but is much better now. I hope this will help give you hope and you will begin to feel better. It is a very miserable place to be. My only concern is I hope it stays in a good place and doesn't go the other way to hypo again. Will keep you posted. Good luck!
stacy47047 nan23
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stacy47047
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Nan, I'm sorry I keep adding things but if this can help anyone I'm going to get this info out there. I am 55 also and can say now most recently I'm in menopause. I'm certain the lack of hormones plays a big part in this. My test for TSH when they diagnosed me with Hyperthyroidism was at .1 When I first started my lower dose in the first week or so, I chose to not take any synthroid for a couple days just to give it a quicker way to dissipate out of my body, since I had too much. I then thought that it might make things more complicated and got back on to the lower dose so I didn't throw my body into too much of a swing. It has worked out.
nan23 stacy47047
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Thank you, Stacy! I'm so glad to hear you're feeling better! I know how stressful it is to not be able to figure out why, and to wonder if you're going to always feel crummy. After reading your post, I started cutting my 100's into a close estimate of .75 (instead of taking the .88) and I'm already feeling better -- not nearly as achy although some fingers are slow to get the message, but I have hope, from your message, that they will come around. I'm going to call today to see if I can just get the lower dose. It's crazy how much the thyroid controls. My mom used to take levo, too, and I can remember her complaining about being achy and not knowing why. Now, I can't help but wonder if her dose was too high and how much it contributed to her overall decline. I wish I'd had a better understanding back then so I could've helped more, and if sharing our experiences helps anyone, that's a good thing! Keep feeling better! <3