Everything aches, feel bruised and 'fuzzy'.

[mrspinkrat]

Hi all

I posted a few days ago about a tingley feeling in my foot since increasing my Levothyroxine.

The past couple if days added in to this is a feeling of being totally worn out. It's hard to move, my body aches like I'm coming down with flu and I feel bruised all over.

Although I'm hypo I've never experienced the typical hypothyroid fatigue - is this what I'm experiencing now?

And if so, why has it come on after a medication increase?

I also have one eared tinnitus which is definitely worse too at the moment.

Any input greatly appreciated - with the summer holidays just starting and an active 8 year old to entertain, I'm struggling

[ROMM53]

Hi, How much have you increased T4 by and to?And how many days in, are you?

What was your last TSH ?

The exhaustion is common to hypo and hyper.

If your increase was another 25mcg, maybe halve the tablet --->take just the 12.5mcg extra for a couple of wks, see how you go, maybe the full increase is too much for you? Hope that helps!

[Newday64]

Hi again, I mentioned b12 deficiency to you the other day and your symptoms remind me very much of my own. I too started to feel far worse when I started taking Levo. My unprofessional theory is, when you get the right amount of thyroxine, it grabs all the available b12 (& iron in my case) and if they were on the low side, you suddenly become deficient. If you know your b12 level, was it low but within range? This could account for the way you are feeling now.

I really feel for you, feeling so fatigued it actually hurts! If it is b12, I can assure you the injections really help. Keep going back to your dr until you get the treatment that will work for you.

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I get the same problem when I try to increase meds because my iron is low. Apparenlty your body cannot utilise thyroxine when iron, b12, or vit d are low. You need testing for ferritin, B12, and vit d

[greygoose]

Tingling, fatigue and tinnitus can all be due to low magnesium. Most hypos are low in magnesium.

[Northantsnewbie]

Hi, thank you for posting this. I have only been recently diagnosed and have been taking Levothyroxine for 2 months. Over the last couple of weeks I have been feeling very achy and was convinced I had covid (I tested negative). I also have a fuzzy feeling in my arms and legs and wondered if it was thyroid or menopause related. I hope you got to the bottom of your problem but I just wanted to say I appreciate you raising this. I will certainly book a GP appointment and check out my magnesium and B12 levels as I also have to take B12 daily for pernicious anaemia.