Joint pain, body weakness and increase in body temperature

[BraillianTarker]

Hello, ts my first time on this platform. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism last year in September. V been taking carbimazole and my thyroid tests came out normal in November and january. So my dose was reduced to 5mg.Recently I was feeling so unwell. My throat was sore so my doctor stopped me from taking carbimazole. But now I feel general weakness, severe muscle aches and poor appetite. Just don't know if this is related to the thyroid disease. Currently taking Naproxen for the pain but Ts not working

[Marz]

Am afraid I am not experienced with Hyper illness. We do ask for your latest test results with ranges as a guide when making suggestions. Please post them if possible.

How were you diagnosed - which tests were done - and is an Endo taking care of you ?

Was Hashimotos ruled out ?

Welcome to the Forum 😊

[BraillianTarker in reply to Marz]

Hello thanx for the reply

My first result were

TSH-1.29 ref 0.27-4.20

T3-5.3 ref 2.8-7.1

T4-23.6 ref 10.16-22.0

The second check up.

TSH-0.81

T3-4.4

T4-16.9

The third one was on 12.01.2019

TSH-2.36

T3-3.9

T4-14.6

The range was

TSH 0.2-4.2

T3 2.8-7.1

T4 10.16-22.0

[Marz in reply to BraillianTarker]

Those results are not HYPER. Who diagnosed you ?

[BraillianTarker in reply to Marz]

A doctor in Uganda..

He said ts thyroditis.. Is t inflammation of the thyroid gland.

But now my throat is sore

[Marz in reply to BraillianTarker]

Sorry but you are on the wrong treatment and that is why your throat is sore.

thyroiduk.org

Please study the above link and this forum to learn more ...

[BraillianTarker in reply to Marz]

Ohh.. Thank you. Am off the carbimazole.

[Marz in reply to BraillianTarker]

Was that the one and the same doctor ?

[BraillianTarker in reply to Marz]

Yeah

[BraillianTarker in reply to BraillianTarker]

Just don't know how to get rid of the sore throat

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to BraillianTarker]

I’ve only just seen your replies - like Marz says you aren’t hyper.

Were your thyroid antibodies tested? If so I wonder what those results were?

The only thing I can suggest is having a blood test to check your white blood cell count? That’s what happens when you have a sore throat when you are taking Carbimazole because it can cause agranulocytosis - but then most people taking carb have an overactive thyroid so I don’t know what happens if you take it when you haven’t got an overactive thyroid.

I’m afraid I don’t know what happens after that if there is a problem because my white blood count was ok.

[BraillianTarker in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

Thank you very much. I will have those tested.

Am glad I got some good advice ☺

[Fruitandnutcase]

Welcome to the group - if you have got your test results then post them on here for people to look at, if you haven’t then you need to ask for a copy of all blood tests you’ve had along with their lab ranges and keep them. If you live on the U.K. you are legally entitled to have them. Just say you want them for your records.

If you aren’t being seen by an endocrinologist in a hospital then you should be if you are taking carbimazole- if your doctor has stopped you what are they doing instead? They can’t just leave you with nothing. There is a similar drug known as PTU that can be used for people who don’t get on with carbimazole and for ladies who are either or want to be pregnant.

I’m guessing that they are treating you for Graves Disease which is an overactive thyroid caused by thyroid antibodies. When I first saw my endo after three months of taking carbimazole- I had four weeks taking 10mcg then eight weeks taking 20mcg when the 10mcgdidnt make enough difference.

Anyway, when I got to see my consultant he said my hospital treated overactive thyroids the ‘fast way’ with a method called block and replace and that my treatment would take a year, which it did - exactly a year later I stippedall medication any things are still ok.

Like you my muscles ached, I felt like a bus had driven over me during the night, I felt really weak, I had absolutely no energy and wanted to sleep all the time but couldn’t sleep properly because my heart was racing and the pounding would waken me up. Unlike you I ate like horse - I used to go through the kitchen cupboards like a locust, I was always hungry yet I lost masses of weight, my thigh muscles were so weak I couldn’t get up if I got down to ground level.

So f8nd out your blood test results, ask to have your antibodies tested if they haven’t been plus vitamin D, vitamin B12, ferritin and folates. You want the last four to be well up in their range to help your thyroid, then read up as much as you can on the Thyroid. If you haven’t looked on the ThyroidUK.org.uk website, that’s a good place to start.