Been 2 weeks since I have started weekly vitamin D tablets. My tsh was observed at 3.8 but my gp said it was nothing to worry about. I am constantly suffering from knee, back and elbow pain, along with twitching all over my body. I’m not sure what is causing this and what to do about it... my potassium and magnesium levels are in the normal range.
I have had on and off pain, fatigue and twitching for 2 years now. But I only recently got my blood work done. I’ve always thought it had been due to working out or stress.
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My doctor prescribed sandoz d forte 50 000 unit once a week for 12 weeks.
I’m on 5th week of treatment, but am still having strange symptoms. Specifically, joint and muscle pain in legs, knees, arms and elbows, and twitching. There are many more on and off disturbances too. I’m only a student so I’m quite worried. I had thought by taking my supplements the issue would have been resolved, especially by now...
Doctor said to wait until after 12 weeks of treatment to do further testing related to thyroid function and anemia. Not sure what to do 😔
So it’s important to get iron and ferritin tested and improve to optimal levels
Low iron and/or low ferritin frequently linked to hair loss
Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Suggest you get Full thyroid testing in 2-3 months AFTER completing loading dose vitamin D and GP has tested full iron panel for anaemia
For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12
Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies
Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .
This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)
Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins
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