Muscle pain

[Kimkat]

Does anyone else suffer with muscle and joint pain with their hypothyroidism? The reason I ask is that I have had an injury for 3 months now in my shoulder, which needs an mri scan but apart from that my leg muscles ache constantly and I appear to be ‘pulling muscles’ a lot lately. I go to the gym every morning, I don’t overdo it, just workout within my capabilities but sometimes I find it so hard to keep up the momentum. It’s starting to really get me down now. Any information would be appreciated.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Kimkat

What is your Vit D level like? Low Vit D can cause muscle and joint aches and pains.

But maybe going to the gym every day is a bit excessive, not giving your muscles time to recover? Maybe reduce that to alternate days?

[Kimkat in reply to SeasideSusie]

Hi SSS, I’m not sure about my last results but I’ll check them. I don’t really go for it in the gym, just a bit of cardio and light weights to keep my joints moving.

[Kimkat in reply to SeasideSusie]

Last Vit D we’re 124 range is 50-200.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Kimkat]

OK, so that's a good result, nicely within the range recommended by the Vit D Society and Grassroots Health which is 100-150nmol/L with Grassroots Health just made a blog entry that a recent study suggests at least 125nmol/L.

[Kimkat in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thanks for that

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Most recent results?

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Show low ferritin and folate

TSH too high and Ft3 too low

Have you been working on improving low folate and ferritin

[Kimkat in reply to SlowDragon]

If I’m honest, I’ve been improving on my ferritin by eating more liver, liver pâté, very dark chocolate etc, not too sure about improving folate? Would a supplement suffice or better from foods etc?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Kimkat]

You likely need to be supplementing vitamin B complex to maintain optimal folate

supplementing a good quality daily vitamin B complex, one with folate in (not folic acid) may be beneficial.

This can help keep all B vitamins in balance and will help improve B12 levels too

Difference between folate and folic acid

chriskresser.com/folate-vs-...

B vitamins best taken after breakfast

Thorne Basic B is an option that contain folate, but is large capsule. You can tip powder out if can’t swallow capsule

Igennus Super B is good quality and cheap vitamin B complex. Contains folate. Full dose is two tablets per day. Many/most people may only need one tablet per day. Certainly only start on one per day (or even half tablet per day for first couple of weeks)

IMPORTANT......If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before ALL BLOOD TESTS , as biotin can falsely affect test results

endo.confex.com/endo/2016en...

endocrinenews.endocrine.org...

Suggest you get full thyroid and vitamin testing done 6-8 weeks after starting vitamin B complex

[Kimkat in reply to SlowDragon]

I’m taking B12, Vit D +K2, VitC and a drink that does have B vits in it with collagen.

[Yeswithasmile]

Hi Kimbat

This is my main symptom. Always has been. It is definitely a symptom for me of being under medicated. It’s like tendinitis as soon as you use a muscle. It’s random too. It can appear in any muscle at any time. I had frozen shoulders for 8 years until I first got some Levo. Then it vanished. For a while. Now it’s nowhere near as bad. I’m on t3 now amd I’m getting it more often but I know once I’m properly treated it’ll be so much better again.

[greygoose]

Low zinc can cause muscle pain. So it would be a good idea if you can get your zinc and copper tested. A lot of hypos are low in zinc.

[Timbutdim]

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[Kimkat in reply to Timbutdim]

This page isn’t available unfortunately Tim

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Kimkat]

Try again!