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Hi all,

I was diagnosed underactive in April last year. Started on 25 levo and reffered to endo. I started experiencing pain in both knees, and later both hands around summer last year. I only just got the endo referral in January where I mentioned the joint pain but he didn't seem fussed, but due to my TSH still being 2.4, he upped my levo to 50. In just 2 weeks, the joint pain is becoming unbearable. Has anyone else experienced this, and how did you convince the NHS that levo was to blame? Had anyone used a natural specialist in London that they can recommend, and has anyone made the jump to NDT and found it helped with joint pain? Any info greatly appreciated!!

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If someone asks for a specialist recommedation then the post is always locked. This is to prevent information being posted on this public group.

Please start a new post for the other things that you would like to discuss. 50mcg Levo is a starter dose and likely you need more, also testing and supplementing key vitamins.

You are advised to get full thyroid profile bloods done to include TSH, FT4 & FT3 + vitamins ferritin, folate, B12 & D3 and antibodies before your appointment to avoid wasting your first visit.

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