Most doctors are clueless as I am sure you have discovered long ago.

Have you tried accupuncture? Massage therapy? Some foods cause inflammation more than others, like dairy, gluten, meat.

Did they bother to tell you WHAT auto-immune disease you have?

I had those exact same issues when my thyroid was too low for me, Snippy.

I suspect your thyroid bloodwork is not OK...sorry.

You know we'll gladly help you interpret the results if you'd like to share them.

Hope you feel better soon!

I already know I'm way low and was started on levo. 124mcg about 5 weeks ago. The pain in my back and legs has gone away but my hand is a different story.@MButterfly have been told I had Graves three years ago.

oops/ 125 mcg. New lab work scheduled for last week in October.

You know, Skippy.....not only do we have symptoms when we start thyroid hormone replacement but, we can develop new ones as our bodies adjust to it.

I had over 20 hypo symptoms when I first started replacement back in March 2010.

As my dose was increased, I would have an improvement in some of the symptoms, a worsening of others....and the development of new ones.

I understood that this is what the body goes through as it adjusts to new levels of hormone.

I keep records of my "thyroid experiences" and one of those records includes any symptom I experienced since I've been treated. My hypo symptom list now contains a total of 40 different symptoms.

I'm thrilled to report that, once my levels were optimized, every...single....symptom dissipated.

Yes, I've had a few symptoms recur when my doctor didn't adjust my dose when my labs first showed the need.

However, the symptoms were relatively minor and didn't last long at all.

Sharing my symptoms journal as it related to my labs proved to my doctor just what my optimal levels are......it also showed her the "error of her ways" when she didn't adjust my dose soon enough

She has all her thyroid patients get labs every 8 wks. at the most.

As long as I continue to get labs regularly....and remind my doctor about the levels that keep me feeling great, I expect to stay feeling that way for a very long while.

I wish the same for everyone on here.

I just read in my local newspaper (yeah we still get that) a column that a doctor writes...that carpal tunnel is very common in thyroid disease and if you have it, get your thyroid checked.. so we know WHY you have it Snippy but if your thyroid levels get better it should be better too. Make sure they check that FT3 too cause that is the one (for me) if it it falls too low will give me pain. (all the time,no co-incidence).

^^ I"m with ya there - no coincidence - I feel AWFUL pain when my levels are low.

Well, having had carpal tunnel in both hands, and having had both of them surgically released, and both hands cured by the surgery, I have to say that at least mine was from nerve entrapment at the wrist.

Snippy, you might want to see a neurologist about your hand. The ennervation of the fingers has a specific path. The pointer, middle, and half of the ring finger are supplied by the median nerve. The other half of the ring finger and all of the pinky finger are supplied by the ulnar nerve. I also had ulnar nerve transfer.

If all fingers are involved, it may be from a circulation issue. Are you diabetic? Just asking. Another thing that can have an adverse effect on your circulation is sleep apnea. If you do see a neurologist, ask about sleep apnea.

And you only have to "live with it" if you don't seek answers elsewhere.

Good luck Snippy. Keep us informed.

No keeska I'm not they did a fasting blood sugar. All my blood work I had a little high white cell count and my cholesterol was 122. My white blood cell count has been a little off since this started three years ago.

Is Wetumpka anywhere near Auburn?

@keeska we are about an hour to an hour and a half from Auburn.