Sorry to hear about the aches and pains!

I've had sciatica maybe 4 times over the course of my life. For me, it was "only" pain radiating down my leg.....sometimes it would result in a slightly numb foot as well.

The issues you describe remind me of what I dealt with during the early months of the meds titration process.

I remember you telling us that your Armour was increased somewhat recently.

It sounds like your levels aren't optimal just yet.

When are you due for labs?

Are you on other meds that could be interacting with the thyroid ones?

I just quit taking Vit D because it was causing me these problems. However, I also have Parkinsons disease as well as the hypothyroidism. Are you drinking enough water? I also get worse when I am not hydrated properly.

Ask your doctor to do the testing for hypothyroid----this disease has a long list of symptoms however, these symptoms also cross over into other health related problems or drug interactions.

I am due for more blood work next week. I know I don't drink enough water.....I don't like it, so I grab another cup of coffee instead :)

I do take a low dose of Vitamin D...I never thought that was a problem.

I am exhausted every day so I don't think my levels are right yet. This has been going on for about 7 years..

megsmom,

Many of us have been where you are. Aches and pains and feeling like 90... you're most likely hypothyroid but it's hard to tell without labs.

With treatment hypothyroidism WILL get better.

I also felt the same way when I was hyper. If i set along time I have to adjust when I first get up. It takes me quite a few steps before i feel like i can walk and not fall. Then if I run around all day doing errands I feel the same way.

I hope the doctors discover what is wrong.Hope you are better

It sounds like the fibromylgia type pain caused by low levels of thyroid hormone. I know pretty quick if my levels are falling and I need an increase by this...but I am a lot older than you too! There's a girl at my work who is 40, I am 59 now. I told her she needed a dose increase (she's on Synthroid) and I was right, she said her doc says her levels are low. I can run circles around her when my levels are good. All she's doing is yawning and saying she's tired all the time and her back hurts. She acts like much older than she is, her doc kept her on 50 for 2 years. I gave her a list of symptoms and told her to tell the doc how she felt.
I asked if she has good days, she said no, not really in 2 years! That's sad..so young. She got a dose increase to 75 but if she has no good days, her thyroid must be gonzo and she needs even more. Doctors are so in the dark about this! At least he ordered her more blood tests when he saw her tsh which must be high...she didn't really know that much to ask him. I tried to give her a crash course but it's a lot to take in when you know nothing.
I hope you figure this out and all I can say is just be an informed patient. I can see what happens if you're not!

Well when I was on Levo and Synthroid the drs kept increasing it too as I used the revolving door at the ER for heart palps constantly.

Problem is-----if the T4 is not totally converting all it will do is affect your heart and other organs. It is basically an overdose. Once I went on Armour it made up for the T4 that was messing me up. I had the already T3 and my body sucked it up like it was starving.

Don't waste your time if you are on only T4 meds and hurting---it is not really rocket science as some would have you believe. No it is not necessarily a problem of middle age. There is some bottom line reason for it----like my Vit D just did not like me at all....no matter how low it goes and how much sun I get it is leaking out somewhere and making the total low.

Have a good talk with your doctor or his nurse and tell them you need help with this and it must be meds you are on or something they need to test you for. The thyroid can be a beast sometimes but that stiffness scares me, that is what I have with the Parkinsons disease not to scare you. But I went years with it thinking it was my thyroid too----it was not......best wishes, don't give up --- ((hugs))

Is it hashimoto's thyroiditis? Or have they even checked your antibodies? I have both HT and Graves' Disease, and went hypo after the GD needed no more treatment. Now I am on L-T3, aka liothyronine or Cytomel.

I'm just thinking if it is autoimmune, you may have other related problems like Rheumatoid Arthritis.

As far as pain goes, it could be from long term stress from dealing with the chronic illness, or actually many things could cause it.

I was actually in the most pain when I was most hyper, but being treated for the hypo gave me a huge sense of relief from the chronic stress.

I've been thru that - if you know you're hypothyroid, then yeah - it's most definitely from low thyroid.

It can make you feel like an open wound, a walking corpse, and like a really old lady even if you're young.

Please get some labs, a dr appt, and get some help for that. It can cause a great deal of suffering.

At one point, (I must say while I was in hospital) they were giving me REALLY strong pain killers and it did NOTHING for the pain I was in. My pain tolerance is non-detectable when my thyroid is low.