I hurt EVERYWHERE. I LITERALLY FEEL YOUR PAIN!!! I not only have aches, but fevers too. My tsh is 0.34

Uh, sorry to tell you this but, your TSH is too high for someone taking thyroid meds.

If you're taking just levothyroxine, thyroid textbooks indicate that your TSH should be 1.0 or lower.

The symptoms you've shared are similar to those I've had when my thyroid was low.

Maybe you can ask the doctor to increase your dose to see if it helps you feel better. You could point out to him that your TSH still has "room" to decrease and still fall within the normal range.

Using this type of reasoning helped me get the dose increases I needed to achieve levels that freed me from thyroid symptoms.

After all, your doctor IS treating your symptoms and not your lab numbers - right?

Petsonally, i FELT bettet at tsh of 2.3 i am at 0.34 and feel like absolute hell. :(

My TSH is around the same as yours momshere and I feel fine, did have some aches and pains also though. I just don't like to get mine too low for fear of it flipping to hyperthyroidism. Some on here will may lead you to believe you need the number lower. Just be careful of the advice of adding this and that ---- the recipe is different for everyone. Keep listening to your body and perhaps try to find another reason for the aches and pains.

One change I did make though is I change my vitamins to include more Vit D (did you ever have that checked?). Also, not sure if selenium helps or not but that is in there too. My Vit D keeps going low and my neuro told me it can cause a lot of pains in legs along with working with the nervous system. All I can suggest is that you could try a different doctor for a second opinion, that helped me out too.

Best wishes to you for good health.

The thing is that testing only the TSH does not give an accurate "tale" as to what is going on with the thyroid. Personally, my TSH is speradic and unpredictable, yet my FreeT3 and FreeT4 remain consistant. It's pretty much the FreeT3 and FreeT4 that matter. I'm going to post a seperate discussion with my previous and most recent labs, showing how my FreeT3 and FreeT4 improved, yet my TSH got worse. This is proof that testing just the TSH alone is pointless.

The TSH test, for people with auto-immune thyroid issues, is like trying to hit a moving target, in the dark, with a squirt gun.

For people like us - Free's tell the tale.

Granted there are those who've had their thyroid gland removed - and can exist just fine on the same dosage for years! But it's the exception...not the rule.

I have felt like this when my FT3 is too low. Is your doc testing this, or is he just testing tsh? Listen to the advice given by the more experienced ones on this board, who usually give good direction. You see, TC's doc isn't testing anything but her tsh and look how SHE feels! She maybe hyper as she is on a heavy dose. We can't tell unless the frees are posted also.

Thank you ladies for all the replies:) I always get my free's tested along with the tsh. I agree with bluesaphire on the point about my tsh level where its at now. I have been on both sides of the fence, hypo to hyper. I am real sensitive to synthroid, and personaly I would rather run a little high than too low. Yes my vita D is low and I take a supplement for that, but just started taking it faithfully so we shall see if that will help:) Other than the aches and pains I feel over all good, but it has been a long road getting me here. I'm sure a lot of you can relate to the thyroid coaster !!!! I get checked very three months to make sure that I am keeping my levels where I feel good. Again thank you for all the replies.....Stay strong :)

I forgot to welcome you back momshere :) So WELCOME BACK!

I have a question - you said " I have been on both sides of the fence, hypo to hyper. I am real sensitive to synthroid, and personaly I would rather run a little high than too low."

I'm sensitive to synthroid too - much more than with armour. Do you mean you want to run a "little high" as in slightly hyper - or were you referring to your TSH being "a little high"?

We all have to do what we think is best for us as individuals - so I'm not trying to pick a fight ..just seeking clarification.

My specialists advised me to stay slightly hyper - lots of journals, articles, and studies to back up the claim that those with auto-immune issues do better with slightly hyper levels (upper end of range or slightly over range for Free T4 and Free T3 with TSH at 1 or below). It's also been proven to lower pain levels. I find that to be true for me.

If you're interested in seeing them, lemme know and I'll post them. If not, please ignore :)

Glad to see you back!

Thank you for the kind welcome back:) I was referring to my tsh when I mentioned I would rather be a little higher than lower. Yes rule of thumb the lower the better you do feel, but I run a fine line, LOL !!!! I have energy now on a daily basis, which before it was either too much energy which gave tachardia, or too tired to even want to think, LOL !!! This sight really puts it into perspective for all of us that suffer from this.

Cool. You gotta do what's right for YOU. I was simply confused. Thanks for clearing that up.

I know what you mean about a fine line....geez it's maddening sometimes isn't it?

Glad you've got your energy back - that's a BIG plus right there.

And..you're right, this site gives us all a good mix of ideas, lots of support and empathy, and great perspective. I'd be much worse off without it. That's fer sure.

I run that fine line with you. When my TSH gets too low I can feel my eyes starting to hurt. That is so great to listen to your body because numbers are just that...numbers and if a person listens too much to all the garble about numbers they lose sight of their goal....to feel good. Hugs and best wishes!

One point about Vit D that is neithert advertised or well-known, but true... You can only absorb the maximum benefit of the vitamin if you take it on a full stomach. It likes fats, because it is a fat also.
For years I took it in the morning and didn't eat breakfast. I now take it after I eat my largest meal.
I have aches... and also take a Glucosamine supplement. Every little bit helps!
GL

For some reason the Glucosamine made my joints all ache just terrible. My husband took it too and his knees all felt really like they were loose---he told his orthopedic doc this and he told him that can sometimes happen with that stuff. We both stopped it.

A lot of people take it so it must help some of them though.

I know that when I'm off my legs and arms kill me. Either hyper or hypo. This is always my first sign. M ost people think we just like to complain alot.