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Aug 2013
9:44pm, 19 Aug 2013
62,788 posts
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Hanneke
I need two naps a day...
I also have itchy skin, largely on my neck and shoulders and I also have tingling/numbness in my hands and feet from time to time.
In fact, Is it too early to go to bed? 
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Aug 2013
9:52pm, 19 Aug 2013
240 posts
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Running Duck
I need to stay in bed all day and that's with thyroxine!
I too get itchy skin. Neck, shoulders and along my spine and back area - especially where I can't reach.
Never had problems with my feet but still get quite severe pins and needles and numbness in my hands.
Hanneke - it's never too early to go to bed!
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Aug 2013
9:56pm, 19 Aug 2013
208 posts
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Crash Hamster
I'm in this club, diagnosed at the end of 2007, but in all honesty it's taken until the end of 2011 to feel 'normal' again. (Go on, you can make your own jokes up )
My dose has ended up at 200 mcg, but it's been up and down like an 'ores drawers. Still get periods of tiredness, but have been able to shift some weight recently, which is a joy! Still get the odd eczema-like patch, legs ache from time to time and I have a permanent sore throat.
I thought that the exemption from prescription charges was because hypothyroidism was one of the few things that could be treated and lead to a normal life expectancy when the NHS was founded...
Hey ho, not dead yet
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Aug 2013
9:57pm, 19 Aug 2013
209 posts
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Crash Hamster
2012 sorry, typo! Yes it really was that bleak for a while!
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Aug 2013
10:05pm, 19 Aug 2013
62,792 posts
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Hanneke
The sore msucles, especially in my upper legs and arms, and the fuzzyness in the head at work are the worst.
I tried teaching my yogaclass tonight and it was a shambles I am too stiff and achey to do any of the stretches with my students now...
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Aug 2013
10:17pm, 19 Aug 2013
578 posts
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J*C
Although I felt line crap, had endless symptoms a long family history of this it took the fact I couldn't run up a hill that finally got me to the doctors !
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Aug 2013
10:28am, 20 Aug 2013
1,124 posts
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-Monty-
More common than I thought!
Apart from the obvious feeling of being tired and knackered does anyone notice any impact on their running?
I've found that my resting heart rate has gone up since treatment. No real impact on anything else which is a shame as I was hoping to finally get a sub 20 minute 5k! Or maybe it's just me not training enough
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Aug 2013
4:09pm, 23 Aug 2013
946 posts
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Dirk
No impact on my training. My resting heart rate is naturally quite low anyway (40-43) and hasn't increased since I started the medication...
Yeah....work harder Monty!!!!!
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Aug 2013
9:41pm, 23 Aug 2013
249 posts
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Running Duck
My resting heart rate is also quite low. I know that medication can influence this but don't know if any of mine does.
I'll just tell myself that I am fit ....................................NOT!!!!
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Jan 2014
11:10am, 12 Jan 2014
1,133 posts
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-Monty-
I have another question to everyone I'm afraid. It may be completely stupid and I'm just being paranoid or something though.
I have very rarely taken any kind of drugs for things like headaches or pain killers etc. My theory is that if I'm hurting or have a pain then there must be a reason for it, sort out what the problem is and the pain will go. 9 times out 10 this has always worked with the odd occasion where it's nescessary to take something.
So, if my body isn't used to drugs, when I do take them doesn't that make the effect stronger? I've been told to increase the thyroxine to 100 last week and I've felt horrible since. The dry skin is back with a vengeance too.
It may be just that time of year when colds etc are more common though....
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