Taking Armour 5 months - great - except painful foot etc

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Hi all, just an update -

After finally finding out that I needed Iron before any form of thyroid would

'take' I have successfully been on Armour and NAE since Sept last year with

fantastic results.

I started on (wait for it) - quarter of a quarter grain and now take 3 quarter

grains split twice a day - in a morning and before bed - and sleep like a log.

Brain fog has cleared and I think and can operate so much more, but lots of

symptons still linger but hope will go in time - like the dry skin, muscle aches

and inability to do much exercise, although I am improving on the latter.

The big problem I have is that my left foot if uncomfortable - feels like it is

being held in a vice. My chiropodist says (when I went with what I thought were

corns) was it is not corns, but under my foot is imflammed and that's why I can

no longer go out in my higher heels without being in agony.

I also feel simililar pains in joins in my fingers and wrists. I did think it

happens every time I up my dose.

I am in no way hyper and can usually manage each increase well and need it.

Last blood tests showed good T3 levels and low T4 so obviously converting. Saw

Dr P and said fine. TSH had gone up to 2.67 thought after 3 months of Armour

and came off for 24 hours to take.

I feel heavy to carry around as if I have some fluid retention, because now I

feel better off armour I am exercising, but I'm not loosing any weight.

Any ideas would be gratefully received. Gp cannot see that I can be possibly

carrying fluid as I have a naturally slim frame, but I know it's now as it was

and I was constantly around 9 stone for years, and now over 10 and

uncomfortable.

Thanks

J