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Hi, my name is Ben and I just joined this group. I am a thirty seven year old male who has been diagnosed with Hashimoto's for almost twenty years (diagnosed at 19). I have many questions about my health and I hope to gain perspective on this disease by listening to people with the same issues and ailments.

I have never felt "okay" since my diagnosis. But, I think because I was diagnosed so young I was able to "push" through the fatigue, anxiety and depression created by either the disease, the medication, or a combination of both.

I took Levothroxine for about 15 years and have recently started experimenting with Synthroid because my physical symptoms have worsened over the last 5 years (so far I have noticed no difference in med. change). I have started experiencing neurological symptoms (tingling in forearms, hands, and feet; aching in knees, hands and feet; muscle spasms all over in arbitrary parts of my body nausea follows; electrical sensations in upper back and lower neck; Sometimes my body and muscles feel weak but I don't think that I losing strength; blah blah blah!). I have read enough personal stories to know that some people with Hashimoto's feel some similar symptoms at times.

If I am dealing with an Endocronologist who can not understand why I have these physical symptoms associated with Hashimoto's is it time to get another Endo? Or is it likely that if I still experience these symptoms with sufficient levels of T3 and T4 hormone supplements I should be l looking for an additional diagnosis besides Hash's? In the last two years I have been to a neurologist and have had a brain scan (nerve conductivity, SEVERAL blood tests etc... nothing was discovered).

I am not looking for an additional diagnosis I am only trying to validate that it is possible that the Hashimoto's can cause my current physical symptoms. I look forward to any dialogue created by this e-mail. Thank you for listening, Ben