Just wanted to chime in here :) I take naturethroid 90 mgs and was recently started on progesterone/biest at 50mgs/.65 respectively, 1 capsule in the morning and 2 at night. After 3 months, I had tingling, numbness in my right hand, then about 2 weeks after that, my hand became swollen and painful. I couldn't hold a pencil or type. When I went to the Dr., the blood work came back with a positive, very high ANA count - that's the lupus antibodies you mention. I came home and looked at some old lab reports. Two had ANA tests from a year ago and about 4 years ago. They were both negative. I think when you're on too much progesterone, it can cause tingling, numbness and hand pain. I think it also caused the positive ANA count.
I also take thyroid med as I mentioned. I think once we're hypo, yeast infections are a problem. (Just FYI, I had radioactive iodine treatment in 2005; been on meds since.) I take a probiotic to replace acidopholus and other good bacteria daily. It has been much more effective at eliminating the yeast infections than anything else. Ask your pharmacist which one they recommend and how much of it you can take. I take 2 times the recommended dose on the package. The pharmacist said it would be alright to do that.
I also have the wrist joint pain sometimes. I had it before progesterone/estrogen. I think it has something to do with an "imbalance" of FT4 and FT3. You might ask your Dr. to run a blood test on your Free T4 and Free T3, not just the TSH. Also, one last thing, when I divide my dose of 90 mgs into one third in the a.m., one third at 2:00 and one third before bedtime, the joint pain disappears! I think my system handles the lower doses of thyroid meds better than the full dose at once!!!
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Just wanted to chime in here :) I take naturethroid 90 mgs and was recently started on progesterone/biest at 50mgs/.65 respectively, 1 capsule in the morning and 2 at night. After 3 months, I had tingling, numbness in my right hand, then about 2 weeks after that, my hand became swollen and painful. I couldn't hold a pencil or type. When I went to the Dr., the blood work came back with a positive, very high ANA count - that's the lupus antibodies you mention. I came home and looked at some old lab reports. Two had ANA tests from a year ago and about 4 years ago. They were both negative. I think when you're on too much progesterone, it can cause tingling, numbness and hand pain. I think it also caused the positive ANA count.
I also take thyroid med as I mentioned. I think once we're hypo, yeast infections are a problem. (Just FYI, I had radioactive iodine treatment in 2005; been on meds since.) I take a probiotic to replace acidopholus and other good bacteria daily. It has been much more effective at eliminating the yeast infections than anything else. Ask your pharmacist which one they recommend and how much of it you can take. I take 2 times the recommended dose on the package. The pharmacist said it would be alright to do that.
I also have the wrist joint pain sometimes. I had it before progesterone/estrogen. I think it has something to do with an "imbalance" of FT4 and FT3. You might ask your Dr. to run a blood test on your Free T4 and Free T3, not just the TSH. Also, one last thing, when I divide my dose of 90 mgs into one third in the a.m., one third at 2:00 and one third before bedtime, the joint pain disappears! I think my system handles the lower doses of thyroid meds better than the full dose at once!!!
Hope this info helps :) Gotta love the internet!!
August 11, 2010 - 10:41amThis Comment
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