Hello, 32 year old female here, I was always pretty thin my entire life, always leaned on the more sedentary side, but when I hit my late 20's I started gaining weight, I attributed it to getting older and my lifestyle choices at the time, (too much alcohol, bad diet), I decided to make a change and quit drinking and started exercising quite frequently, 5 years later I am a total gym addict, I even started to get weekly B12, B6 and mic injections because I noticed it significantly helped my energy level, I recently went in to a metabolism clinic to see what my resting calories were and to get a blood panel; cholesterol, platelets etc...lo and behold I'm hypothyroid, I was at 4.66 and while my cholesterol wasn't out of range, it was high/normal, I was asked to discontinue the B injections and start Levothyroxine, after 3 days I started to notice pretty big bruises with no origin, I was always a bruiser, I am very pale, but those stopped when I went onto my B injections, so I just assumed it was a result of discontinuing the injections, then about a week in to the medication a reoccurring neck twinge I occasionally experience came back with a vengeance, I couldn't move my neck, I was essentially immobile for a week, and it is still bothering me. 2 1/2 weeks into this medication my levels are at 1.6, THEN the other evening, dying from not being able to hit the gym, I did some body weight lunges before bed, (easy kid stuff for me, I squat 135lbs normally), and was woken up in the middle of the night by leg cramping, akin to the growing pains I experienced as a kid, I'm on day two of the leg cramps and pretty at a loss, the metabolism "clinic" isn't able to help me, (it's an ob/gyn primarily, so this is out of their scope of practice), and I cannot even CALL an endo until Monday, God knows when I'll be able to get in, can anyone give me some reassurance? I've spoken to a friend that told me she has been in constant pain for 10 years with her hypothyroid medication, I'm freaking out, I don't want to stop working out, I don't want to be in constant pain, does ANY of this sound familiar to anyone? I've been out of the gym for over 2 weeks and feel revolting, I'm about to say screw it and go back today.
-Kill Me