Hey there. So every woman in my family (mom, aunt, cousin and grandmother) have hypothyroidism. For the past 9 months, I started having pain in the ball and big toe of my right foot. About 3 months ago, it started occurring in my left foot. Since then, I have developed bizarre joint pain in my feet, knees, wrist, fingers.. etc. Some days my left knee and right finger will hurt.. some days my wrist... it seems to move around, and doesn't necessarily occur on both sides of my body.
I also have general fatigue, low libido, and my appetite seems to have faded. I'm 5'6 and 128 pounds and have a lot of muscle. (I lift weights and generally feel strong, but tired..) Definitely not having weight gain... but the SCARIEST symptoms I have noticed for the last 3 weeks has been HAIR LOSS. It is quite devastating. It is definitely diffuse, which means it is general thinning (no bald patches). People in my life say they don't notice, but I feel as though half my hair is gone. Every time I gently stroke my hair (not pull) I get 15-20 strands... and this happens over 20-30 times per day. I am afraid that if this keeps going on in one month I will be bald!
I'm in the process of waiting for test results,.... My TSH came back 2.18.... but I begged my doctor to test me for free T3 and free T4... so hopefully those will show SOMETHING. I thought maybe I had rheumatoid arthritis, but he said the rheumatic antibodies didn't show up... I know I have been on the low ends of folic acid, b12 and iron in the past.. so i'm wondering if I am deficient. Could i have low intrinsic factor? The question would why am i no absorbing all of the high nutritive foods that I eat? My diet consists of eating gluten free, all local grass fed meat, eggs, dairy and veggies. Lots of bone broths and highly nutritive teas (nettles, alfalfa..) fermented cod liver oil, fish oil, vitamin d, and daily fermented foods. Do you have any ideas on what this could be?