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Pain and no energy
I am a 41 year old female. For the past six months, I have had joint pain. Very bad in my knees, but back pains also. I have NO energy. There are times that I spend three days in bed straight. It is an exhausted feeling like I can hardly hold up my head & my body hurts.
Beyond the low energy & pain, I am light sensitive. I am sensitive to cold, but I sweat profusely. My vision is deteriorating and my hair is falling out. I have restless leg syndrome at night that actually is my whole body, making sleep hard.
I force myself to do things. I go to the gym as often as I can. Normally 4 days a week and work hard, am in great shape, not over weight & eat a clean diet.
I did have gastric bypass in 2002 so I know I don't absorb nutrients normally.
I have been to numerous doctors & just today my blood work came back perfect. No autoimmune disease, no arthritis, nothing found. I do b12 shots once a week & I am on vit d & muti vitamin.
Any help someone could give me would be appreciated. I have no quality of life. Thanks.
Beyond the low energy & pain, I am light sensitive. I am sensitive to cold, but I sweat profusely. My vision is deteriorating and my hair is falling out. I have restless leg syndrome at night that actually is my whole body, making sleep hard.
I force myself to do things. I go to the gym as often as I can. Normally 4 days a week and work hard, am in great shape, not over weight & eat a clean diet.
I did have gastric bypass in 2002 so I know I don't absorb nutrients normally.
I have been to numerous doctors & just today my blood work came back perfect. No autoimmune disease, no arthritis, nothing found. I do b12 shots once a week & I am on vit d & muti vitamin.
Any help someone could give me would be appreciated. I have no quality of life. Thanks.
HI No_Energy and welcome to the forum.
Is your B12 methylocobalamin ? If not, then read below:
Inorganic mercury may cause a B12 deficiency in the nervous system
as it accumulates in the Blood-Brain-Barrier and restricts Methylocobalamin
( Methylocobalamin is the only form of B12, used in the nervous system) flow through the BBB.
It is also possible to have normal B12 levels through an MMA test, yet have a B12 nervous system deficiency, so a test for homocysteine levels in the CSF is needed. If deficient, you would need to supplement with higher levles of Methylocobalmin.
Re Vitamin D
-- Problems with Vitamin D absorption, assimilation & resistance to vit D:
*General Inflammation and G/I inflammation(Very common with low thyroid sufferers) or Leaky Gut Syndrome.
* Low fat diet or issues with fat digestion also relating to not enough cholesterol for hormonal AND vitamin D synthesis ( vit D is fat soluble)
* Obesity
* certain drugs
* high cortisol
* Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene mutation ( genetic /autoimmune) or decreased VDR expression, common with hypothyroid & Hashimoto's sufferers also.
In this case need increased levels of D, above and beyond normal serum levels, for optimum function.
If further testing for this is not an option, then increasing your levels would be a simple and effective Vit. D resistance challenge, as long as you
supplement with Vitamin K2 and Vitamin A, which protect from Vit. D toxicity.
K2 and A supplementation is to insure protection from Vit.D toxicity
K2 moves away calcium from soft tissues(also arteries) and deposits it in the teeth & bones. Vit.D facilitates calcium metabolism, so you want to make sure it goes to the right places.
Could this explain partially the joint pains?
Finally Hypothyroid must be TRULY ruled out!
.
Thyroid Serum testing is flawed, as it is not
indicative of cellular thyroid function i!
Most conventional doctors order TSH,T3 and T4 at best. You need Free T3, Free T4 and Reverse T3 to determine accurately your thyroid function.
You can do on your own Dr. Barnes Basal Temperature test for thyroid function, just follow the online instructions precisely.
There are other possibilities but please look into these for now and let me know what you think.
I hope that this helps, however, please note that my suggestions are not intended as a replacement for medical advice.
Best wishes.
Niko
Is your B12 methylocobalamin ? If not, then read below:
Inorganic mercury may cause a B12 deficiency in the nervous system
as it accumulates in the Blood-Brain-Barrier and restricts Methylocobalamin
( Methylocobalamin is the only form of B12, used in the nervous system) flow through the BBB.
It is also possible to have normal B12 levels through an MMA test, yet have a B12 nervous system deficiency, so a test for homocysteine levels in the CSF is needed. If deficient, you would need to supplement with higher levles of Methylocobalmin.
Re Vitamin D
-- Problems with Vitamin D absorption, assimilation & resistance to vit D:
*General Inflammation and G/I inflammation(Very common with low thyroid sufferers) or Leaky Gut Syndrome.
* Low fat diet or issues with fat digestion also relating to not enough cholesterol for hormonal AND vitamin D synthesis ( vit D is fat soluble)
* Obesity
* certain drugs
* high cortisol
* Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene mutation ( genetic /autoimmune) or decreased VDR expression, common with hypothyroid & Hashimoto's sufferers also.
In this case need increased levels of D, above and beyond normal serum levels, for optimum function.
If further testing for this is not an option, then increasing your levels would be a simple and effective Vit. D resistance challenge, as long as you
supplement with Vitamin K2 and Vitamin A, which protect from Vit. D toxicity.
K2 and A supplementation is to insure protection from Vit.D toxicity
K2 moves away calcium from soft tissues(also arteries) and deposits it in the teeth & bones. Vit.D facilitates calcium metabolism, so you want to make sure it goes to the right places.
Could this explain partially the joint pains?
Finally Hypothyroid must be TRULY ruled out!
.
Thyroid Serum testing is flawed, as it is not
indicative of cellular thyroid function i!
Most conventional doctors order TSH,T3 and T4 at best. You need Free T3, Free T4 and Reverse T3 to determine accurately your thyroid function.
You can do on your own Dr. Barnes Basal Temperature test for thyroid function, just follow the online instructions precisely.
There are other possibilities but please look into these for now and let me know what you think.
I hope that this helps, however, please note that my suggestions are not intended as a replacement for medical advice.
Best wishes.
Niko
Hi. :) How are you feeling? I hope you're better. I don't know if this is something that might help you, but have you ever looked anything up about Lyme disease?
No, I don't have sciata because the pain is not down the back of legs, or only lower back. It is knee pain in both knees. The tingling at night thru my whole body is like you have to move your arms or legs. I have to get up and walk & move. I have had X-ray on back, both knees & MRIs on both knees. All came out fine. I did have ACL surgery on right knee a year & half ago and they said there was scaring but no arthritis or other damage.
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