First, let me start off by saying that I am not a doctor. When you mentioned various areas on your body had inflammation, I too experienced a similar situation with inflammation in my body after having 18” of my colon removed due to suffering from severe diverticulitis for many years. I then was diagnosed, about 7 months later, with Hashimoto’s/Hypothyroidism. It was then that I had my Thyroid levels checked and found out that I had both Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism. I was first put on 100 mcg of Synthroid, my weight began to come down slowly and I was still so tired. My doctor then increased my Synthroid to 112 and added another drug called Cytomel, which really got things moving in the right direction, but then I began to feel shakey from too much medication. I went off the Cytomel and am feeling better, but will be starting 100 mcg of Synthroid next week as I still at times feel a bit shakey. Lisinopril is a blood pressure medication. Do you have high blood pressure? I would talk to your doctor about testing your thyroid levels. I would ask to have my TSH, T3-Free, T4-Free, TPO Antibodies tested. It’s a simple blood draw test and you should have your answers after this. I know that Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease and so is Lupus. I also have been told that once you have one autoimmune disease, it’s easy to contract another one. Lucky us right??? You’re on the right tract, just keep advocating for yourself. I have found that if I ask my doctor to run a test for me, he’ll do it, but he doesn’t always tell me to have a test…do your own research. Good luck!

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