When I was prescribed Armour for Hypothyroidism, I developed heart and blood pressure fluctuations every 15 minutes that eventually hospitalized me. My physician decided that Armour was too hard to regulate and prescribed Levothyroxine instead. She retired soon after this. Within a year, I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in my hands. I was prescribed immune suppressants and other heavy duty meds. I work in nursing facilities, so this was concerning as my exposure rate for everything was high. Eventually, the NP, not the Rheumatologist, agreed to test me for Hashimotos. My sister had been diagnosed, and I had repeatedly requested testing. I tested positive but was treated the same. I ran out of the levothyroxine near Christmas and decided to use up the left over Armour. The arthritis in my hands stopped hurting and stopped progressing within 2 weeks. I now take a compound prescribed through a functional medicine RNP under supervision of the physician at the group. It works, but has to be adjusted regularly. Both of my daughters have normal TSH and have been tested for and diagnosed with Hashimotos. Chronic fatigue, brain fog and painful feet were the symptoms we all experienced first. We all made the statement as we progressed with the disease that we felt like human slugs. This has become a generational war for us.