New to HW and hit upon couchtaters latest entry!

I haven't been through the same thing as you with the MS and Hashimoto's, but I have had my thyroid struggles. My PCP was managing my levels and was going strictly by the book for dosage. He was also testing too soon and not giving the last dose change a chance to mormalize. I've been diagnosed hypothyroid for more than 2 years and have not been on the same dose for longer than 2 months.

I finally decided it was time to find a good endocrinologist. I hit a winner the first try. His question to me was, "Don't think about the numbers, but what dose did you feel your best on?" I told him, he wrote me a script, but I didn't need it because I have pills of every single dose in a drawer here all less than a year old (50, 75, 88, 100, 112, 125, 150 mcgs). I've been on the 125 for 2 months now and am feeling pretty decent on it. I get my blood drawn later this month. He told me that unless the TSH was way out of control, he would not change the dose. He also said that if it were dangerously high or low, he would gradually take me up or down to where I need to be. Unlike my PCP's nurse practioner who completely stopped my synthroid at 125 for 2 weeks because the numbers scared her and I really crashed. Numbers are all well and good to keep yuou in a safe range, but it's a lot more about how you feel than just the numbers.

Though I don't have MS, I do have Fibro, which in some ways is comparable. Throw in the depression and I'm just the life of the party. Sorry, I have to keep my sense of humor about this all or I'll lose it completely. Tired just goes with the game. I find a little bit of exercize every day helps me some. On the good days, I take my dog trailwalking on a nice flat trail. On the not so good or rainy days, I do a little dancing with some music on. On the really bad days, I just do gentle stretching exercises. On the even worse days, I stay in bed on my memory foam mattress and pray that the next day will be better. Best of luck to you Keds72!