One Answer is Hashimoto's Disease

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Well, I wanted a name to explain the symptoms I'm having and now I have it. Also called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, it's an auto-immune disorder. Well that explains a lot. The internet says that people with Hashimoto's "Most people eventually develop hypothyroidism with accompanying weight gain, fatigue, constipation, hair loss, and general pains." Apparently this chronic fatigue and weakness I've been having has been what they call a "flare-up" of Hashimoto's. Now I've known for 10+ years that I had hypothyroidism and I take Levothyroxine for it every morning. But nobody ever told me about the Hashimoto's. I had an ultrasound of my thyroid done this morning and it looked like Swiss Cheese. Not good. Several nodules, but nothing cancerous looking. So it doesn't bother or worry me that I have Hashimoto's, but now at least I know WHY I'm feeling the way that I do.