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Labs normal but still feel bad

I am new here, and am hoping for some help.  I was diagnosed with GD August of 2006.  I am currently on a combination of levothyroxine and methimazole, and my endo says my levels are in the normal range.  However, I have recently started having a lot of thyroid symptoms again, ie. weight gain, hair loss, muscle weakness, pain in joints, irritability.  I don't understand why I'd be feeling this way if my levels are "normal".  Can we still feel bad when are levels say otherwise?  Has anyone else experienced this?  
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!!
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Thanks for your response.  How can I learn more about what the thyroid levels mean, and how to know what level is best for me?  

When you go into remission, is it possible to still have symptoms?
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GD comes with its own symptoms and GD is not curable nor treatable.  
Or if you still have some thyroid function antibodies can still attack the functioning part of the thyroid creating symptoms. Or even if levels are normal, are they normal for you to feel your best, possibly not a 100% but close.  Or could be other health conditions, that share some of thyroid symptoms.

I am GD as well, but I don't have your symptoms, mine are different. I am treating them separate from thyroid.
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