And the health issues continue...
I continue to have problems with my thyroid levels being too low, but the doctors telling me I'm fine. I did some research on my own and realised that my symptoms are much deeper than I thought. I have not found a doctor who is willing to work with me and a "new" medication. It's been around for over 80 years, but most doctors don't want to prescribe it because "it's difficult to regulate" which translates to, you increase the dosage until symptoms disappear instead of relying on blood tests. I have been searching for a good doctor who is knowledgable about these drugs, but yes, none of them live in the area. These are real doctors who have written articles about how to take it and up to dosage. I am now reading books on this. I can order the drugs off the internet from the UK. So what is stopping me from just taking care of this myself? Ian.
He says he's supportive, but is he really? He says he is only playing devils advocate, but his tone of voice says he doesn't agree. My thyroid is getting so bad that I am borderline diabetic, I have high cholesterol, depressed, can't think straight, having anxiety and panic attacks, can't even remember what wonderful thing my kids said or did that day, my immune systems is in the shitter, among so many other things. I've got a list of 68 symptoms where I have checked off 58 of them, and the only reason I haven't checked off even more is I am too young to be showing symptoms or the doctors haven't tested me for it.
We tried talking about it tonight. Correction, I tried talking about it, what I'm experiencing and how much it would cost us to buy the meds overseas. Ian kept pointing out the other side. I tried to show him the list and he says he's not in the head space to deal with it. And well, he's just gone to bed. Tells me he wants to make sure I really understand the consquences of my decision. Why yes, I do. If something doesn't change soon, I will be too weak to take care of our children and I will most likely die of heart failure. And if I take the disscated thyroid meds, either I will get better, or it won't work at all.
Ian thinks I'm not looking at all the facts. Well, I am looking at all the facts that I can find. Even the FDA says that the medication I am on (and most others with hypothyroid) can not and does not regulate the thyroid. It is approved for hypothryroidism, yet even the government says it's uesless. So where the hell does that leave me and 10% of the USA? Sick dying and depressed. Woo funking hoo.
He says he's supportive, but is he really? He says he is only playing devils advocate, but his tone of voice says he doesn't agree. My thyroid is getting so bad that I am borderline diabetic, I have high cholesterol, depressed, can't think straight, having anxiety and panic attacks, can't even remember what wonderful thing my kids said or did that day, my immune systems is in the shitter, among so many other things. I've got a list of 68 symptoms where I have checked off 58 of them, and the only reason I haven't checked off even more is I am too young to be showing symptoms or the doctors haven't tested me for it.
We tried talking about it tonight. Correction, I tried talking about it, what I'm experiencing and how much it would cost us to buy the meds overseas. Ian kept pointing out the other side. I tried to show him the list and he says he's not in the head space to deal with it. And well, he's just gone to bed. Tells me he wants to make sure I really understand the consquences of my decision. Why yes, I do. If something doesn't change soon, I will be too weak to take care of our children and I will most likely die of heart failure. And if I take the disscated thyroid meds, either I will get better, or it won't work at all.
Ian thinks I'm not looking at all the facts. Well, I am looking at all the facts that I can find. Even the FDA says that the medication I am on (and most others with hypothyroid) can not and does not regulate the thyroid. It is approved for hypothryroidism, yet even the government says it's uesless. So where the hell does that leave me and 10% of the USA? Sick dying and depressed. Woo funking hoo.