So I gave in and went to the doctor. The results came back within a couple of days and on March 13th I got a call from the Dr. office. my thyroid is at a 21. They want to see it between 24-39 so it's low enough that they want to treat it. The other thing was that my cholesterol was a smidge high, which could be related to my low thyroid. For that I just need to watch what I eat and make sure to exercise.
I went to the pharmacy and picked up the drug... oh no I thought now I'm a druggie ;) Really, I'm terrible at taking pills on a regular basis, the bottle says, don't miss a dose, and take it 4 hours away from anything else. Oh joy! when on earth should I take this pill? I have herbals I take during the day, and usually first thing in the morning. So a friend says get up and take it at 2am. LOL I laughed, I can really see that, 2am as I'm stumbling to the bathroom, oh ya! I gotta take a pill! probably not very realistic. So I started taking them as early in the morning as I could, but then the herbals didn't get taken. so now I take them before bed and it's working better.
So, since I've been on this pill I have noticed a few things. After about a week I noticed my upper abdomen wasn't as bloated as it has been. In fact it feels a bit flatter. (we have a ways to go for sure). The second thing I noticed was that after about a week and a half my depression levels decreased. I was curious so I looked it up, (thank heaven for search engines right?) apparently depression is a sign of low thyroid.
For the past couple of years I have felt like I was at the bottom of a pit all the time. I would have a few days a month where I felt like I was kicking it and then I would sink again. Each time a client would cancel their appointment it would almost kill me off. Not enough clientele in the week? depression to the max! I even considered trying out a happy pill. It has been so wonderful not feeling like the end of the world is upon me every time I hit a glitch. the first time I noticed it was about a week ago when a client cancelled, normally I would have sunk to terrible depths for the rest of the day, wondering why I wasn't good enough. I noticed that it did affect me and then I was able to tell myself that it was ok and I had a great date night with my hubby. I rebounded so much more quickly and the weekend went great! I have to say I'm not all the way there yet, but this was such a huge thing for me that even beyond being overweight, this was something I didn't know what to do about.
Speaking of weight I have lost a few pounds. 5 to be exact, hoping for much more as we go along.
So far the pill seems to be doing small things that help my overall outlook and ability to keep going. so I'm excited to see what happens in the next 2 weeks. should be interesting.
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