So. I had a health issue that drove me to the doctor, earlier this week. While I was there, I asked her to switch me back from artificial thyroid replacement hormones (T4 and T3) back to natural (desiccated porcine thyroid gland).
I took my first dose yesterday morning. And I woke up. Woke up for the first time in months.
I had been sleepwalking through life without realizing how bad it was getting. I just knew that some of the other hypothyroid symptoms that I had had under control were coming back. I was (and still am) always cold. My hair was dry and I was shedding like a nervous cat. I was struggling to slow weight gain on 900-1100 calories per day. Not stop it, not lose weight, slow the gain.
So I asked to go back on what I'd felt better on: the natural stuff.
I still am limited in physical energy. I'm still stiff and sore in the joints, with jolts of pain if I push too far.
But I can think. My brain's working again.
I feel like an abject moron, putting it off for so long.
(and now, back to my scheduled writing)
