Hello!
I've already posted a few questions, sorry. I was in such a state last week I forgot to introduce myself...
I'm 48, from NI, live in Brittany in France, 3 kids, 1 husband (haha - the poor guy) and am self employed. I'm really into swimming, surfing, walking and being outside. I'm a very happy and positive person in general!
Here's the not-so-happy part:
I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in 2012. "Just take this Lthryoxine", said my endocrinologist "and you'll be fine!". But I'm one of the few patients who are very hard to dose. It took 8.5 years to find the right dose after a long, hard struggle. I only had 1.5 years of the right dose until March 2022 when peri really ramped up a notch. So, I'm used to feeling crappy, but the wrong thyroid meds dose + peri is making me feel so ill. My peri symptoms are night sweats, palpitations, nausea, anxiety (especially mornings), very low mood, and headaches.
I'm on a progesterone-only pill because I have adenomyosis. I've been meditating daily for 4 years and do self-hypnosis when I feel really bad but that's not cutting the mustard any more so I've just started on Estradiol 0.1% (1 pump a day) but almost had to break my gyne's arm to get it (HRT is not big over here, not like at home).
The support on this forum is AMAZING, thank you so much! Thank goodness you are all here, even though I'm sorry you are going through this too. I've been reading the helpful replies and I'm touched by the kindness that flows on this forum.
All the best and may we all get to the other side as soon as possible! (There is another side right? This does go away, right?
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