#hypothyroid vitamins

[inevitablestars]

does anyone else have a friend that like diagnoses you with anything that could be wrong?

#2day i was told to look into hypothyroidism #before its been iron deficiancy and also vitamin d deficiancy #i feel like theres more #but its very funny 2 me #WAIT ALSO even better this was told to me today over tiktok dm ????

[manasurge]

Tis' the season where I mentally and physically suffer. Complaining below (feel free to ignore, I'm just venting. I usually do this every year to get most of it out of my system lol):

mmm the fall/winter SAD is indeed in full swing. No warmth + no sun = a bad bad time. I always get so annoyed when ppl assume that I love winter bc I'm a "winter baby", as if that has any sort of divine intervention on instantaneously adapting you to perfectly fit the climate you were born in. NOPE. Silly human superstition. I start to freeze once it hits below 20C. I wish I lived in a warmer climate o|-< The depresso is probably going to make me very whiny and moody until next spring, so an early forewarning bc I'm EXTREMELY annoying about it this time of year bc it's the only way I know how to deal with it. But moreso in addition to the physical stuff is how badly it messes with my mind, making me so depressed to the point of just... sitting in non-moving silence where I become stiff as a board (very painful btw) and I isolate, making the bad depresso brain time even worse where I overthink everything bc of the silence and isolation. It's also always the time of year where everyone goes quiet too, which is understandable, but also makes things 10x worse (I am very alone in my life and where I am, and kind of rely on online friends bc they're all I have. I don't even have a pet. I'm literally just, loner mode. I don't really have much family to speak of, and only one family member I do speak to. I have little to no connections at all. But regardless, this is still the best living situation I've been in my whole life, so that's saying something).

#i hate the cold; I hate ice; cold air hurts my skin and burns my lungs #i hate snow (I'm sorry I just don't think it's pretty. It's gross; erases all colour/everything; blinding; kills everything; claustrophobic #I hate long nights; i hate all the darkness #I take Vitamin D drops every day during winter and they don't really help #I also use those special lights meant to help during the long darkness for the same reason; and they also do not help #nothing works!!!!!! eating and drinking hot things doesn't help me stay warm bc heat dissipates away quickly and doesn't help my extremitie #the cold makes me SO dry and dehydrated; makes my bones hurt; makes outside DANGEROUS AF. ICE IS BAD. BE CAREFUL. #I can't retain heat; my hypothyroidism makes me colder by default and I just don't metabolize good/fast enough to keep myself warm #(my body temp is lower than average; fun fact! same with my blood pressure! both of them are very low) #I think my average from all the times I've had it scanned during covid was 32-36C. No idea how that works; I just remember checking it a lo #my fingers and hands are going to freeze; making it harder to draw/type/etc. #I'm not going to wear gloves inside my home bc that's dumb and they don't help anyways. It will just screw up my ability to use my hands #I get to be in pain for months with increased potential of being sick :/ #also I HATE bundling/layering myself with clothing or blankets; it's suffocating; restricting; sensory hell for me; sweaters are uncomfy :( #also whenever I try to do that all it does is insulate the cold for me; keeping me colder for even longer!!!!! it's so unfair!!!! #I've worn out 2 space heaters already and they don't work properly anymore (I used them both so much I wore out my preferred settings lol) #sobs; i'm a sad plant lizard

[brightgnosis]

Vampires visited (read: Bloodwork done, to my dismay. But I got one of the cute nurses I love seeing and she was sweet to me again so that made up for it a little until my Husband started talking about food- and them my Stomach started trying to eat itself in the middle of the blood draw).

Coffee obtained (read: Husband bribed me to see the Vampires by promising to take me to our favorite new local Coffee Shop, and delivered; I got myself a London Fog with Lavender, and some Biscuits and Gravy).

Now it's time for his Doctor's appointment. Then we gotta pick up his new meds eventually (because this appointment is to switch his anxiety meds because he doesn't like the current one). And then with any luck we're hopefully going to the Humane Society to see about meeting some of the Cats we have picked out from their website.

#Personal #2023 #Alphabet Soup #Food Is The Ultimate Love Language #Daily Life #Oklahoma #Hypothyroidism #Vitamin Deficiency

[lupismaris]

Okay bar is restocked, meds and 🍃restocked, everything we need for pies/cookies/roasts/brunch has been purchased

The long insufferable holiday weekend is now allowed to commence

#my mental health is incredibly shaky right to the point im actually concerned my meds are conflicting with each other and not working #like my synthroid dose is too low and thus im hypothyroidic and more depressed than usual which in turn means my topiramate #isnt working as well as it should be despite having recently upping the dose. my hormones have changed so the dose is now different #because with all the sudden change and bad news and delaying of big personal growth and recovery milestones #my bipolar has swung so violently into a depressive episode that my mood swings are starting to feel like im not medicated at all #despite having not missed more than maybe two or three doses since surgery #im safe and im working to stay stable with my guard rails of 🍃 and audio monologues and vitamin D3 and fluids #but this weekend is going to be very rough so im sorry in advance if im on here being annoying more than usual

[clockworkzombies]

The shitty thing about hypothyroidism is its symptoms are diminished so much (like "oh i have a family memeber with it, they didnt get that), and god forbid you still show some symptoms when taking synthroid.

I'm on 200 mcg and my levels are fine, but I still cannot regulate my body temp, my hair still falls out occasionally, and I get sick on a monthly basis.

I used to think this was just like, a normal condition that wouldn't affect my daily life once I leveled out. I'm tired.

#like so tired #i take vitamins #i exercise #i eat on a regular basis #i dont know what to do #even my doctor is like 'yeah thats hypothyroidism for you' #ive thought about bringing up maybe trying that supplemental medication that ive read some people take when synthroid isnt enough

[maria-devi]

#fruit for weight loss #dash diet #mediterranean diet #kidney beans #healthy breakfasts #vegetarian #vitamin d foods for vegetarians #back excercise gym #hypothyroidism diet #healthy #diet #eating well #shoulder excercise gym #shoulder excercise #tender cuts #leg excercise #healthy lifestyle #warmup excercise #chest excercise gym #fat food #foods rich in vitamin a #back excercise #foods rich in vitamin c #paleo diet #vitamins food #eating #body building foods #tricep excercise #weightloss #bagel

[loominggaia]

Personal Update: 4/2024

About 99% of posts these last few months have been trickling in from the queue. Typically I choose one day a week to load up a bunch of posts and then let Tumblr automatically post them for me each day. This means that my replies have probably been very slow and very late, and for that I apologize.

I've been doing it this way because frankly, my health is in the shitter again. My brain and body are just not working very well, and because of this I haven't felt confident enough to work on creative projects.

I was recently diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism. I have two tumors on my thyroid, one of them possibly cancerous, and considering my levels my doctor suspects my thyroid has probably been broken for a long time. Like, it's not just underactive, it's not working at all. My T4 levels are dangerously low, like "could slip into a coma at any moment" low, and I'm still waiting to receive my medication because insurance companies are evil, as we all know.

On top of that, I was also diagnosed with a severe case of scurvy. Yes, SCURVY, the freaking old timey pirate disease. 🤦‍♀️ This was likely caused by my gut issues, which limits my diet and hinders the way my body absorbs vitamins. Some of the gut issues probably tie back into the thyroid dysfunction.

Apparently my liver and kidneys are also not functioning very well and my cholesterol levels are high, which is surprising because I'm underweight, I'm not a drinker and I don't use drugs. I'm hoping this is just related to the thyroid thing and aren't separate issues on their own. I have various other infections and screwy lab results too, but I won't get into those or this post will be a novel. All you need to know is that my body is a disaster zone right now and it's hard to function like a normal person. I have very little energy for creative work, and that sucks ass because I have so many ideas that I want to expand upon.

Anyway, I'm just glad to finally have a competent new doctor and some diagnoses, after years of suffering and being told there's nothing wrong with me. I'm hoping to start treatment soon and start feeling well enough to worldbuild the way I want to.

Thank you guys so much for bearing with me, it means a lot. <3 You have been so supportive and helpful.

Feel free to keep sending things to the inbox! If it seems like I haven't answered for a while don't worry, it's probably just sitting in the queue and it will be posted whenever it's next in line. Sorry again for the snail pace here, but this is how it has to be until my condition improves.

4/20/2024

#update #looming gaia

[midnight-moth]

Just a lil bit of health related things

I got my blood test results and woah. I’m anemic, have a big vitamin D deficiency, hypothyroidism, and impaired kidney function. And my vit b12 is like crazy high which might be a few things why is one of them leukemia

No wonder I feel like a fucking walking corpse. Sad that I had to be dying of long covid for my doctor to consider doing any of this tests… I told her many times I didn’t feel right and she brushed me off.

Probably because I’ve moved twice and I’m not in her municipality anymore and they’ve been trying to get rid of me but I can’t find a doctor and haven’t been able to for 3 years but anyways…

I had the worst pancreatitis like a year and a half ago. Was in the hospital for 3 weeks. I actually got sent home from the ER twice before they admitted me and by that point it started fucking with my liver and my kidneys. So maybe just maybe it wrecked miy kidneys a little.

I also had an ekg and the results aren’t there yet but sure I’m going to freak out about what it might say anyway.

I feel slightly very terrified now.

I always have very bad health anxiety. Im always worried there’s something wrong with me. To the point where I obsess over it and have panic attacks. I can’t explain the cold fear that has just washed over me.

#I rarely feel this #but I want my mom #but you know #cw rant #cw medical stuff that is unpleasant #remember when I used to write instead of complaining about my health on the internet #I’m sorry

[sleepyfemme]

my thyroid levels WERE off so i was right about it being hypothyroidism but actually me and my partner have just been staying with my mom for the past few weeks so i could get out of our horrible horrible moldy student rental that was making me sick and i feel basically completely fine now. also i started taking my vitamins again

#i’m sooooo sensitive to mold and that was the worst place i’ve ever lived #i was expecting to feel so much better when school ended last month bc i’d be lest stressed and busy #but that meant i was suddenly home wayyyyy more than i’d ever been since we moved in #and my health literally tanked so bad. i’m so relieved to be feeling better oh my god mold is no joke #personal

[thirddeadlysin]

What’s the full panel?

I think this is about my tag on the thyroid/goiter post in which case the full panel my new doctor ran was TSH (which my old doctor did at my annual exam every year and it was always normal and stable) plus TPO antibodies (the only abnormal result I have rn, which indicates subclinical hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's), thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), T3 uptake, and free thyroxine index.

idk what would be included in other labs but Labcorp called the last four plus TSH "thyroid panel II" and TPO antibodies was separate.

And I separately learned after queuing that post that I'm at a higher risk of cardiovascular events because of the subclinical hypothyroidism so I extra urge people to get tested! Every doctor before the new one attributed my fatigue and slight but sudden weight gain to everything but thyroid problems bc TSH was normal. New doctor heard those symptoms and that my vitamin D was low and immediately ordered the thyroid panel.

#hypothyroidism #thyroid

[ferniliciousness]

I hate the American medical industry, just... So much . Recently found out my mom has the MTHFR gene mutation (also known as the mother fucker gene) and like, so many problems in my body have been instantly explained. I have two chronic illnesses directly caused by a lack of vitamins and nutrients in my body.... And what does this mutation do? Cause an extreme lack of b vitamins in your body 😑😑😑. The last time my folate levels were checked I think it was on the verge of being chronically low. I think I had a 4th of the average level. Quite a few of my b-vitamins were low as well.

And like... No one even told me. My doctor never mentioned it. Never looked into it, I had to find out on my own looking at my own test results. And like

GODDAMIT IM JUST SO TIRED OF THINGS BEING WRONG WITH ME

Fucking depression, autism, PCOS, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, PMDD, anxiety,

WHEN WILL THE FUCKING LIST END!! IM FUCKING 22!! AND I ACT LIKE IM FUCKING 50! I HAVE NO ENERGY, NO MOTIVATION, NO WILL TO DO ANYTHING ANYMORE.

I'm so fucking tired of this.

#im sorry for the rant #im just so tired of suffering #everyday #all day long #and having no one care #becuase no one in this goddamn country gives a flying fuck #unless your dead #and then they say #oh we wish we could have helped #all while they watched as i begged for help and did nothing

[crippleprophet]

Hi there! I found your google doc about AS and found I relate to a lot of the symptoms. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about a year ago (after 3+ years of backpain and over a year of fatigue and widespread pain amongst a whole list of other symptoms). This diagnosis never sat right with me. All the reumatologist did was order some basic blood tests (all came back negative) and poke at my body for twenty minutes before going "you have fibromyalgia, here's a pamphlet, try reducing stress". I'm currently on the waiting list for a rehab center to "learn to live with it". I have pain all over, but it's always concentrated along my spine and in my hips. Especially the 'alternating buttocks pain' feels very specific to my experience. I guess I'm not quite qure why I'm writing this. Mostly to say thank you for making that Google doc. I'm gonna scrape together the courage to go back to my doctor. I'm also just really curious if it's weird that I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia without ever having any scans done? I don't even know if you would have an answer to this, but I saw fibro mentioned in the doc so I thought maybe you'd know. I've tried googling it, but I can't find anything. It just has always seemed really weird to me. Shouldn't doctors have ruled out more things before jumping to fibromyalgia? You don't have to reply to this, mostly just wanted to thank you for the Google doc and your blog in general <3

omg thank you so much, genuinely when people tell me my posts (especially long info ones i put a lot of work into like that) were helpful for them it makes me feel like my life has meaning, there’s a lot i can’t do because of illness but this shit is my passion & even if it’s slow going, responses like this make it so worth it <33

with the usual disclaimer that i’m just Some Guy on the internet who reads a lot and has experienced a lot of medical neglect, my understanding of fibromyalgia is:

people diagnosed with fibro are definitely experiencing real, serious symptoms

many people get misdiagnosed with fibro when doctors discriminate against them (treating it as a modern equivalent of hysteria) and/or do not perform proper testing or data interpretation to reach the real diagnosis (often, but obviously not always, small fiber neuropathy)

some people diagnosed with fibro probably do have the same condition, separate from other existing diagnoses, but the data about what’s going on is 1) very limited to begin with, 2) inaccurate due to widespread misdiagnosis, & 3) often centered on patient psychology in really ableist ways, so it’s basically useless

any doctor whose first-line response to illness, even those genuinely exacerbated by stress like most chronic illnesses, is to reduce stress is an unrealistic, unhelpful asshole who i will one day run over with my mobility scooter on a tour of fury

i think it’s ludicrous that your rheumatologist ruled out AS, especially considering AS (especially nonradiographic AS) often involves neuropathic pain and enthesitis (inflammation of the entheses, where tendons or ligaments connect to bone) sites often overlap with fibromyalgia tender points.

it is unfortunately really hard to find a rheumatologist who will diagnose a condition that is both seronegative (doesn’t show up on bloodwork) and nonradiographic (doesn’t show up on imaging), but depending on what blood tests were done you might not even know if you’re seronegative, and you don’t know if you’re nonradiographic because you haven’t had imaging. for an idea of the standard of care, after my first rheumatology appointment with similar symptoms to those you listed, i was tested for:

complete blood count (CBC) with differential/platelet

comprehensive metabolic panel

routine urinalysis

antibodies SS-A and SS-B for sjögren’s syndrome

rheumatoid factor (RF) for rheumatoid arthritis

IgG/IgA antibodies for rheumatoid arthritis

vitamin D

thyroid secreting hormone (TSH) for hypothyroidism

Smith/RNP antibodies

anti-dsDNA antibodies

antinuclear antibodies (ANA) for lupus

C-reactive protein (CRP) which can indicate inflammation

Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) which can indicate inflammation

HLA-B27

those were probably like… 6 or 7? vials of blood and a urine sample, and i had an x-ray and MRI. given that there are no disease-modifying drugs for fibromyalgia, i think it’s absolutely neglectful to diagnose anyone with fibromyalgia without ruling out all other possible options, and i think it is definitely medical neglect that you received no scans after discussing disabling back pain.

i totally understand that this may not be possible depending on your circumstances, but if it’s an option i think it could be a good idea for you to get a second opinion rather than revisit the first doctor. but that’s your call and i hope it goes well for you no matter what you end up pursuing! i’m so sorry you’re dealing with this, please let me know if there’s anything i can do to help 🖤🖤

#ankylosing spondylitis #fibromyalgia #chronic pain #lower back pain #asks

[shitty-check-please-aus]

I saw something about May being Mental Health Awareness Month or something, and I just want to say that if you are experiencing mental health symptoms, you should also try to be on top of monitoring your physical health, i.e. with full bloodwork. The line between the two is really blurry with a lot of overlapping symptoms, and I don’t think I really fully understood that until I experienced it. 

I spent a lot of time brushing off symptoms of my hypothyroidism by saying “it’s just my depression/anxiety” instead of looking more closely at the problem. I still have depression, and I still take those medications, but I can’t emphasize enough how much better those meds work now that I’m taking care of my thyroid, now that I’m also supplementing with vitamin D and vitamin B12- it’s all brought me to a much better place than I was. 

There’s of course no guarantee that anyone else is in the same spot as I was with all this stuff, but I spent a lot of time not realizing that I should have been looking into this that I just want other people to know that it’s a possible problem

#I was seeing doctors but I didn't have a primary care doc for like.... 6-7 years? #like a lot of people I was mostly seeing a gyno and then specialists as needed #so bloodwork slipped through the cracks #I mean idk if I would've registered as the correct numbers to get treated or not #but this is one of my few real regrets #I wish I'd taken care of myself more between like 2016 and 2020

[brightgnosis]

All of the annoying shit that keeps me going.

Or about 80% of it, at least, anyways; there's still like 6+ bottles left on the shelf that I only take / use when specific symptoms flair up- which is not currently, Baruch HaShem. This is just my morning medications. Hooray!

#Personal #Alphabet Soup #2024 #Vitamin Defficiency #Allergies #Fibromyalgia #Hypothyroidism #Chronic Pain #Chronic Migraine #Gastroparesis #Bipolar Disorder TII #Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder #Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease #Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome #Irritable Bowel Syndrome #Polycystic Ovary Syndrome #Dyshidrotic Eczema #Atopic Dermatitis #Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder #Autism Spectrum Disorder #Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder #Hearing Loss #Visual Impairment with Astigmatism #Actually Disabled

[multiplicity-positivity]

hello! im questioning if i may have some form of plurality because of a lot of stuff (dissociation, memory loss, and shaky/uncertain identity, etc) but i had a specific question .. do you know if there are like other common causes for memory loss where the memories become faded and just out of reach after a certain amount of time(~1 year at a time) has passed that i need to rule out? almost my entire childhood is missing save several standout positive memories and the time after that is hazy and dark. i’ve talked a little about the memory stuff with my therapist but haven’t gotten any like.. insight on whats happening. its LIKE distressing but she doesnt seem to think its really an issue and idk how i can work on recovering the memory or if i even should. wanted to ask as i figure stuff out :] thanks for ur time ^^

Hi! So there are plenty of things besides dissociative disorders which can cause memory loss, such as:

- developmental disorders like ADD and ADHD

- many medications may cause memory loss

- chronic use of alcohol or drugs (whether legal or illegal, prescribed or not prescribed)

- long term stress, anxiety, fatigue, and depression

- insomnia, sleep apnea, and other sleep disorders

- a history of stroke, seizures, diabetes, or dementia

- hypothyroidism

- a previous concussion or head injury

- burnout, brain fog, and overexertion

- dehydration, poor nutrition, and/or a lack of daily essential vitamins

- and much more!

If your memory loss is causing you difficulties, anxiety, or distress, it may be best to bring this up to your primary care doctor (if you have one!). There may be something more physical going on that should be ruled out before considering a dissociative disorder (just in case it’s something serious that requires treatment!).

Fortunately, there’s an abundance of tests an examinations a doctor may complete to rule out other potential causes for your memory loss. This is necessary because your memory loss may be a symptom of something potentially devastating or life threatening! And a physician will be able to understand this better than a therapist, most likely.

Of course, dissociation and identity confusion are indeed symptoms of dissociative disorders. When you see a doctor, be sure to bring up all symptoms you’re experiencing and anything else you feel may be relevant. Best of luck to you with everything! We wish you hope and recovery in your future!

🌸 Margo and 🖋 Cecil

#memory loss #questioning system

[exhaustedevan]

It's annoying when you don't know if your muscle pain, joint pain and weakness is hypothyroidism, lack of iron, lack of vitamin D or something entirely different because unless you know what it is there's nothing you can do about it short of taking painkillers.

Today the worst of my pain is in my finger joints, and yet I'm on the computer typing (albeit from bed) because I'm sick of "resting". The pain doesn't get better if I rest, not typing doesn't mean I'll have less pain, but venting at least helps my mental state.

I'm annoyed and in pain and annoyed because I'm in pain. There, that's my vent for today.

#chronic illness #pain #chronic pain #cw vent #muscle pain #joint pain #chronically ill #hypothyroidism