Symptoms Update: Wow, I’m happy!
Posted on: December 16, 2005 | Posted in: My Story
Since starting on the higher dose of levothyroxin, I’ve started to notice some really dramatic changes in symptoms I didn’t even entirely realize I had. I was so used to being chilly, and being depressed I didn’t know what it was like to be any other way. I was so used to sleeping late in the mornings, I never even considered that being a “night person” maybe wasn’t normal for me. Well. Was I ever in for a surprise! To quote a bit from my “regular” blog:
- My hands and feet are often *warm*, instead of either being cold or not-cold.
- My face actually has some color in it. I’m not as pale as I always thought I was!
- I wake up in the morning. And I stay awake. Even when I want to sleep ’till noon on the weekend, I can’t unless I stay up ’till 4am the night before. (Before this, I could either sleep all day, or I’d wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep.)
- I’m losing weight without trying. I don’t know if this is because of my metabolism, or because I can’t eat for 3 hours every morning because of my medication. Either way, I like it.
- And this is the super-weird one: I am sometimes in good moods for NO PARTICULAR REASON.
Now, the mood thing. That’s the amazing one. Seriously, I didn’t think it was normal or healthy or OK to be in a good mood for no reason. I thought a good day was one during which my baseline mood was neutral. “Happy” was something that only happened for a reason, like getting a check in the mail or having someone say or do something particularly nice for me. “Happy” was not something that just happened on its own.
For the last week or so though, I have actually felt happy. Sure, bad things can still make me feel bad, and large swatches of time still fall into “neutral” territory, but my baseline mood seems to be happy. At least I think that’s what’s happening. I’m so totally NOT used to feeling this way, it’s going to take a while to get used to it.
Combined with the “losing weight without really trying” thing, I’m just thrilled with the whole situation.
People! If you are tired and depressed and can’t lost weight: GO GET YOUR THYROID CHECKED!!! I can’t stress enough how TOTALLY worthwhile it is to do this, if you actually have a problem!
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