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  1. Hi, thank you so much for this post, really adds clarity to what I’d consider probably the most challenging years of my life. I’d lived with Hypothyroidism for over a decade, and am sure it was an early onset at the beginning of High School. I used to drink a LOT of milk when I was a kid, and am pretty sure all those hormones in there messed me up!. I now know what I have is Hashimoto’s. I basically lived my teenage years and all 20s with a messed up Thyroid. While everybody was super energetic and with raging hormones I was always the one to sit in the back never raise my hand, and forget about it if the girls approached me it was always embarrassing. I moved to the US from Mexico at the age of 10 and I think not too long from then is when my thyroid started under-performing. It made a already tough transition way tougher. The feeling is just as you described it, you can’t really get a good grasp of who you are and where you stand in life and with others. I always was the one to try and make good company for everyone, because if everyone was comfortable and having a good time so was I. As a matter of fact I still remember when I was a kid I would get up every morning like 8am and be out on the street the whole day and not feel tired at all, but do it all again the next day, boundless energy, drive, confidence and motivation. Not to brag but I was a pretty popular kid haha. Anyway the years with untreated Thyroid were bland and I always felt like I couldn’t put my finger on things. It was hard to figure out things when I didn’t know what I wanted because my desires and passions were not there. Anytime I was asked about something, it was the same response sure, ok. This also caused a lot of problems in my relationships because I could never meet my ex-girlfriends emotionally, I was just bland and I hated it. Sometimes I’d think up a joke(would have to think it up because a lot of times they did not come on the spot) I would share it and people would laugh but would stop when they didn’t see me laughing, because even though I knew it was funny, I was bland about it. I always put myself down for all the things I did wrong/failed to do as am naturally hard on myself/perfectionist. I was depressed and did not know it. People always thought I was just like that. Am now taking Levothyroxine since my 30s basically a year ago as I am now about to turn 31. It’s like a brand new life, and its funny because one of the things I said was I can feel the colors now haha. People now very often look at me strangely(including surprising even myself), when it comes to taking initiative in things and doing it well and with confidence. I have not been a relationship since then but I am most definitely looking forward to it. My optimism and confidence is there, and I love to face my challenges head on. I am thankful, that even though I feel it more now, I know the Lord was with me the whole time and kept me from making harm to myself when things got bad. I am gonna keep my TSH levels as low as I can, where I feel comfortable with everything I want to get done. Once again thank you for sharing, am sorry you had to go through that, I sometimes ask myself why that was necessary, but life happens, good and bad. Thank you Lord.

  2. I am crying reading this. I have felt the same way for many years. I never knew that it could be my thyroid. I have a Dr. Appointment today and I’m going to ask if they will check mine. I hope that I get the results I need and that if it is thyroid a weight will be lifted as I’ve felt as if my anxiety and depression is my fault for the past 10 years.

  3. This made me cry, such a mirror image of my life the past year. Feeling crazy, pushing away the love of my life, feeling angry all the time. I found out that it was my thyroid in June, it’s been a struggle ..some days are still up and down.. but the hardest thing is knowing I pushed away my love because I felt out of control and questioned all my feelings. it’s amazing how many women lived with this same health problem and so many people think it’s all in your head, because a doctor doesn’t take it seriously..

  4. blank Chris Jahn says:

    It has been amazing reading all of these testimonies! I met the love of my life 8 months ago. A Christian single mom and nurse suffering from Hashimoto’s. She has many if not all of same symptoms many of you have spoken of.
    the last month has been rough, she went from wanting to get married and in love to not sure, doesnt know, doesnt know why she doesnt know, I annoy her though she doesnt know why. Then were good, then were not. Its a nightmare! She said something to me that hurt my feelings deeply, though I know she didnt mean to. I responded in a very upset way and left. Brought her flowers and lunch to work told her I was sorry for being so upset, that it wasn’t her fault, that I was here for her and everything would be ok, we would be fine. She told me that stressed her out. I love her so much but today when I showed up to mass to tell her about my decision to be baptized and to pray and speak with her she totally lost it on me. Told me she didnt want to have anything to do with me. All of this seemed to happen overnight. I told her how I felt in a text and said I would respect her wishes though I hope she calls me so we can figure this out. Any advice and prayers would be greatly appreciated. Good luck to everyone and God bless!

    1. A woman I was dating had anxiety and what I suspected to be was depression. I thought everything was going good and then September 2019 she was told she might have hypothyroidism. After further testing she was told she had hashimoto’s. Fast forward to October 2019 towards the end of the month she told me she couldn’t do it anymore. She felt safer alone and doing nothing but wanting to work and sleep. She spends time with family but our coworkers had started commenting how she was snapping at people and having mood swings. I asked her and she says her mental health is fine and that I make her mad and irritate her and the past 4 weeks we haven’t spoken hardly at all. Some of our friends tell me to give up and move on because she is fine since she smiles but how do you just move on when it could possibly be part of the hashimoto’s.

    2. I experienced the same thing in my recent relationship. We’ve know each other during medical school and we hit it off really well. Towards the end of the class I asked her if she wanted to get in a relationship she said she was really depressed and couldn’t be in a relationship (this is when symptoms started). Fast forward a few months later I reached out to her and with great surprise she agreed to meet me and we started talking and began a relationship. Everything was going great. We had great chemistry and things were going really well, we both enjoyed each other and there was nothing but love and respect for each other. I noticed that she was experiencing a lot of these symptoms as stated in the article, tired, cold, yawing a lot, joint pain and a little weight gain but I didn’t mention anything. I love her for who she is her heart not the way she looks. She started her new program to continue her medical career and she was struggling (having a hard time focusing and retaining info) but I keep being motivational and being positive towards everything. Then she received a call from the doctors saying that the results confirmed that she was diagnosed with hashimotos. This is when things started to change. She was still talking to me and we hung out whenever she had the time. And I made effort to remain patient and positive. She told me she appreciates how I hung on thru the time, distance and medical condition. A few weeks pass and school started to get harder and she is on the boarder line of failing. So I allowed her time and space to focus on school. We didn’t talk for a week and when I reached out to see how she was doing I didn’t get a reply. A few days later still no reply so I texted her again and she said there’s a lot going on and that she’s sorry for neglecting me. I kept it positive saying I understand and not to worry. I understand that her life goals and career is the very top priority along with her immediate family. And I fall at the bottom. So a few weeks go by and I reach out to check in and nothing. A few weeks later still nothing so I made the mistake in calling her multiple times. She replied saying that she is moving out of her dads and that there’s a lot going on there. And she will call me when she was done. I didn’t get a call but I got a text saying that she moved out of her dads and is with her mom. There was way too much happening there. She said that she jumped into things way to quick and it best that we remain friends. There was just way too much happening. I was really upset and hurt and said if I accepted to being just a friend I would be lying to myself and to her. I can’t just see you as a just a friend. I love her. I told her to reach out to me if she changes her mind and when things have settled down. I gave her a motivational message and told her there’s a lot I’m going to miss about you and to take care. She replied I’m sorry. It’s been about a month since I heard from her and i don’t know what to do. I want to reach out to her and see how’s she doing but afraid that I would be bothering her and drive her father away from me. If there’s any advice I can get it would be greatly appreciated. I wish I came across this article sooner, it would have helped me realize what was really going I thought she was just being avoidant towards me. And didn’t want to continue things. Now I know what was happening and I’m full of regrets and sadness.

  5. blank Natasha Noonan says:

    Hello, I was diagnosed as hypothyroid last October with a test of 9.78umol. I switched doctors and they have me on synthroid but only a very small dose of 50mg. I am still feeling detached and moody just like what you described. I was wondering what medication and what amount you took to feel better? It’s been 5 months since I started and I still feel terrible. I’m beginning to lose hope of ever feeling like myself again and I only just turned 30.

  6. Hi. I am surviving hypothyroidism. My T-count was 25. I have been informed by my wife that I have been a dick for 10 years. It doesn’t help that I was once a wrestler. The imbalance the thyroid gave me fed and angry aggressive nature and I was often mean to her. It didn’t seem that way to me. Her claim is that I been abusive. At the center of my heart is the kind of person who wants a loving successful marriage, children, and happiness. I get the position women are in and have the up most respect for their suffering. I set examples every chance I get to help women get even footing in the world. I don’t see myself as an abuser. I began a hormone called synthroid. It has chased the “demon” away. I kind of have returned to a normal being. There’s still a lot of repair that needs done with my wife. We are in counseling. Some days I think it’s good and other days I just don’t know. I thought my story might help. I feel like my life as been robbed from me and I have been labeled and am uncertain of my future. It’s a real thing. It’s heart wrenching and soul stealing. I wish you all a successful journey.

    1. blank Bethanie Ferguson says:

      Thanks and you too… I myself can relate

  7. Hi. I am surviving hypothyroidism. My T-count was 25. I have been informed by my wife that I have been a dick for 10 years. It doesn’t help that I was once a wrestler. The imbalance the thyroid gave me fed and angry aggressive nature and I was often mean to her. It didn’t seem that way to me. Her claim is that I been abusive. At the center of my heart is the kind of person who wants a living successful marriage, children, and happiness. I get the position women are in and gave the up most respect for their suffering. I set examples every chance I get to help women get even footing in the world. I don’t see myself as an abuser. I began a hormone called synthroid. It has chased the “demon” away. I kind of have returned to a normal being. There’s still a lot of repair that needs done with my wife. We are in counseling. Some days I think it’s good and other days I just don’t know. I thought my story might help. I feel like my life as been robbed from me and I have been labeled and am uncertain if my future. It’s a real thing. It’s heart wrenching and soul stealing. I wish you all a successful journey.

  8. blank Tayshaun wilson says:

    Hey it’s crazy I’ve been dealing with these issues our whole relationship. My girlfriend stop taking her meds about 8months ago. In that time frame she’s been moody and angry saying hurtful things and then 2months ago she’s needs a break. So we have been broken up for 2 months. She’s was so angry at me she’s block me just push me out of her life. She would say leave her alone then call me we will have a good conversation about moving forward then the next day she flipp and now we don’t even speak.

  9. I am dating a girl who has been recently diagnosed. Your story reminds me of ours. We have been so in love and almost like a fairytale up until the past few weeks. All of a sudden she is very withdrawn from me and says that she doesn’t have feelings of love towards me the same anymore. This came out of nowhere. She doesn’t understand what is happening. Her doctor appears to have changed her medicine and all of this has started happening. I sent her this article. I hope she finds help as you did that is effective. Our days have been pretty rough lately and I dont know how to handle this new version of her. I love her and hope we find answers.

    1. Hi Zach, It is wonderful that you are doing research on thyroid disease for your girlfriend. This disease can affect your entire body and even change the way you interact with people you love. Imagine having a disease that completely exhausts you that you don’t even recognize yourself. I hope your girlfriend will come and visit Hypothyroid Mom. There is hope to be well.

  10. I appreciate this post and story very much. One thing to which people are not paying close enough attention is their exposure to wireless technology. RF exposure is a prime culprit in low thyroid function. Smart phone literature (which comes with the phone) all contains language which says that an operating phone ought not be used against the body. Wifi is even more damaging to the body and thyroid. Hypothyroidism is a horrible thing but people should be avoiding wireless exposure just as they would chemicals which are anti-thyroid.

    1. I am certain you are right about wireless technology. I think about this a great deal and this is a good reminder to include more articles about this topic at Hypothyroid Mom.

  11. I appreciate this post and story very much. One thing to which people are not paying close enough attention is their exposure to wireless technology. RF exposure is a prime culprit in low thyroid function. Smart phone literature (which comes with the phone) all contains language which says that an operating phone ought not be used against the body. Wifi is even more damaging to the body and thyroid. Hypothyroidism is a horrible thing but people should be avoiding wireless exposure just as they would chemicals which are anti-thyrioud.

  12. “Somewhere during this time my cycle flipped and I’d be irrational and emotional and feeling crazy all month long and level out during my period. C loved being around me when I was on my period; I was emotionally connected and caring and had a softness about me that I didn’t have the rest of the month. We both loved that girl who showed up those days.”

    This is my exact problem and I never see anyone talking about this! I feel the best on day 1 of my period when I’m bleeding heavily. Some months there’s little change, but other months I have more energy, feel calmer/more emotional (I’m usually completely numb, I have DP/DR)/etc when I’m on my period. Is there a way that I can contact you? Would love to talk about this…I’ve been on thyroid meds before and they made me feel worse (and I did try natural thyroid), but that was years ago so maybe I’ll look into trying it again…idk. Psych meds make me feel a million times worse.

  13. Where to begin? Me and my partner were together for several years. Like any relationship we had our ups and downs but found a way to come together in a number of situations and be a team. Some of the root problems were others (Her Family) trying to be involved in our relationship. She began to get sick out of no where. It was classified as CVS (Cyclic vomiting syndrome) and we powered through it, but it took a major toll on the relationship. She was afraid to travel as we were even removed off a plane 1 time. We were consistently going to the hospital tons of tests with no answers. Then other things started to happen. Bowel issues. Anxiety. Depression. extreme Fatigue. Then the night sweats. The horrible night sweats. She would get up at least 2 times a night to change if not more. At one point, I started sleeping on the couch to not have an extra 100 degrees next to her and wake up covered in sweat.

    She stayed at home, I make enough money that she didn’t need to work and she would go about her day waking up at noon, taking a nap at 4pm and then sometimes another before going to bed at roughly 1am. We were both avid gamers so I thought it was typical. We were “night people”. Then she began to gain weight out of no where. a size 3 to 12 in less then 6 months. The mood swings got even worse. We then went to a new Dr. and she was tested for her Thyroid and was diagnosised with Hypothyroidism. We though we finally found the answer. She literally had every symptom across the board it made complete sense and we started to figure out treats with the Dr.

    From there she started to seclude herself even more, spending hours alone in the bedroom, watching movies, playing games, but not with the people we have known for years. In Feb. 2018, in the morning I got up and she was upset, something had happened and she was crying and when I said whats wrong she blunted out “I’m done” and I said, “Yeah me too, this is crazy” and she said “No! I’m done with this relationship” I was shocked, but I said if this is what you want, then we will work through it and we will figure out a way to make the transition. It’s not something I wanted, but I respected the decision. a few weeks later, we sat and talked and she said she wanted to try to work things out (she was not big on talking) weeks past, she never packed a thing, things seemed to be getting better and she was taking her new meds. We had talked about moving away, and when it was brought up in a conversation in March she turned and looked at me and said “What did you not understand when I said the relationship was over?” I was beside myself, I thought we were trying, I thought it was going to be ok. I spoke with the Dr. and she said this is to be expected, the ups and downs but don’t give up. So I sat and told her.. “I know this isn’t you.. it’s this and we are going to make it through this! that I loved her and we are going to beat this!” held her hand and she agreed.

    I come to find out that during that time she started a relationship (With the help of her mother) with someone from her past and had slept with him. I came home from another trip and found out she had saw him that weekend and spent time with him. She tried to convince me I was paranoid for 40 mins until finally saying it happened. We separated and she is at her mothers house, no job, sleeping on a couch and in a truly negative environment where she is being told that the reason she was sick was because of me.

    I truly love this person with all my heart, even looking past the betrayal of what happened I was ready willing and able to give her all the support and love she needed. I fear for her with not taking proper care of herself and have even tried to speak with her mother on it and get her medication to her. She wants zero contact with me now, we do not speak. She is angry at me for some reason and I am heart broken. I love this person, sickness or not and was more the ready to battle anything that came our way health wise. I feel a piece of me is missing. This illness was a major part of ruining our lives.

    1. blank Anonymous says:

      I’m so sorry you have gone through this, love is hard. I to feel my relationship ended because of his thyroid problems and all the symptoms that come with it. It’s such a terrible condition to have. He was only diagnosed in the last 2years and put on to medication. However his symptoms just got worse fatigue, night sweats, concentration, memory, mood swings, shortness of breath, aggression to name a few. He got very depressed after the diagnosis he had always been a health strong man but this condition took it out of him. He would tell me he was happy with me but not his life, on top was covid the stress got to him terribly. I became his outlet for his anger and nothing I said or did was right, it was many hurtful comments over the time and I soon learned not to bring them up as he didn’t want to know or would look at me like when will you finish talking. I felt like I was walking on egg shells not asking him to do things as he was fatigued not having 2way conversations because he wasn’t concentrating well. He would tell me how much he loved me it was his illness so I believed him, I’ve has health issues myself so I know the toll it can take. Long story short he had to go away for a few days had so much fun away from his life that he decided to leave me for someone there. Sadly I believe his health issues will go with him and all the symptoms but I do hope he will get help to fix all the other symptoms and have the life he wants with improved health. I just wish his behaviour had not been so out of character.

    2. blank Bethanie Ferguson says:

      Wow to say the least… I went looking for something to explain myself for so long. So explain what I was going thru and to get my bf to understand. That who I was and what I was going thru wasn’t me. It felt like someone else was living my life for me in a way to explain it. I know in My worst I was someone else. I bow call that person my alter ego. I don’t recognize myself in past videos or some pics are very like weird. I seemed like a self centered selfish female dog word. So your story sounds pretty similar to what I went thru pretty dang close. Him and I are still together for now. For the future idk. I don’t think he likes me very much anymore because of the past. It’s the week of and my moods off once again. So putting him thru slight hell not on purpose. It’s just idk something something hits me and I get picky or questionable to him. I don’t trust I accuse or I reply harshly. This crap sucks. So it’s ruined me, my relationship one time. We got back together because he never gave up. Here we r now and sometimes I think he would be better without me and this drama crap.. me and this dilemma. I mean just because I suffer why should he. Sometimes I think he would be better off. I feel like I’m exhausting him and it’s not intentional at all. It doesn’t help along the way my sister died and everything was even worse.

  14. I recently found out I have hypothyroidism and I’m so glad I finally found the root to my problem. I thought I was supposed to live the rest of my life this way. I am 19 years old and seriously thought that the extreme tiredness I was feeling was just simply a part of life. I also thought that the inability to concentrate just meant I needed more than the 8hrs of sleep I was getting. I knew it was time to get a check up after sleeping 10hrs and yawning several times the next morning. My mood has affected so many people in my life that now I feel very guilty. I was mean to many people and I really regret it. I also was so exhausted to the point where I stopped hanging out with friends and told asked myself “Where do they get all this energy from?”. I also had moments where I felt so upset with myself and thought I was not worth it. I felt like I just wasn’t good enough.

  15. Hi there! In your article you stated “I started to treat it and even through heartache I immediately began to heal in the deepest way that I have ever experienced”
    Could you please talk to us or direct us to one of your site’s pages where you elaborate more on the type of treatment that you began and made you recover your health back.

    Thanks so much in advance to anyone that can help me with a little knowledge. I am not sure how to approach this health issue because my PCP doesn’t have any suggestions besides sinthetic hormones. Is this the only thing you did?

  16. blank Angus McCallum-Brown says:

    Please remove my letter above…I did not know that it would appear instantly on the web.

    Thank-you

  17. I came down with hypothyroidism 2 and 1/2 yr ago. All the same symptoms. People laughed at me and joked that I have been overeating. I cried so much. I wasn’t overeating. I wandered into a yoga class by accident five months ago. I have been going to two classes a week. I have lost ten pounds.i have toned up. You don’t sweat with yoga. I also do yoga at home. Legs up the wall and fish pose are good for the thyroid. So is shoulder stand. Google search Yoga poses for thyroid. I thank God I found yoga.im still tired and irritable but at least I look like I did before hypothyroidism. My yoga teacher insists that over time thyroid levels can go back to normal after years of yoga practice. If you are hypothyroid you have nothing to lose by trying a beginner yoga class
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  18. blank Monica Sevilla says:

    I’m so happy I found your story. I identify with what you wrote. I have the mood swings, tired, I feel numb inside etc. This is also affecting my loves ones because I am mean. I try to control but at the moment of anger I don’t care what I say or who I hurt. I have been struggling with this disease for about 7 years. At first I didn’t know what it was until my thyroid grew a goiter when I became pregnant with my first child. My labs were like yours low normal range. I went in for thyroid surgery to my left thyroid lobe on June 8th, 2016. They found follicular cancer. I had to go back into surgery on Sept.9th, 2016, and now I am waiting on radio active iodine treatment. My husband tries to understand my situation but it is hard for him to be snapped at everyday. I do hope that after my treatment I can continue start my thyroid medicine and start feeling human again. I want to feel the connection you said you felt. I want to laugh, I want LIVE again.
    Thank you for the hope of finding the old loving, caring me.

    1. Amen girl. I really want to feel ALIVE.

  19. Hi, I have hashimotos disease, diagnosed at 23yrs. I’m now 52. I have been on thyroxine all this time. I have always had blood tests and the gp says I’m fine. But I’m always tired, lack of energy, often have insomnia, I yawn all the time, I feel horrible in the morning etc. my gp put me on antidepressants which aren’t working, I’m still sad and low in mood and I cry so easily. I don’t know what to do?

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