I'm Not Crazy Either!

For months (some a few years) I've been having unexplained medical issues, non of which I ever supposed were related. Some of these I chalked up to my body being freakish and others to changes in the weather, seasonal changes, the move, school, work, stress, whatever. Some of the 'issues' that I made non-issues by ignoring are the constant tiredness and the odd headaches that felt crampy and 'cold' behind my eyes, overall generaly feelings of being 'run down', difficulty losing weight, insanely dry skin, constipation, short depressive stinks, and abnormal menstrual bleeding. And the last few winters I have had a really hard time staying warm or tolerating the cold.

Well, I finally had blood work done because I couldn't tolerate the abnormal bleeding anymore. One of the tests I had done was a TSH - Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. Normal levels range between 0.3 and 5.0. My levels came back at 34.51 which is astronomical, off the charts high. What does it mean? I have Hypothyroidism. Which, simply put, means my thyroid is busted, for the rest of my life, and I have to take synthetic hormones every day, forever. It also means that I am not crazy and that every single weird 'issue' that I was having should clear up once we get my doseage right. HURRAY!