A couple of weeks ago I talked about feeling a little off. I made an appointment with my endo, she ran some tests and discovered that my thyroid was acting up pretty badly - previously my TSH levels were 1.9 and the new test results showed it had jumped up to 3.9. Yikes!
She explained that because my thyroid was struggling so much, it was causing my pituitary to work overtime which in turn put stress on my adrenal gland. So that would explain why I’ve been feeling so crummy and having surges & with higher than normal irritability.
She recommended I go back on the Synthroid asap. OK - obviously my body needs it. But somewhere in the back of my head, I had this little voice sigh with disappointment because I really, really want to be off prescription meds. But then the rational voice kicks in and says, well duh if your body needs it, then you need to take it.
I’ve been back on Synthroid for about a week now and I do feel some improvement, but still not quite 100%. From what I understand, it can take a little time for my body to readjust - so I’m just waiting patiently.
On a side note - the past few weeks have been rather stressful and I can definitely feel it in my body - a little more achy, tight back with muscle spasms & restless sleep. And the thing is I know it’s the stress, so I’m trying to be aware and taking steps to proactively relieve my body of these toxins. Like anything else, you have to take action to make action. In my next post I’m going to share some of the techniques I’ve been using and talk about what’s working & what’s not working - so stay tuned!
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A couple of weeks ago I talked about feeling a little off. I made an appointment with my endo, she ran some tests and discovered that my thyroid was acting up pretty badly - previously my TSH levels were 1.9 and the new test results showed it had jumped up to 3.9. Yikes!
She explained that because my thyroid was struggling so much, it was causing my pituitary to work overtime which in turn put stress on my adrenal gland. So that would explain why I’ve been feeling so crummy and having surges & with higher than normal irritability.
She recommended I go back on the Synthroid asap. OK - obviously my body needs it. But somewhere in the back of my head, I had this little voice sigh with disappointment because I really, really want to be off prescription meds. But then the rational voice kicks in and says, well duh if your body needs it, then you need to take it.
I’ve been back on Synthroid for about a week now and I do feel some improvement, but still not quite 100%. From what I understand, it can take a little time for my body to readjust - so I’m just waiting patiently.
On a side note - the past few weeks have been rather stressful and I can definitely feel it in my body - a little more achy, tight back with muscle spasms & restless sleep. And the thing is I know it’s the stress, so I’m trying to be aware and taking steps to proactively relieve my body of these toxins. Like anything else, you have to take action to make action. In my next post I’m going to share some of the techniques I’ve been using and talk about what’s working & what’s not working - so stay tuned!
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