Hi, i'm new on here as was just looking for some info from real people!
I have various symptoms that i very much feel could be down to my thyroid but I have such a 'thing' about going to the docs! (all stemmed from a couple of rubbish experiences with them)
I am so unbelievably tired i often feel like i could just die on my feet, it's been getting worse quite recently.
I suffer from very low moods to the point i just cry at everything and struggle to motivate myself to deal with the day ahead.
I am permanently cold, i will sit on my sofa in a duvet at all times of year!
I went to a doc years ago when i first noticed the swelling in my neck and he very much just said he didn't think it was anything to worry about - end of topic.
The more i think about it the more i am positive that my struggles with what i think is depression, originated at a similar time to my swelling and tiredness.
I have always put my tiredness down to a stressful and physically active job (there's always been a reason to explain it away) but i really do think i have had it all wrong.
I then went to a doc a few years later about feeling depressed only to be told it's unrealistic to feel happy all the time - again end of topic.
So now i've done my research and i'm pretty confident my thyroid could have played a part in feeling so rubbish for so many years and now I have an 18 month old daughter who just wants to play and i just want to cry as i am so tired i feel like my muscles don't want to work.
I know i should go to the docs and try again but the previous two have made me mistrust them so much i will do anything to avoid them. I guess i just don't want to be told there is nothng wrong as i currently feel like i am going mad and struggling to deal with daily life!![]()