Am I crazy, overly sensitive? Weak or depressed? I'm desperate for feedback please

paul67642 Madmoiselle · 2015-08-04T18:33+00:00

hi you will be ok just go to your doctors

ellen97471 Madmoiselle · 2015-08-04T18:35+00:00

Whew! I hope getting all that out helped a little bit. Of course most people don't know what you're going through ... only you know your own story, your own body, and your own mind. I do hope that you are under a doctor's care because I know there are cures for at least the physical symptoms you are experiencing. Talking to people about how you feel will definitely help ... just stay away from negative (snap-out-of-it) types.

hypercat Madmoiselle · 2015-08-04T20:47+00:00

Hi this is not absurd or pathetic and I bet you feel better having got this off your chest don't you?

I do feel for you having chronic health conditions especially at so young an age and I don't know how you cope with it.

Unfortunately there are always people who want to knock you in life and put you down - it's pathetic and just makes them feel better. The answer is as far as possible to stay away from people like that or rehearse a couple of sharp retorts to say to them. Don't tell anyone you don't know or trust about your health conditions. If you have to for some reason don't go into any detail as you don't owe anyone any explanations do you?

Be more selfish and concentrate on putting yourself first instead of others sometimes and be your own best friend.

I will give you a good example of this - I suffer from a skin disease which causes abcesses and can make me limp. I only tell people I trust about this as otherwise I would get all the jokes and laughter from those who want to make fun of me. I tell them I am just tired or have a bad back.

The only other thing I will say is that regardless of your own problems everyone else has them too and some give is essential to those you love - it can't be all take. Not saying you do that but just it is something to be aware of.

I hope this helps a bit. Bev x

matt63753 Madmoiselle · 2015-08-04T20:51+00:00

Hello Madmoiselle,

I hope, like Ellen (again) she's pretty clued up, that after writing all this down you may feel like some weight has lifted from your shoulders. Paul, tho blunt, does have a point that your doctor should be able to be help with the physical symptoms. It's easy to say you'll be fine but the only one who knows how your coping is you. Don't worry your not crazy, Overly sensitive.

The fact your aware of what is happening, makes you the strongest person. Never ever feel your weak hun. X

claudia90123 Madmoiselle · 2015-08-05T08:14+00:00

Hi mademoiselle,

hypothyroidism is a difficult one, as it's often under treated. Docs will often prescribe to get you to the baseline of the normal range rather than any higher, and if your levels are constantly dropping it could be that you aren't taking enough T4, which could account for really quite low moods. Could you go back to your GP or contact your endocrinologist and tell them everything you've said here about your spiralling mood? I'm sure that the 6 month gap is a maintenance period on the assumption that the treatment is working, and they wouldn't object if you said it's not and you need to see them urgently. It might be worth getting a T4 test from your GP so that there's no delay once you see the endocrinologist. I assume someone has investigated whether there is a reason your thyroid is under-performing? Have you had T3 tests as well?

Perhaps you could ask where in the normal range your T4 is, and suggest that as you keep dropping out of the normal range between appointments that they prescribe to push you to the top of the range so that if you drop you will not become unwell? Perhaps keep a diary of symptoms?

Do be assertive with doctors (without being confrontational) because no-one will care about your health as much as you do. If you find a doctor is unsympathetic ask to see a different one.

For now, don't worry about being 'crazy/ over-sensitive/etc' and try to get your biochemistry stable. If you're still acting like a loon after that come back and join the rest of us! I suspect you won't be, and that a lot of these thoughts will go once your hormones are corrected.

I completely sympathise with not being able to talk to anyone about your mood; I've been protecting people from myself forever. There's usually one person who will give you a hug if you say you're feeling low, but I tend to save the real misery for the doctors (or forums). It's pretty isolating but better than losing people.

Is Mirena or tranexamic acid a possibility with endometriosis? Either would lighten your flow.

Good luck with the doctors and let us know how it goes x

Am I crazy, overly sensitive? Weak or depressed? I'm desperate for feedback please

Madmoiselle

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