I am 34yrs young, and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroditis at the age of 26. I could not walk a block without feeling as if I was going to faint. I was ingesting gallons of milk , and orange juice and had no idea my body was starving for vitamins. I spent weeks in the dark depressed and scared. My relationships suffered, and my family had no idea what to do with me. I went from energetic, ressiliant, ambitios to lethargic, weak, and unamused by everything. Everythng I had ever worked for didnt matter anymore, and paranoia consumed me.

I went to the doctor and was given little information about it just that I had to take a "pill" for the rest of my life. Perhaps my doctor did not know much about it. One thing is for sure I wish she had usd here recources to help me because I was not able to do anything.

Im creating this blog to tell people that there is hope beyong a hashimotos thyroditis diagnosis. Everyone I spoke to 5 yrs ago made it out to be this awaful thing that if you or someone in your family or a friend is suffering from it well.. . "im so sorry" I have heard men comaplin their girlfriends with hashimotos are "unbearable" wives "another person" sisters and brothers "crazy" "weird" "nuts" "never been themselves since. Well Im here ot share my story and to tell you all that you can get back to your self. An even better self is waiting. No matter how dark your life seems since being diagnsed, how much weight you have gained, how tired you feel all the time, how different your mind works and how changing your mind set in feeling as if your body is against you every day.

1: Educate yourselves on your T4 levels. Find a good doctor that know's what medications you can and can't take.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0003988/

Finding a good doctor to help get your life back on track is difficult to say the least. I went through years of trying to find one. I should have used the internet but im sure if your reading this you know thinking straight and orgonizing thoughts has become seemingly near to impossible.