That last symptom is usually a very clear sign that it is my thyroid. Disappearing eyebrows and not feeling in control of my weight - those are the two key symptoms for me.
Except there is one issue: with weight gain, I believed my thyroid was underactive.
Well, I just got my bloodwork back - apparently my levels are high, not low.
I also have low Vitamin D again. This wasn't as surprising. It took a year and a half on 50,000 IU per week to get it back to normal.... even though I take Vitamin D drops every day, my body does not seem to hold onto it.
So tomorrow I start on my lower dose of Synthroid. I am a bit nervous because of the recent weight gain... because it strikes me as odd... but I have to get it to normalized levels.
Overall, my Hashimoto's has only been on the extreme sides of high or low a handful of times. It can be really frustrating. Once it has gone too high or too low, getting it back to normalized levels usually takes several months. Back and forth, back and forth.
The symptoms I find most frustrating are symptoms that make me feel as though I am not in control: weight gain or loss, and mood swings and irritability. It's really odd to suddenly feel rage and want to lash out for no reason. Luckily, I have dealt with these kinds of mood swings with other medications over the years, so I can now logically decipher if I am rationally angry or irrationally angry, and then avoid any arguments. At least most of the time.
So fingers crossed that this new dose will help most of the symptoms. And if the uncontrollable weight gain persists, maybe it's a symptom related to something else.
Time will tell, I guess.
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