When I was 16 I first went to the dr about being really REALLY tired all the time. they tested me for diabeties and said i was fine, probably just stress. Over the course of the next 7 years i kept going back and they kept telling me i was normal.
Then one day I was feeding dd watching This Morning and Dr Chris came on talking about under active thyroids and the symptoms and I literally could have ticked them all off!
I got talking to my mum who reviled my grandmother may have had an underactive thyroid (she doesnt talk about helth issues as not being perfect or needing to take medication is something to be ashamed of so there is a huge gap in our medical family history) and she too had been to the dr many years ago for the same problem (my dm talks alittle more than my gm does but not much!)
so any way roll on 7 months and lots of fighting, research, changing dr's and sugeries and finally I've been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I havent been put on any thyroxine yet as the dr want to re do my blood tests as 2 blood tests taken 8 weeks apart were so drastically diffrent, she just wants to make sure i get the right medication.
but i'm starting to worry, what if i'm just lazy? what if the medication doesnt change anything? and i'm still a crap mum who cant do any thing because i'm too tired and struggle to get out of bed? what if its not medical, what if its just me?
I'm so worried that i've been fightingfor this for so long and ive built thyroxine up to be a 'miricle drug' that will cure all my problems, what if it doesnt? how can i prepare myself for that?
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What if i'm just lazy?
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addictediam · 25/07/2011 08:32
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