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[–] li10@lemmy.ml 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I used to be like that, hypothyroidism is a removed.

Since being on the meds I now have the energy to do two separate things in a single day.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How did you find out? Also, "removed" lol

[–] li10@lemmy.ml 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don’t know why the word was removed, wasn’t that bad 😆

I was just constantly tired and stressed, eventually the stress was causing heart palpitations so went to the doctor and they did a blood test.

Before the meds it was like being an old phone with a dying battery. Only ever charged up to 60% no matter how much sleep, and ran out of power in a few hours.

[–] appel@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you me? Because that sounds just like me. I can't make it through the day without an afternoon nap and have heart palpitations at night. All this started after a bout of covid in early 2021 right before vaccines were available.

[–] li10@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Hmm, I’d say it got worse after I caught Covid, but I wouldn’t say that was the cause.

I’ve never had good energy levels, but it felt like it had been specifically downhill over 5 or so years, and then completely fell off the cliff for a year.

[–] can@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

lemmy.ml has a pretty strict filter on any word that could be considered a slur regardless of context.

What did the blood test check for? I wonder if a general blood test would catch that.

[–] li10@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it was a general blood test, they weren’t looking for hypothyroidism specifically.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

That's good to know. Thank you for answering my question. (main instance was down so in replied earlier on back-up alt)

[–] proton_lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Ask your doctor to check your TSH and T3/T4 levels. That's just like a regular blood test.