Hi, my name is kezzabyrne85! massively struggling with underactive thyroid

kezzabyrne85
kezzabyrne85 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited March 2023 in Talk about your impairment
Hey there massively struggling with underactive thyroid currently taking 200mg just feel like no one understands and gets what I am going through mentally and physically on a daily basis especially having 6 children to look after 😔 feel so down today thyroid has came back abnormal again today from gp because they failed to send my prescription to pharmacy for a week so I've been without I am so emotional and tired and I'm so sick of looking at myself I feel so fat and swollen supose I just wanted someone to reach out to as I feel on my own right now yy

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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,972 Championing
    Hi @kezzabyrne85 welcome to the forum. Hopefully you get your meds sorted soon  and feel a bit better once you take them. Can be tiring looking after a family also. 
    Take a look around the site and join in with conversations and games if you would like to.
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Hi and welcome to the community 

    You are not alone you have a family and must be hard bringing up 6 kids so I get you feel tired even without the condition you are dealing with you deserve a medal 

    I'm surprised the pharmacy didn't arrange an emergency prescription as a temp resolution they can give a weeks supply of meds you are prescribed regular 

    Anyway hope you get back on track with them and you start to feel better 
  • kezzabyrne85
    kezzabyrne85 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Sandy_123 said:
    Hi @kezzabyrne85 welcome to the forum. Hopefully you get your meds sorted soon  and feel a bit better once you take them. Can be tiring looking after a family also. 
    Take a look around the site and join in with conversations and games if you would like to.
    Hi thankyounfor your reply I have been on this dose now for nearly 2 years I'm just at my wits end now I'm so tired and drained feel like a bit of a failure to my kids coz I just have not got the get up and go anymore and thankyou I will have a browse later on 
  • kezzabyrne85
    kezzabyrne85 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    janer1967 said:
    Hi and welcome to the community 

    You are not alone you have a family and must be hard bringing up 6 kids so I get you feel tired even without the condition you are dealing with you deserve a medal 

    I'm surprised the pharmacy didn't arrange an emergency prescription as a temp resolution they can give a weeks supply of meds you are prescribed regular 

    Anyway hope you get back on track with them and you start to feel better 
    janer1967 said:
    Hi and welcome to the community 

    You are not alone you have a family and must be hard bringing up 6 kids so I get you feel tired even without the condition you are dealing with you deserve a medal 

    I'm surprised the pharmacy didn't arrange an emergency prescription as a temp resolution they can give a weeks supply of meds you are prescribed regular 

    Anyway hope you get back on track with them and you start to feel better 
    Janer thankyou I feel awful the gp here is ridiculous if I'm being honest 2 years of being on this dose and coming bk abnormal makes me think allsorts I just can't focus on a daily basis am so lethargic forgetful and my depression is at its peak I just feel so frustrated and alone right now 
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    Hello @kezzabyrne85

    You are never alone, you always have us! :)<3

    Have you thought about getting a second opinion from another GP in regards to treatment for your thyroid? 
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    edited March 2023
    Oh, @kezzabyrne85! They say volunteers help community members but I have never felt more seen or represented than in your thread. It sounds like you are in a very similar place to me at the moment.

    I would like to say I get what you are going through. However, that cannot ever be fully true because we each experience this differently and you also have 6 children to look after. What I can say is I can only empathise with you and I hear you.

    It sounds like the prescription delay really hasn't done you any favours and I hope you have the things you need to feel better soon. Those things will look different for each of us but I am sure by now you have a 'toolbox'. 

    If you want to talk through what your 'toolbox' might look like I am here for you. You are not alone, even if you may feel alone. I can extend a hand, an ear and a space to talk about this as much as you wish to  <3