Health update

So my OB prescribed Zoloft for PPD. Yay, right? I was finally going to get some assistance for feeling so sad and tired and down all the time. That same day, she drew some blood to check my thyroid. I've been diagnosed hypothyroid since Jan 06 but have been on medication to control it since then.

So normal range for thyroid hormones is .03 to 3; mine was 9.67. Three times the normal range. No wonder I've been so frickin' tired all the time!

On Friday last week, they doubled my levothyroxine (medication) and it's supposed to help. Unfortunately, it takes about 2 weeks for it to kick in. In the meantime, I'm stuck with the exhaustion - so deep it's like my bones ache.

So I stopped taking the Zoloft before it even kicked in. I don't know if that was the right thing to do or not. I don't know anything any more. My doctor's office only returns calls about 25% of the time. Jon told me to stop the Zoloft so I did. The nightmares continue and I don't get much sleep.

I'm sorry that I haven't posted more. I've been so tired that it's all I can do to feed the husband and the child and then drag off to bed myself. I'm hoping that it'll get better soon.