You have hypothyroid issues, which is an underactive thyroid. I’ve read this is actually quite common postpartum, and at one point suspected I may have had the condition, but since I had no insurance, I couldn’t verify my suspicions. If that was what going on with me, it did resolve – perhaps after 6 months?
Hypothyroidism is actually preferable to a certain extent. Not great. But I have a friend who has had it for years. When she’s able to see a doctor and have her meds properly adjusted, she actually gets back to normal and can lead a fairly normal life. She’s even lost a great deal of weight in recent times by counting calories – and she’s still nursing her toddler. In fact, she even had her hypothyroid condition while pregnant with her most recent child.
If you have hyperthyroidism – like Grave’s Disease – something which is more common among family (ie. my mom has Grave’s and thus I have a far greater risk of developing it), the only treatment will ultimately be to zap the thyroid. My mom has struggled a great deal since her thyroid was essentially killed. Without any thyroid function whatsoever, they have had a hard time adjusting her synthetic thyroid medications, and she has never gotten back to feeling ‘normal’ again.
I know that one thing the doctors have done both for my mom and my friend despite their different thyroid issues is to give them mega-doses of Vitamin D. Apparently Vitamin D is crucial to thyroid function, and so if your doctors have not already done tests to determine whether or not you are deficient, perhaps you could suggest this. If they have done tests, I recommend – under their supervision – upping Vitamin D intake significanty. Perhaps this would be what your body needs to kick your thyroid function back to normal.
