Six years ago, I had a complete thyroidectomy. Diagnosed with Graves Disease two years prior, we couldn't get my thyroid under control, I had been off the charts hyper- (too high) and awfully hypo- (too low.)
To this day, I can't fight a constant sense of depression and anxiety. This was never a problem prior to my thyroid going nutso. My doctors had said "Oh you're just depressed" but I swear that SIX YEARS seems too long to be purely "just" anything, no?
I tried Cytomel in various forms, but it doesn't seem to help much. I am miserable.
I remember, in the first two years of treatment before the thyroidectomy, whenever I would go hypo from the meds, I would get incredibly (unreasonably) anxious and obsessive. It seems like, since my thyroid switched that voice on, I can't turn it off since.
Over the past 6 years, I've changed everything in my life that could be external, and the dark cloud remains. It often seems unreal (overexaggurated), and haunting because I can't shake it.
I would LOVE to hear if anyone else has had this problem, and if so, what they've done? I've tried tons of psych meds but my body reacted badly to ALL of them.
I pondered trying Armour, but haven't done it yet.
Any thoughts? Am I alone in this?