Finals week is ahead, and I am definitely feeling the pressure. Stress levels range day to day, depending on whatever mood my thyroid is in (yes, I just personified an organ. People do it with the heart all the time). To combat the random overloads I have been listening to Snow Patrol, Birdy, and Coldplay on repeat.
Today (Sunday) was my second dose of Armour thyroid. I'm not noticing a whole lot of abnormalities (although everything is kind of abnormal right now) except an increase in stomachaches, but I don't know if those are related to the new medication or to the influx of bread and cheese in my recent diet. I'm trying to be good, I promise. I'm also noticing a lot more of my (unrelated) back pain, but I wonder if that is because I am not having as many hypothyroid side effects to distract me.
Has anyone else experienced stomachaches with Armour? Or maybe changing from Synthroid to Armour?
The last few days (really, since Thursday), I have been very content with my relationship status (single), which usually tends to be something that really gets under my skin and tends to be one of those things I perseverate on when I'm having a hard time. Other than stress from school and back pain I'm doing quite well. I have my moments, but they tend to be more focused on how I'm going to pass my Physics final rather than anything else.
I have been tracking almost everything -- mood, aches and pains (including stomach/headaches), stress levels, whether I feel my heart rate is funny or not, how social I am, meals, amount of sleep -- in a Moleskin notebook as of Friday. Hopefully I can keep up on this and maybe be able to find out if certain things set off my symptoms.
I'd like to (ideally) post about the relationship between iodine and hypothyroidism tomorrow.
As always, I'd love to hear any stories or get any feedback on any of my material. Feel free to leave a comment (I'll actually be quite thrilled) or email me!
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