HypoThyroid and depression

@dorisena I have been so impressed with how your are now with your life . Sounds like you are doing very well. Congrats. I am a introvert so this isolation does'nt bother me

I don't consider you an introvert, Lioness, because your reach out to the rest of us and I really appreciate that. Dorisena

@pianohands123
This is GailBL, and I'm a Volunteer Mentor. I wanted to let you and others know that I am also hypothyroid challenged. I know to take my Levothyroxine in the morning 30 minutes before eating or drinking anything. I usually awaken early around 4 am to use the bathroom and take my thyroid medication. Yesterday I did my usual routine, but my allergies were very bad, and I kept clearing my throat from post nasal drip. Being half asleep, I used a Halls sugar free lozenge to calm my throat. However, I hadn't waited for the half hour time since taking my Levothyroxine.

All day yesterday I had very low energy and as the day wore on, I felt very depressed. It's unusual for me to be so depressed because I am taking Citalopram for depression. I tried going for a walk and just didn't have the energy to walk farther than 1/3rd mile. I was concerned about what was going on with me. This morning when I took my thyroid medication, I remembered yesterday's experience. The lightbulb went on in my brain and I realized I was probably reacting to having too little thyroid hormone in my system yesterday. I know from my last blood tests that I have been running low even with medication, so it may be time for a change up.

I wanted to let you know that experience as that may be happening with you. I don't know when your thyroid hormones were last checked, but that may be part of why you're feeling the way you are. I also think the entire Pandemic Emergency and our political system can be depressing. I'm an extrovert and I'm struggling to find things to do that allow me to "get out there" without actually getting out there. At 71, with T2 diabetes, controlled high blood pressure and having had Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2004 that hospitalized me, I am very aware of the dangers the COVID19 holds for me as well as for my husband and our daughter with whom we live. I hope you're feeling better now. I'm feeling my usual self today.

Would you be willing to give me an update on how you're doing and what you've done to help you?

To all of you wonderful ladies....Thank You! All the sharing we do on this list has helped me so much. Physically and mentally. I was pretty depressed, and then I found this list. You have given me so many good ideas that I will be forever grateful. Marie

@mummy43 I just checked with my niece. It's Kiehl's facial cream. It was called facial balm but that product is apparently discontinued so now it's the Ultra Facial Cream.
She also uses their face wash. She tried other drugstore products that are considered to be good for eczema but none worked as well as this.
The only Kiehl's product that I personally have used is the eye de-puffer and it did nothing, I brought it back, but apparently this has helped my niece's daughter a lot. She's a pre-teen.
JK

Thanks, JK. I was terribly allergic to lanolin when I was young, but am doing better now. I was also allergic to lard and broke out when I made pies.
I haven't made a pie in a few years now, but boy, did I love apple pies. And the apples were free. My granddaughter might want to try the products.
Actually, I was allergic to about anything when I was young. I have toughened up in my old age. Dorisena

@gailb Along with not eating for 30 minutes, coffee has been observed to interfere within an hour of taking levothyroxine.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18341376

JK

@contentandwell

Oh, I don't drink anything until I can eat after taking the pill, but I didn't know about waiting for an hour before drinking coffee. Thanks for the information. Since I usually take it around 4 am, I think it's OK, but there are times when I wake up late. I'll pay attention.

@gailb I set my alarm for an hour before I really want to get up, get up and take my pills (immunosuppressants and levothyroxine which I have been told can be taken at the same time) then try to sleep some more. If I can't sleep anymore I get up and waste some time on the computer or whatever. I am supposed to take my immunosuppressants at the same time every day. I used to take them at 6:30 because I wanted to be up and ready to go to my health club but now since that's out of the question I have moved my time up to about 7:15. I wait an hour after taking my immunosuppressants too because I discovered that by doing that I can take a smaller dose. I used to take 4mg but now I only take 2.5.
JK

Thanks JK. I will check it out. I need a good moisture cream, I'm almost out and I'm anxious to try something new. Hope it's effective on me too. My feet, especially my heels are like horse hooves....lol Marie