My Journey

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I have been having a variety of health problems since I was 17. It started out with back pain. Then at the end of 2008, when I was 18, I was in a car accident and my back pain got worse. On top of that, I started to have pain in my hips, shoulders and neck. Since then, I have been to at least a dozen doctors, have gone through physical therapy, massage therapy, chiropractor sessions, and that's added to the many x-rays and lab work. Add in a bunch of medications and there you have it. I was a hot mess with no answers. No specialist, no medication could help me. I knew I was hypothroid, but I didn't take my medication because I saw no improvement. That's until last year, I decided I needed to try to get my thryoid under control. I started Levothyroxine. Then in July of this year, I was disgnosed with Hashimoto's. I started to do research... I wanted to learn as much as I could. I learned all my physical symptoms, and my depression was linked to Hashimoto's. It was a huge relief to know that it wasn't all in my head. Just recently, I switched to Sythroid. So far, I haven't seen any changes, but I know it will take time.

All of this will take time.