I have been reading a lot of judgment comments lately, so I just wanted to give a little bit of my insight. About three years ago after going into surgical menopause I started suffering from anxiety and depression. Thankfully it was over the summer and at the time I ran a daycare for teachers, so I was off for three months. Little did I know at the time my thyroid was hardly working. Imagine someone telling you that there were several children in your childs class that were shot and killed, but not identified yet. That was the fear the anxiety was causing all day, every day, but I had no idea why I was experiencing that fear. I went for days at a time without sleep, so there was no escape. After a few weeks of this I went into a deep depression. A feeling of grief like your children and lover had been killed. Again, I had no idea why. After a few weeks of this I started flipping between the two. Once my blood work revealed that my thyroid was way off I was treated with medication. It took about three months for the thyroid medication to resolve my anxiety and depression. My Husband was amazing and supportive through all of this. He took care of dinner, gave me massages, and did the grocery shopping; all while working full time even though I was off for the summer. This was by far the hardest and most painful thing I have ever been through (and I went through 21 hours of labor with no pain medication and my placenta pulled from the wall causing me to have an emergency c-sec) . I had the best support anyone could have. I can not imagine having to be someone who deals with this for years on end due to mental illness. Please have compassion for those who suffer from this horrible disease.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:00:13 +0000
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