I have bingo

[kiya]

Using this page as a reference, hypothyroidism section:

Stuff I have known was part of hypothyroid conditions for some time that I have:
Fatigue
Brain fog
Low basal temperature
Cold hands/feet
Tendency to feel cold
Constipation
Goiter/swollen thyroid gland
Brittle hair/nails
Depression

Stuff I'm not surprised by but which I hadn't been thinking about specifically as related:
Poor memory and concentration
Severe PMS symptoms
Long, heavy, brutal menstrual cycles
Dry skin
Allergies (immune disorders are more likely related than not)
(Putting 'migraine' here though I actually think that's not related since my triggers don't appear to be hormonal and I haven't been dealing with them often of late even though the immune condition is clearly worsening)

Stuff that I was kind of freaked out about that cleared up when I got on thyroid meds and thus appears related:
Lump in throat
Palpitations and other cardiac irregularities
(Fortunately these have not recurred because they terrified me in ways that I was completely incompetent to tell anyone about.)

Stuff I have learned is almost certainly linked to my version of the condition because it's coming back all at once after my nonconsensual medication change:
Muscle weakness and completely fucked endurance
Pain and stiffness in muscles or joints ESPECIALLY MY DAMN KNEES
Shortness of breath on exertion (not to mention the 'now I will sit down for an hour to recover' bit)
BACK PAIN
Breast tenderness
"Digestive disturbances", what a lovely euphemism
Stiff neck and shoulders (also stress-linked, so I will never be free of this one)
Irritability, though frankly with all this crap coming up again who wouldn't be cranky?

I think I will not have to Google "Hashimoto's [symptom]" now to see if it goes on this list. I think that is everything.

... I feel the need to set my mood to 'irritated', because irritated.

Fucking bingo.

Comments

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit surprised you didn't know about the joint issues that come up with hypothyroidism--they're one of my most obvious symptoms, and one of the first ones I realized was thyroid-related.

When I first noticed joint pain some years back, I chalked it up to "getting older," because I was so used to hearing there was nothing physically wrong with me.

In my early twenties.

[kiya]

I chalked up the whole aches and pains thing to "cost of doing business in a physical body" as well; it was intermittent enough that I didn't know how to track it meaningfully, even though sometimes I really wanted a cane to walk.

I didn't have "I have symptoms of this" as part of my deal with it, actually, so much as "someone tracked this when I was younger, please keep tracking it just in case, it may be related to my depression".