In 2001, I was severly thyroid impaired. I was basically the walking dead (even so said doctor), but he still doesn't truly believe that the thyroid messed me up and impacted me mentally or physically. Oh, sure, he'll say he understands, but I can tell he doesn't *really*.
It is the "invisible" illness, isn't it? And since it's supposedly so "easy" to treat, it really isn;t given the weight it deserves.
I've thought about writing a "letter home" for my thyroid patients to give to their spouses; not sure it would help, though.
