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As in today When I got up from work W asked me if I would stay home so that she could get some sleep. I said "sure I hate work anyway." So I stayed home. Took my D to school. Went and picked her up. Went to see when my W was getting out of bed this is around 4:00 PM. Asked her if she wanted to go to the Gym with me. She said she didnt know and to stop bugging her because she was tired. After 9 hrs of sleep. So I asked her if she had been taking her pills she got irritated(sp) with me and said yes she had. So I left and went to the gym when I got home at 6:30 she had finally got out of bed 12 hrs later. I didnt say anything about it to her. Thinking to myself if I had done what she just did she would have ripped me a new on. But its ok for her to do these things.



Lee - can't you see that this is a sure sign she's not on enough thyroid medicine yet? Let's review the symptoms of hypothyroidism again - fatigue, weakness (don't even BOTHER to try to get her to the gym until her levels are back to normal - I used to get so frustrated because I would try to lift weights and I just couldn't build any mucscle AT ALL - now my arms look like Linda Hamilton's in Terminator 2 ), mental confusion, depression. Don't make the mistake of thinking she is doing these things consciously - it is her DISEASE you are seeing. At the extreme, untreated thyroid disease can put you into a COMA.

Have you bought that book, the Thyroid Solution by Ridha Arem yet? Have you called her doctor to let her know all the problems tyour wife is having? Can you get her in to get her blood tests drawn so they can increase her dose? Don't rely on your wife to manage this, she can't think her way out of a paper sack right now, I'm telling you.

Would it blow your DB cover if you told her you had a friend who was a doctor with thyroid disease who would be happy to email her? Maybe hearing some of it from me would help her.

Patience, patience - it's an invisible disease, that's what makes it so confusing for you, but I can tell you, her motor is probably only getting about 1/4 of the gasoline it needs to function right now.

Ellie