Once upon a time I had a friend who would get mad at me for being\u00a0\u201cthyroid tired,\u201d aka hypothyroid. She would ask how it was different than being normal tired, and why I couldn\u2019t just get over it, and why it was taking so long, etc… and since I was hypo, I couldn\u2019t adequately explain it through the fog, and the inconvenience of it being such a hazy thing always made her so mad…<\/p>\n
If It had to describe it now, it\u2019d be like saying an eye mask of warm gel under your skin that goes through your eyes, up into your forehead, in your cheeks… a constant little humming heat of summer, sapping your energy little by little. No matter how much sleep you get, no matter how much coffee you drink, it\u2019s always there. You can get momentary reprieves by taking naps and when you first turn on the fan, but it doesn\u2019t last; pretty soon it settles back and your mind drifts back into the thick and murky water.<\/p>\n
Your limbs don\u2019t want to move… your eyes just want to close… you don\u2019t necessarily want to sleep<\/i>, you just can\u2019t think straight, so you just sort of drift there until something stirs you again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I have prescription refills again. Not just for thyroid, but for bipolar mania insomnia, too. Because that has not helped me at all whatsoever nopenopenope. 8);<\/p>\n
And lots of unpleasant memories to sort through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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