Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 2 - Groundhog Day

crazy_cat_lady

Morning all :hello: :coffee:
Not that I'm one for making excuses, I have been feeling frustrated that I feel as though I don't eat much bad food, exercise lots and still seem to be gaining weight. It would be nice if there is some actual medical reason for it. I will have to wait for these appointments to come through and see what happens. I hope that there is something though because I am completely fed up of feeling rubbish all of the time. I've stopped drinking altogether, I'm getting my 8 hours of sleep a night and still feeling like I've been run over. I woke up at 8.45 this morning and was so stiff I could hardly get out of bed. My legs just feel a bit 'dead' - not numb but heavy. I can't explain it...
Thankfully yesterday passed reasonably quietly. I was utterly shattered and cruised through the day without too much effort on my part to be honest. No major incidents or injuries and just one little fall out with ds's football coach, although that has been coming for a long time - it just all reached a head after the week I've had and feeling so very tired.
I've blown the grocery budget this month and I'm really angry with myself about it because I know that's where I'm weak. In spite of having full cupboards and freezer I've hit the shops for 'a couple of things' more than once during the week and ended up spending over £20 each time. I just can't be bothered with food at the moment (which is a big thing for me because I always like being bothered with food). The simple fact is that I am now skint for the month so unless I start using the emergency credit card (which I won't) then I can't be out topping up groceries every day. I'm doing the last top up of September today at Aldee, with a list and that will be it apart from milk...
DS has just gone off to football with his dad (thankfully, so I don't have to deal with his manager when I can't be bothered) - then I will take him to gymnastics followed by tutoring and the little shop. I also need to get a couple of special birthday cards as both my kids have their birthdays over the next couple of weeks. It already feels like too much and I haven't even started...:rotfl:

12_month_challenge

My GP started me on 25mg of Levothyroxine which didn't touch the sides. More blood tests and he then raised it to 100mg then to 200mg then back down to 150mg where I have been for approx. 18 months.


Blood tests every 6 weeks until my TSH levels stabilised.


I also had all of the symptoms like weight gain, aches and pains, tiredness, moody and generally feeling like I had been hit by a bus every day.


But now, Wow I feel like a new woman and have lost 17lb in weight. :T


Hope you feel better soon
x

dawnybabes

12_month_challenge wrote: »

My GP started me on 25mg of Levothyroxine which didn't touch the sides. More blood tests and he then raised it to 100mg then to 200mg then back down to 150mg where I have been for approx. 18 months.


Blood tests every 6 weeks until my TSH levels stabilised.


I also had all of the symptoms like weight gain, aches and pains, tiredness, moody and generally feeling like I had been hit by a bus every day.


But now, Wow I feel like a new woman and have lost 17lb in weight. :T


Hope you feel better soon
x

My TSH was 7.8 and started me in 25, 3 months later it's 5.8 and he's doubled me to 50, due a blood test in a few weeks and can't wait as I don't feel any better :-(

12_month_challenge

dawnybabes wrote: »

My TSH was 7.8 and started me in 25, 3 months later it's 5.8 and he's doubled me to 50, due a blood test in a few weeks and can't wait as I don't feel any better :-(

This is exactly how I went on for ages. Eventually the GP decided to do bloods every 6 weeks, continually changing dosage even putting me on 200mg which was too high. This went on until He got it right. Thank heavens.

It will be worth it when you get it stablised I can now say I feel normal again. My blood tests are now every 6 months. Hopefully I will still be ok.

Hopefully it won't take too long. I know how you feel though, it makes you feel so unwell.

Good luck with it all
X

crazy_cat_lady

How can it only be the beginning of week 3 and me feeling so rubbish already?? Today will be a 'bare minimum' day as I've been awake since half five with 3 other spells of being up during the night. I feel wiped and desperately want the day off, but it's that constant battle of dragging yourself in versus the feeling of setting cover work and then dealing with the fallout after a day off.
I hate feeling that I just can't be bothered with anything at all. It's just not me. Boo hiss.

SpekySquarehead

Hopefully a good nights sleep with help. Fingers crossed you get one tonight.

In the mean time, I would recommend a nice hot drink of your choice. A nice cup of coffee on a Monday morning tends to perk me up a bit and get ready for the week ahead.

crazy_cat_lady

I kind of wish I hadn't bothered... I got in to find that the Head was off sick and so was our technician. Ah well. At least I can stop worrying about surviving the day or being caught being rubbish when I'm not on top form. I got through the day with the bare minimum of effort and came home via supermarket to get dd some chocolate from her brother for her birthday tomorrow. Quick pizza for tea, lunches made and now a bit of knit or crochet and then bed. I hope to be asleep for 9.

crazy_cat_lady

Evening all :wave:
Just a quick check in from me tonight. Not much to report. Full day of teaching and busy at work followed by being too tired to do much else. Just chomped down a bowl of egg fried rice and had a quick shower - now planning a bit of crochet and an early night. Sounds like a plan.
I've got a bit of catching up to do on here but not feeling it tonight - so I'm heading off. Sorry - normal service will resume soon.

crazy_cat_lady

Hi everyone :hello:
I don't really know what's happened to me, but I seem to have lost my mojo already and I'm only 3 weeks into term. I feel utterly exhausted and last night I was so tired and grumpy that I just sneaked straight off to bed. It's all a bit much at the moment...
There's very little to report to be honest. Work, home and sleep. Not very exciting is it? I still haven't marked a set of books this week at all and it's getting a bit desperate, but on the plus side I'm planned for next week so should manage some time to do a bit of marking tomorrow. If not then I'll have to bring home a set of books for the weekend so that should be motivation enough.
I feel ok within myself, just really tired and run down. I already can't keep up... Ah well. I'm having to do a bit of 'mental health matters' with myself - dh isn't great at the moment and I'm finding it hard not to take that personally. I know that it's not me, I'm trying my best to make the effort with him but he's staying up late and staying in bed late. He doesn't need to get up as he doesn't start work till midday but it feels a bit like we're just bypassing each other a lot of the time at the moment. My self esteem has gone walkabout again and it's all just a bit much being so busy. Never mind. I will bounce back as I always do.
So I'm spending lots of time making at the moment in preparation for my hand made Christmas. It keeps me occupied.
I deliberately wanted to come on here and post as I've not been on much recently but I've just arrived and hoovered the mood and made everything a bit bleak. Ugh.

SpekySquarehead

CCL - Hope you're feeling better today. It's good to vent, so if your diary is a place to do that then great. You've plenty of people on here who'll always try and help and offer advice.

Lovely to hear the preparations for Christmas are coming along nicely and keeping you occupied. What sort of things have you made?