HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS Living with Autoimmune Disease

A lot of you have asked me to do a video about my autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, and so I did! It's a different side of me and I'm showing you what it's like on a bad day, which I don't normally show to people outside of my family. But I felt it was important to show the REAL truth behind living with Hashimoto's. No magic pill. I'm not selling anything. Just my very own, real life, personal journey. #Hashimotos #autoimmunedisease

I am not a medical professional and this video is only meant to give some encouragement and enlighten those who may be confused about what this disease does and what it practically looks like. Feel free to share with those in your life who might benefit from understanding, and if you have it yourself, I hope you find hope and healing on your own journey!

To reach me by snail mail: PO Box 5054, Alpharetta, GA 30023

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Comments are closely monitored in an effort to maintain a positive environment. While constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome, negative comments with no purpose other than to spread malice will be deleted.

[michellestaton]

30 years I've been dealing Hashimotos. I'm in in my 60's now and it gets harder as you get older. Take care of yourself.

[belasosa]

She completely took the words out of my mouth when she said.. why can other people eat like garbage and they dont feel like we do 😭😭😭

[eyeswideopen]

I’ve had hashimotos for 10 years. I just recently had a flare up which consisted of bad skin eczema on my hands and I had a lot of inflammation, felt aches, feverish, no energy, fatigued, didn’t feel refreshed when waking up, muscle basically felt like So I started taking turmeric tea with ginger twice a day. Got everything gluten free. Started taking magnesium and selenium. Totally changed my diet with organic foods and I feel like a totally different person. My stomach looked like I was 5 months pregnant and since eating anti inflammatory teas and foods my belly is almost completely gone. You can turn your life around if you stick to a healthy lifestyle. I hope everyone gets what they need to help their symptoms :)

[NermalDiva]

Even though I've had a thyroid diagnosis since I was 18 these things have always been turned into moral failings somehow: I'm not intolerant to cold I'm "a wimp" I am not exhausted I'm "lazy". Thank you so much for making this video it helps me not feel crazy and I think I will be sharing it.

[jonathanjenkins]

My wife has hoshimotos disease and i am so glad to have watched your video. Thank you for this! I need to be the best i can be for her. This helps me so much!

[PrismBee]

I’m sitting here in tears because it feels SO GOOD to hear I’m not alone. That someone else feels like this. I was diagnosed a few months ago and it has been an incredibly frustrating trying to learn how to manage things. Thank you for this video. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[xxkamrynxx]

Focusing on self care is so difficult when you also have depression, anxiety and adhd! All of these stacked on top of each other is hell

[notsofatmike]

This...!! Just got diagnosed last week as a 39 yo male. It has absolutely wrecked havoc on my body and mind for 18 months now. I thought I was going insane this whole time with brain fog, concentration, tremors, extreme fatigue and anxiety. I'm sorry to you all who have this shitty disease too but I am buoyed by the fact that I am not the only one who feels like this. I have a great GP I am working with as I begin this journey. Thanks!

[MariferLifestyle]

In tears while watching. I’m now looking for an endocrinologist, didn’t know I needed one. I have a two year old toddler & I developed this during my pregnancy. I am 23, and I feel horrible. It’s hard to keep up w him while feeling so bad & being so fatigued. Praying for us dealing with this disorder..

[wendynoble]

I needed to hear this. I like to ignore my symptoms and blame them on myself ("I'm being lazy", "I'm bad at concentrating") instead of putting the puzzle pieces together and realise that it's the Hashimotos and I need to get to my doctor.

[clarissamck]

When you go through this you start to think you're nuts and then you hear you're not alone. Thank you

[KevBounce]

Your doctor sounds like a dream. My doctor wouldn't even know I had Hashimoto's if I hadn't taken the initiative and done an at home test.

[itszara]

I have Hashimoto, I feel sometimes very sad for no reason, sometimes my mood changes very quickly tired all the time.

[heathermellars]

OMG! I so wish I had seen this video in 1999 when my Hashimotos was diagnosed! My so-called best friend at the time, not any longer, said everyone loses hair, everyone feels tired, etc... Thank you so much for posting this. You've given me hope!❤️🥰😊

[missmjl]

I am having one of these days today too. On todays Hashimotos menu is aching muscles and just drained of energy. 12 years with this I have learned to just go with the flow, if your tired - rest. If your energetic - pace yourself. Low carb, dairy and gluten free, walking, qi gong and keeping stress low has helped me but I still have days like this.

[pattyap]

I never understood why I felt so tired, not focus, insomnia, anxiety, in my previous job I could not focus, in my house I was helpless and always sooo tired! There were days that I was having more energy, so I would do every thing I could to enjoy that moment, knowing that next day could be a different story. Last year I had a really bad allergy reaction and end it up at the ER, after that I went to see a allergist, all tests for allergy came out negative and my thyroid peroxidasse antibodies came out 466H. My allergist told me to see a endocrinologist, so I did last week, and I was diagnostic with Hashimoto, my T3 an T4 looked at the right range, so the doctor did not want to prescribe any medication, and told me to follow a good diet. I stopped eating gluten and dairy, and already can feel some improvements. I am 48 years old and it is a mix of feelings, I thought it should be in a pre menopause and having this problem with my thyroid just seems too much. My emotional and not having energy sucks! I am taking a better care of myself and just hope I can improve all my symptoms.

[MaxPowerCaulfield]

I'm 33, almost 34, and I've been diagnosed with hypothyroidism for around 10 years. I wasn't told anything about this disorder other than "your thyroid doesn't work right." So I've been on the same thyroid med dosage of 50mcg for 10 years because my "levels are fine."

Meanwhile, my body has rebelled against me. I have been working with a new doctor, and he listens to me and is willing to do the tests that my other doctor wouldn't. This morning, he told me that I definitely have Hashimoto's according to my lab results.

I'm not sure what to do with this knowledge. I thought understanding why my thyroid was messed up would help, but it hasn't. In fact, it's made me a sobbing mess all morning because knowing I have this just makes me feel like my body is trying to kill me. It's very hard to unlearn all of those things I was called as a kid growing up with undiagnosed hypothyroidism: fat, lazy, forgetful, weak... Even though I've known that the hypothyroidism wasn't my fault, my mind had still internalized a lot of my upbringing and I guess still shouldered the blame. Like I was DOING something that made me have hypothyroidism, or I was actively doing stuff that could mimic the symptoms of it, so I was still in control. Having the Hashimoto's diagnosis now just pushes to the forefront that... none of it was up to me. That it never mattered. I was never going to not have this. I was always going to be a little girl, hating her body because it just wouldn't work right. It just feels like a huge betrayal that I can't get over. I have so many things wrong with me, and I don't even know why I'm here some days.

Sorry for rambling. I'm really raw right now with this. Once it processes, I'm sure it'll be better. The video was more helpful than I thought it was going to be. Just hearing someone else talk about it helps, even if it hurts right now.

[winonawillemsma]

I'm pretty sure the only way my husband will ever understand with this feels like is if he had an autoimmune disorder himself. It's hard for anyone who doesn't have an autoimmune disorder to understand in general. I really felt it when she said, other people can eat like garbage and not have to deal with

[matulich]

I was sick for years and I was treated like I was crazy. So many years of what could of been preventable damage to my body done. I'm on supplements and armor thyroid. I'm 44 can't get weight to come off. I'm freezing, I'm tired, shirt lived energy and depressed. I'm so grateful I finally saw a naturopath who listened and found out what was wrong. Stress is a killer for hashimotos. The hardest is knowing that this isn't ever going away. I'm trying to find peace with it.
I feel you 100 percent with the self care. It's ridiculous how I have to baby my body. Thank you for sharing. So glad to not be alone but sad so many of us suffer.

[Cathlynn]

I really felt heard with this. I was first diagnosed in 2017, with 24, after feeling very, very bad and stripped of any energy. It took some time to be on the right amount of medication and most days I'm okay now (and I somehow graduated almost a year later). But there are flare-ups, and I really have to be a warrior for my selfcare. One skipped meal, one drop of alcohol, one night without sleep and I really feel the disease taking it out on me. Sometimes I hate that it's an invisible disease, people tend to forget that it's always impacting us in some way.