Hashimoto and depression

[Mish_92]

Hi I'm new here,

I'm a 24yr old female and have recently been diagnosed with hashimoto disease. The main symptoms I have is extreme fatigue and depression. Even with the right medication I still experience it. Does anyone else suffer from hashimoto, if so how do you deal with everyday life....

[blondguy]

Hello Mish92

Welcome to the forums and good on you for posting too!

As a sufferer of depression and bouts of extreme fatigue acknowledge your post. If memory serves Hashimoto disease is a type of hypothyroid hormonal problem (please correct me if I am inaccurate)

If I may ask you, did your GP diagnose you?

I am not up to speed with Hashimoto disease so please forgive me. The medication however can take up to 4 weeks to have some effect...I am not sure how long you have been on your meds...but if you have just started taking them, they may take a while to have an effect.

The forums have a wide spread of sufferers with the same symptoms as you have.

I will have a try to find anyone else with your exact diagnosis Mish92

Please bear with us and feel free to post back about anything that is on your mind..This is a judgemental free zone and we can be here for you

my kind thoughts

Paul

[White_Rose]

Dear Mish

Hello and welcome to Beyond Blue. My daughter-in-law has Hashimoto Disease. She always seems full of energy when I see her but as my son and DIL live in Melbourne and I am in Brisbane, I don't get to see them regularly. My son tells me she gets tired and has days off work. He also tells me he has only recently persuaded her to see an endocrinologist and I do not yet know the results. She has recently been told she may have another similar condition but again I'm not sure. Thanks for writing in. It's given me the nudge to find out.

As far as I know she does not have depression and I wonder if this is a side effect, so to speak, of the illness. Like Paul, I wonder how long you have been taking the medication. It may take time to fully kick in. Are your getting any help with your depression? For example taking an antidepressant? Ask your pharmacist if any of your meds are fighting each other. My GP prescribed a medication for my high blood pressure and it made me exhausted. In the end I thought it was my natural state and retired from work. What a mistake.

So I suggest you check out the side effects of all your medications and ask your pharmacist about them. They don't always pick them out when you get the prescription filled. I have twice had meds that caused me problems reacting with each other.

Mary