I’ve had hypothyroidism since I was 17. Before I was diagnosed, I would sleep 10 or more hours a day and still be tired. I had horrible depression in college and just regular depression in my 20s, but I didn’t understand the connection between the two and managed the hypothryoidism poorly. Now, if I’m off of it for four or five days I get feeling of pressure in my brain, get cloudy in my thinking, and then eventually nosedive into full blown despair. There are days when it’s really not worth it, because on top of feeling miserable it kills my enjoyment of anything.
I’ve also been resistant to taking my medicine for long enough now that I’ve come to understand that it’s more than just a “don’t feel like it” thing. It’s a pretty deep seated tendency, so the effort right now is to try to correct that.
When I’m off, I cope by reverting to distracting activity, eating and getting sad.