So.
I take supplements to try and keep myself healthy. As I struggle with Chronic Pain, and anything I can do to help it, I will. Anyways....
I found out roughly 2 years ago (ish?) that I have Hypothyroidism. (say that three times fast.) Basically my thyroid is a lazy little bitch, and I needed to speak to it kindly, buy it wine, cuddle up to it , ya know...
I was back to having these incredible heart palps (I get them off and on, was diagnosed with those back in the midst of our court battle..) and I was trying to think of what was causing it. I haven't hardly slept all weekend..that sort of nonsense.
They started to kick in right after my birthday. I would swig a little Pepto, and BOOM, they would piss off. So I was thinking, indigestion. WRONG.
I literally almost dragged my ass to the ER several times. However, when I would swig Pepto and they would settle down, I thought "Well shit, I would feel a fool if I went to the ER over this." But let me tell you, heart palps are fucking annoying, and scary as shit. You feel like your heart is trying to burst out of your ribs. No joke.
Even when I went to my birthday dinner, they were hitting fast and hard. So bloody annoying.
So I sat down, and I stopped everything cold turkey. My pain meds, my supplements, my thyroid meds, everything.
They calmed down a bit so I thought hmm, it's the supplements. I haven't taken those in about a week now. Still there. So I stopped taking the pain medication, still there. Stopped taking my thyroid meds, and they are there.
Through process of elimination, I figured it out. Stress. That and not taking my thyroid medication . Soon as I took one of those this morning, they settled down quick to the point where they are non-existent now.
I didn't sleep a lick all weekend, even though we were painting. Nope, last night I think I slept maybe a hour ? I was having a panic attack, on top of the anxiety, on top of the palps.
Fuck.
Anyways today I came home, feeling SO much better, cleaned the kitchen, took a bath, fed myself and the kids...and now all I want to do is sleep.
So, that's my week. Yes, I am a dumbass for putting my body through that.
