I really really need help!

[finsright]

I've posted here before and got a wonderful response from so many people.

















I've posted here before and got wonderful resonses from wonderful people. I'm sorry but I tend to not post when I am depressed and boy have I been depressed. Even through the depression I have realized something. I made all kind of  excuses why it was hard for me to lose weight. I have alot of pain, depression etc. and I said I knew they where only excuses. But now I know my weight causes my other problems. 30 lbs ago I could walk around zoos, enjoy the beach, had less pain and depression, I enjoyed life. It hit me last night that these problems are either caused or made worse by my weight. I have horrible back pain that was made worse since I gained weight. I'm more depressed because I hate being this big. I just want to lay in my bed and eat and I don't even get up to get the food, my husband brings it to me. I am diabetic which is made worse by the fat. I can see now that the problems doesn't  make it hard to diet but the weight makes it hard to do the other things. This the worse depression I have ever had. I honestly want to die. I want the pain to go away. For that to happen I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT. I have dieted my entire life. It has been the ruling factor in my life. What scares me so bad is I can not stick to it by myself. I need support, I really need help. I know that if things dont changed I am going to die either from health problems or end it myself. I am in the depression forum and in the cronic pain forum. And they both help me, but nothing helps me stop overeating :-((

[Barb135]

I don't think you've been misdiagnosed, however, I do think your thyroid is being under treated. Many doctors only look at thyroid levels as being "in range" or "out of range".  They don't look at the levels that might be right for your body.  If you have a copy of your latest lab report, I'd be interested in seeing what your levels are.

[finsright]

From what I told about my health do you think it's possible that I have been misdiagnose ? There was a discussion on tv that listed all my systems .I know your not  a dr but I thought you might have talked to someone do think I  could have chrini  fatuege  

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Isee one of the best endrocolgist in Florida. At one time I was on .3mg now .25 I tell a difference. I am bi polar also. There are several heath issues Ive blamed for my health issues. I  Never saw it before, but now where I thought the issues make me eat I see that the eating is making all the issues worse. I will not have as much pain or depression if I lose 30 lbs.

[Barb135]

Your symptoms (depression, pain, weight issues) match many of those with hypothyroidism; have you had your thyroid levels tested?  You need at least TSH, Free T3 and Free T4........

There are a lot of little things you can do to help lose weight AND maybe ease your depression some.  The first thing you need to do is make yourself get out of bed and at least sit in a chair to eat.

Sometimes not moving around can make pain way worse than it otherwise would be; besides that, you could lose the use of your muscles, if you don't use them.  

Start very slowly and try to work up to more exercise.  You may  not even be over eating; it could just be lack of exercise.