Do you get waves of feeling bad or is it constant?

[Brucergoldberg]

I am just curious....  Do you feel like crap all the time, or are there times when you get a wave of not feeling well?  Every day in the early afternoon I get a wave of about 3 hours of being taken over by a feeling of death.  Then all of a sudden it goes away and I feel pretty decent for the rest of the day.  I cant really put my finger on it, but typically it happens about 5 hours after I take my medicine in the morning.

Do you get these waves, or do you feel bad all the time?

[annamae26]

i so feel for you when you talk about your job.  for over ten years i had to fake feeling ok at work. i am an lcsw and did crisis intervention and brief treatment/case management in a hospital and so had to look perfect to represent the hospital when in fact i felt so sick. never found out what was wrong with me until eight months ago- i feared something awful. i finally had to retire early and go on ssdi and blamed it on being leagally blind but now i know it was really because i was so sick with hypothyroidism. i look back on my labs with their NORMAL values and cringe. i did everything to appear fine at work and learned to fake it good. GOD BLESS YOU and keep you safe at work.  at least you KNOW what is wrong i wish i had known.

[Spacemonkeysmom]

I usually crash mid afternoon... and definitely have good n bad days.... just started my synthroid and the first day made me sick as all but its getting better and hopefully Ill get lucky and start at the right dose.... I made my doctor test my thyroid and he did it just to appease me my tsh levels were 7.59 he said what if I told you you do have an issue.... I was ecstatic to know... not because Im sick but because I know and I wasn't just being silly.... afterwards it set in and I was no longer so happy... anyways Good Luck and hope you get to feeling better

[Brucergoldberg]

Its a long hard road out of this hell

[ann4512]

hi i have graves and yes  it's like something take's over my body i can be great one min than out of the blue feel like crap.it use to happen every day but now i can be feeling great for atleast 4 week's than bang i feel crap for about 3 day's  than i feel great again.only one thing i'am greatful for the 4 week's of feeling good it's been such a long road i tought i would never get to the end of it.i no not out of the wood's yet but feel like i'am geting their xxx

[liya8]

Hi I find it also depends on the climate - damp, rainy and humid days make me feel crappy and my body aches a lot, sunny warmer days and not toooo humid is the best.  Days can be cold but sunlight does make me feel more chirpy and upbeat.  I now many are not in favour of sunbeds but during winter time I find that going for about one session per week really does help me and spending time in a sauna as well.

But hey I keep on saying - this is a conditon I live my life with because I do not want to say I suffer from it even though many days do feel crappy - but LOL somehow saying I live with the condition makes me feel that I am in control and not the condition - LOL perhaps one day one of us will be able to break the code and discover how to rid ourselves of all the frustration that goes along with this condition.

[nicol138]

Hey guys my name is Nicol, Iam kind of glad i came across your articles
I also get waves of sickness like iam going to drop dead and in like an hr ill feel better i had my thyroid checked several times and they say there is nothing wrong with it this was not done just by on dr. It gets annoying Not knowing what its is i did get iron transfusions because my iron was way low and i only absorbing half not all.But it feels like i am being atacked by some illness that has its own schudel. feel great then out of no were i m going to die,at time if i start feel out of sort ill eat then it subsides.but not all the time.I feel like the doctors think iam crazy .I know i never was like this before but for the last year or to i have been ill.any insight would be great full.just want to add that i do not take any kid of med for anything.