Lately I've fallen in what feels like a rut of life. I feel numb to all that life has to offer me. I've spent a year with a very taxing new baby who I love and adore but has been my hardest baby yet and my third. Now into toddlerhood, still very much more difficult then my other two children before I feel there is a hint of light at the end of the tunnel. Still I'm just numb. Nothing that I used to be passionate about brings me much anything. From gardening to farming, to writing, to starting new projects etc. I used to leap at the chance to do any of these. Now I can't seem to start anything. I'm plagued with fatigue and mental tiredness. I've done it all to try to alleviate the issue, great diet, plenty of vitamin, lots of sun, long walks, light exercise 4x a week. I'm no longer in darkness but not in the light either. I'm an avid Bible reader/studier but even here, I feel I've lost my spark. Like I've lost my first love. I'm just reading out of duty, praying out of duty, going to church out of duty. Which is so different from a year or two ago. Now to the point. Any recommendations for a personal Bible study, (preferably tangible like a book) about finding the love for God again, I'm not mad at God or faltering in my faith, mentally I rock solid believe in his grace and salvation but . But currently emotionally I feel a whole lot of nothing about everything. I'd like like to think it's better than the darkness but honestly I'm not too sure it is...
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Get your hormones checked, specifically TSH, Free T3 and DHEA sulphate. TSH should be down around 1, FT3 should be above 3.5 or 350 (depending on units measured) (4/400 is better), and DHEAS should be 250-300.
Free T3 is the bioavailable portion of the active thyroid hormone. TSH is indirectly related to thyroid. If it is high, it indicates you need thyroid. If it is normal or even low it can be meaningless. I've seen both, with low FT3. Symptoms follow the FT3.
Thyroid regulates everything: mood, energy, how well your brain works (low can cause 'brain fog"), reproductive hormones, gut motility, low can cause weight gain, but not necessarily. Low DHEAs can cause a fatigue you can't sleep out of.
God is good, but He can't replace hormones.
This. I had low thyroid and it was a lot like depression. Just looking at a bag of concrete that needed to be moved made me depressed.
Also I’ve read about the “Normal” range and some people feel better at a higher or lower dose. It takes time and experimentation to find the correct dosage. In other words just because your number is normal does not mean it is the correct dosage. Let your body tell you. Go by symptoms instead of the reading.
It's best to dose by how you feel. After all, a person seeks treatment because of their symptoms. They are adequately treated when their symptoms are gone. Doctors don't understand thyroid very well. It is theoretical for them. They think the TSH is the gold standard for diagnosing and treating thyroid. It is not reliable, especially if you're taking thyroid. The only thyroid test that corresponds consistently to symptoms is Free T3. And the reference range is almost exactly the symptomatic range.