rmd and I both agree that this sounds like it might easily be a very testable, blood test quick answer type thing.
Specifically, rmd is hypothyroid and she said "thyroid thyroid thyroid" before I'd finished a sentence summarizing how you're feeling. She started to feel *really stupid* and for a while though, 'well, I'm in my mid-thirties, maybe this is what happens when you get older and your brain starts slowing down'.
But no. This was a totally solvable with a daily pill issue, and everything snapped back into focus.
This is why she doesn't motorcycle anymore: if her levels are off and she doesn't realize, her reflexes become slower and brain becomes stupider (her description) than she's comfortable with.
I'm *sure* this is something with a cause, and the odds are good it's a treatable cause. I know without health care getting tests can be expensive, and regardless, it's scary, but I really urge you to describe this to a GP and let them investigate.
And get whatever job will give you money/resources enough to deal with this question, and don't think of it as a trap--think of it as the first step toward doing what you *want* to be doing.
Good luck, and go you for talking about something so scary and good luck and *hugs*. And good luck.
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3/9/10 12:57 (UTC)Specifically, rmd is hypothyroid and she said "thyroid thyroid thyroid" before I'd finished a sentence summarizing how you're feeling. She started to feel *really stupid* and for a while though, 'well, I'm in my mid-thirties, maybe this is what happens when you get older and your brain starts slowing down'.
But no. This was a totally solvable with a daily pill issue, and everything snapped back into focus.
This is why she doesn't motorcycle anymore: if her levels are off and she doesn't realize, her reflexes become slower and brain becomes stupider (her description) than she's comfortable with.
I'm *sure* this is something with a cause, and the odds are good it's a treatable cause. I know without health care getting tests can be expensive, and regardless, it's scary, but I really urge you to describe this to a GP and let them investigate.
And get whatever job will give you money/resources enough to deal with this question, and don't think of it as a trap--think of it as the first step toward doing what you *want* to be doing.
Good luck, and go you for talking about something so scary and good luck and *hugs*. And good luck.