I Feel Off....

I just feel so off lately. And no, I'm NOT pregnant. I feel like a terrible mother, wife and friend. I'm exhausted all the time, yet I have a hard time sleeping most days. I can't seem to find any energy to do even the simplest things, like the dishes or cook dinner. And don't get me started on my dirty house or the huge piles of laundry that are continuing to pile up. I am super moody and I am getting stressed out very quickly about stupid things. I'm just not myself.

I **think** it's my thyroid. My dad had graves disease and it's hereditary and found mostly in women. Because of this, I'm supposed to have my thyroid checked yearly. Of course, I haven't had mine checked in about 4 or 5 years. I need to get it checked. I'm almost positive that something is going on with my thyroid. I went online and did lots of reading up on it. I have nearly all the symptoms (the list is a mile long). Some of which I won't burden you with. The thing about thyroid conditions is that they are often misdiagnosed when all it takes is a simple test. I'm hoping that with my family history and my newly developed symptoms I've been experiencing these past few months, the doctors will hear me out and run the tests that I want them to run! I don't want them to just say "Yeah, well, your a mother of two young children, of course your tired!!!" or "I think you're suffering from depression" (depression/anxiety is a symptom of a thyroid problem) or any other lame excuse they want to throw at me. I know my body and I know that I've been off lately. I will be seeing the doctor soon and I'm hoping that they will listen to me and do the tests. I'm sorry if any of you feel like I've been a flake lately or not my usual loud annoying/funny self. I've just not been feeling well. I basically feel like I'm exhausted all the time, my body aches daily, my brain has trouble concentrating and I constantly feel in a fog. I'm forgetting things left and right. And I'm feeling so stressed with all the normal things in my life that usually do not stress me out!! My hair is falling out, my joints hurt, I'm having headaches all the time. But mostly I'm just not myself and I feel bad about that. If I've seemed off to any of you out there lately , please don't take it personally. It's nothing about you. It's just me. My brain isn't working properly and neither is my body and I'm just tired.