Synthroid didn't make me "happy" but it did make me able to think again. I never had the classic signs like hair loss, dry skin, constipation, and so I discounted that it could be part of my troubles. I noticed that I had weight control problems, I healed far more slowly, and that finally I just couldn't *think.* I figured out something was wrong but even when the doctor asked about my thyroid, I told him I didn't think it was. Luckily, he said, "let's test for it anyway since not everyone has the same symptoms." Bingo.

When I first started sythroid, it was like speed. I felt 18 again, totally wired and full of energy. Alas, I quickly adapted and now I'm just as lazy as before.

I do enjoy the irony that the cretin behind me at the con thinks I have "big hair." :)

It's a good question about the water. I thought yesterday that answer was, "no" as my rings weren't fitting any differently. This morning, though, the scale says I've lost 3.5 pounds since last week. That's in line with what I expect in a first week of diet/exercise. Since I doubt I burned up that fat overnight, I need to consider that I was retaining water even if I didn't have the usual symptoms in my hands.

I wish I were going to Shore Leave, too. That one sounds like fun. I'm seriously considering, if the con stays in where ever it is this year and the hotels suck as much as the internet reviews indicate, trading a different con for that one. In which case, maybe I'd trade to Shore Leave. I'm undecided but I won't be spending my vacations in a hell hole, no matter how much I love seeing all of my friends.

*snort* Oh yeah, I can see where she got that idea. I must be used to LJ now to have known it was "just another great icon." ;)