Do you feel like you don't have much energy for relationships, or doing things with people? I go to choir every week, and it's like do people expect you to always be "turned on"? Like you can't have "down" moments?
It gets on my nerves sometimes when people all around me seem "turned on" all the time.
Jan
I don't have energy for anything these days. I force myself to go to family functions because they're important to me, but I never go out with friends anymore. I even recently had to quit my job because it was wearing me out I get so jealous of people who have limitless energy. *sigh*
There are a lot of people who don't understand and even when things are explained to them it still just goes in one ear and out the other. I don't know why.
I honestly have little to no social life. Not feeling like getting out there and doing anything makes it worse. I am trying to change this. My friends are very supportive though. I just don't get out much. Now that my levels are getting better I am slowly starting to want to do more. I am very open about my thyroid and pcos issues. When I was working retail I would have my off days and those were hard because some of my coworkers didn't know of my issues (and I liked it that way even though I am open about it some people just don't need to know everything) and thought I was getting a bit lazy or not being productive as I was on a good day. One even (not knowing any of my medical issues) said I should do sit ups to help with my tummy. Yeah I wasn't too happy with her. Coworkers I felt didn't need to know every aspect of my life. My manager was a friend of mine and so was one of the assistant managers so they knew and that is all that mattered. I don't like to go around and have a pity party all the time. I did at first then I thought to myself that doing that wasn't going to change anything. Getting educated about my issues and taking charge of them was/is what is going to change. I have taken charge of my health and continue to spend time in prayer because I know I cannot do any of this without Him. I apologize for rambling. I hope this answers your question Jan. I can get long winded sometimes.
Yeah I lost a job in retail 2 years ago when I was having bleeding issues which resulted in a partial hysterectomy. After the new year, it would be desirous to find work but I don't want to feel overwhelmed physically. I'm going to the doc on Jan 7 about this.
Jan
It's hard....I hate to talk about it with people because the symptoms are so damn varied I feel like it's responsible for a lot of crap. And the just the first med I'm on...medroxyprogesterone to get my period. I feel so...teenager-ish to be calling in to work and saying that I'm having a really bad period and am too paranoid (don't want to bleed through clothes)/miserable to come in.
I feel like I'm so whiney and worn out. I never feel yee-haw lets get out there anymore. I'm counting down the time so that I can get home and into my pajamas. And then by 7:30 (like right now) I'm contemplating going to bed or how much longer I can stay up.
I feel horribly depressed about appearances at times....and overwhelmed in general.
My experience is similar. To be honest, I have no interest in going out on a regular basis. I like people, but have no desire to exert effort to entertain/be entertained. I've never been a social butterfly, and the hypothyroid/pcos makes it worse, so my mind tells my body, "let's stay in and take it easy." This is especially hard in winter time! I will go out to run errands and fulfill commitments (in addition to my job), but a lot of the time I'd rather be at home. I need to work on this so I can get back on the exercise bandwagon again. I haven't been to the gym in a month due to a respiratory infection. That's one place I enjoy going, for exercise and people-watching!
For the record (far as I know) my thyroid numbers are good and I get enough sleep.
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do you feel like people don't understand you? 
I get so jealous of people who have limitless energy. *sigh*
