Navigating Life with Hypothyroidism: Insights, Support and Advocacy.
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Social events and activities are great. Spending time with friends, family or meeting new people is good for our mental health and promotes a good work-life balance. It’s easy to stay home all day or become a recluse, but it takes extra effort for many people with hypothyroidism, to muster up the energy and enthusiasm to socialise. I want to explore why.
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For many of us with hypothyroidism, social events can drain us in several ways and can even leave us with a ‘hangover’ effect.
Mentally, we may feel exhausted from trying to maintain enthusiasm for discussions, a smile on our face and the ability to follow a lot of stories and updates from several different people, due to hypothyroidism affecting how our brain functions.
Thyroid hormone is needed to ensure our brain works optimally, and when thyroid hormone is low, we can seem forgetful, withdrawn, confused and strained.
Focusing on making sure we pay as much attention as possible, when we have thyroid brain fog is very mentally draining.
After a social event, often we get home and sit in silence for a good while, whilst our mind is still buzzing and trying to process the day! This can have a knock on effect where we feel physically tired, achy and withdrawn and so we often need a day or two to recuperate afterwards. We may even experience a flare up day.
And then there is the physical fatigue of a thyroid condition.
People living with a chronic illness such as hypothyroidism may have a limited amount of energy, and sometimes need to plan their energy wisely so as to make it through the day.
This can result in a shower, getting dressed or brushing your hair becoming exhausting, so before we even arrive to meet a friend, we could already be exhausted!
Having to stand at an event can be hard, too, let alone if we’re walking from bar to bar.
Drinking alcohol can also worsen hypothyroid symptoms. I personally gave up drinking alcohol altogether so that I could enjoy social events more and not have thyroid flare days afterwards.
If a social event is in an unfamiliar place, then this can also be tiring for a few reasons. It can be concerning to be in an environment where, if we suddenly feel unwell, we have nowhere to escape to, or we feel unsure if they cater to our dietary needs (many thyroid patients follow gluten-free diets etc. to help with symptoms).
We may have also had to travel or walk a certain distance to reach the location of the event, which uses up more of our energy.
If the event is at our home, then we’ve got the hosting to juggle – cleaning the house beforehand, doing the food shopping, preparing food and generally being the host – looking after guests and their needs. For the average person, this might be a bit draining or stressful, but it soon wears those with health conditions down.
Conclusion
So as you can see, we can easily become depleted; emotionally, mentally and of course physically from social events!
Many of us have to plan to have a day or two to recuperate afterwards, and if it’s a longer event, say a weekend-long wedding affair, we may even need double the recovery time!
Many will find that it gets easier and that they maybe don’t even need to think about it, once their thyroid condition is optimally treated and managed. However, this isn’t the case for all and whereas some respond well to thyroid medication, not all do, or perhaps take years to get it well-managed.
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