Upside-down Metabolism....

Back in December I posted about being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. At the time everything in my blood work was within normal ranges and they were just going to monitor future blood tests and see how we go from there - well, wouldn't ya know it, things changed. While my T3 and T4 levels are still ok, my antibodies and TSH have shot up through the roof, and so in an effort to combat my thyroid gland looking like it should have it's own path to orbit, I've now been put on meds to control everything. Now, I'll admit by endocrinologist did mention that I'd probably see a change in my metabolism, I kinda shrugged it off - having lived with myself for long enough now I know my body doesn't do fast change, and well, I've always just had certain habits that have never changed... This past week has thrown me for a loop though - I'll be starving hungry, and then eat something but be stuffed within a few mouthfuls - and then starving again an hour later.... and then there's the sleep schedule. I've never been a morning person - let me just emphasize that fact - NEVER... anyone who's had to get me up before about 8am can attest that you don't talk to me, you find the nearest jug of coffee and just lay low until I come out of the fog and join civilization (and frankly, people closest to me will laugh at 8am even...). This past week I've had to be at a client office every morning for 9am, and I've been bike commuting, so leaving the house at 8am, which leads to my alarm being set for 7am... fine, I know I'm going to be grumpy, but by the time I get the the client site all should be fine right? Now riddle me this - every morning this week I've woken up at 6am bright as a button... nothing's been waking me up - the dogs in fact groan at me getting up and rolls over and fall asleep again. Come on, seriously? 6am? What good can come of this! Oh, and I've lost 3 pounds this week.... that's something I may have done over a year ago, but I'm lucky to lose a pound in 2 weeks at the moment.

I imagine things will settle down again once I get a bit more accustomed to the medication, but if you'll excuse me now, after getting full from my 6 mouth-fulls of dinner an hour and half ago, I'm now starving again....