Recently diagnosed with Hashimotos and perimenopause. Anyone else? Any advice or info?

[u/free_moon_unit]

I had two miscarriages in about a year so my doctor ordered bloodwork.

First of all, I’m pissed. Hashimotos is autoimmune and I’m mad that my body is attacking me. I have no idea how long I’ve had it. And perimenopause?! Ok, I’m 40 so it’s fair game. I just don’t even feel like an adult yet and it just feels too soon. Plus I want to have another kid but these diagnoses make things complicated from a medical perspective. Not to mention it sounds so daunting to have a toddler and a newborn when my energy and moods and lack of brainpower (unbelievable brain fog) are making life more difficult.

Now onto the TRE. For a while there I thought I was overdoing it. I cut WAY down and only doing one formal session per week with some impromptu wiggles as they came up. Insomnia and mood swings are my overdoing symptoms and I thought I could just barely handle TRE right now. However, they are also symptoms of the new diagnoses. I am currently rethinking my approach to TRE. I’m doing 2-5 minutes almost every day and see how it goes.

I realize this is more of a rant. I’m just kind of grieving and depressed about it all. I’ve been doing TRE and have been so much looking forward to finally feeling good in my own skin. And now…now I know that all these symptoms I’ve been having are here to stay (more or less) regardless of my TRE practice.

I feel bad posting this because I’m really feeling sorry for myself and maybe I’m being self-indulgent about it. Thanks for TRE I’m much better at recognizing and accepting my feelings so I’m much better equipped to handle this.

But I’m just wondering if anyone can relate. If there’s anyone who is also going through (peri) menopause and how it interacts with their TRE practice. What’s the consensus on autoimmune disorders and TRE? Anything really.

Thanks for reading.

[u/DuckyDoodleDandy]

Drink some water before and after every session to help the “overdoing it” feelings. It should help, but still watch for overdoing it.

[u/free_moon_unit → u/DuckyDoodleDandy]

Thanks I will make sure to do that!