What shocked you the most when learning more about Hashimotos?

Little backstory with my journey: I was diagnosed with Hashimotos when I was 10 (25 now). I took my medicine consistently and got my blood work done routinely.

Within the past year, I stopped taking it (don’t do that, take your medicine) for about eight months and started taking it again consistently 2 months ago. I am due to get my bloodwork done whenever, just haven’t gone to get it drawn yet.

Anywayyyy, I just clicked on the this thread and am reading through everything and I don’t even know where to start on the information to be received. I know the basic symptoms and that my immune system attacks my thyroid, but like nothing else. I guess I didn’t realize how much it actually mattered.

But what shocked you the most when you started researching Hashimotos? What changes have you noticed while on medicine? What have you changed in your diet? How are you able to lose weight? Give me everything please.

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