Normal tsh but feeling totally wiped out dunno

i gotta ask because this feels kinda dumb, but i’m at my endocrinologist and they said everything is fine. normal tsh. free t3/t4 are within range. literally all the numbers look textbook.

but honestly, being a carpenter these last couple of weeks has been brutal. i hit a wall moving lumber yesterday that had nothing to do with physical strain - just pure exhaustion. my brain feels slow too. like wading through wet cement.

it’s not just fatigue, it’s this deep metabolic drag. i keep thinking about how much the docs focus on those single numbers and ignore the whole picture of a bad sleep quality or when i feel myself really crashing. has anyone else gotten into this pattern where everything is ‘normal’ on paper but you are still functionally wrecked?

“Normal on paper” doesn’t mean optimal metabolic function for you.

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