Introducing Hashimoto

I find myself in an interesting internal dialog.

Yesterday I received a call from my doctor to say that I have Hashimoto's disease.

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is a type of autoimmune thyroid disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland. The thyroid helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy. Hashimoto's stops the gland from making enough thyroid hormones for the body to work the way it should. It is the most common thyroid disease in the U.S. Some patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis may have no symptoms, others encounter a range of symptoms. I essentially have no symptoms. I say "essentially" because the one symptom that I do have, is really not a big deal, and may or may not be related to the Hashimoto's.

Such a strange thing to one day be a girl with really wacked-out cyles, and the next day be a girl with a diagnosis. I'm taking a bit of time to review my options and think about which medicine I want to try out. I'm leaning toward Synthroid, so if anyone has got any experience with this, I'm interested in hearing it.