Being diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid condition was in one way a relief as it explained why I was feeling the way I did. For several months I had been anxious, stressed, my muscles were sore and tight, I was always hungry and eating lots but yet I had lost weight. I was constantly exhausted and I even developed a tremor in my hands. So to know the reason behind all of this was certainly a relief at first.

I had not been advised to do anything but to take the medication and hope for the best. And that's what I did.

However, despite being a pharmacist, I soon lacked faith in the prescribed medication to improve my health. After a series of blood tests with no visible improvements I was told that my only options were to either have my thyroid removed or have treatment with radioactive iodine, which would effectively kill it. I felt hopeless.