Aligning my Chakras

I hate taking medication.

I don’t really know why. I just do. I cannot EVER seem to stay on medication for any appreciable amount of time, because I just stop taking it.

Take my new thyroid medication, for instance. I did good for a short while, was a little spotty for about a month, and then just didn’t even get my last refill. I’m supposed to be going for more bloodwork this month to test my thyroid levels and see if there is any improvement, but I can’t very well do that when I’ve only taken the blasted pill twice over the last 30 days.

I know this wreaks havoc on my already hormonally-haywire endocrine system. I know I’m not doing myself any favors.

But I HATE taking medication.

I told Ben this week that I feel like it’s ‘cheating’. Like I’m taking this pill as the easy way to rectify some imbalance in my system, rather than fixing the imbalance itself.

So I’ve done some research on natural remedies to restore thyroid imbalances.

I’m not a kook, by any means. I believe in Western medicine. I don’t buy only organic foods. I don’t give a crap about Feng Shui.
(If you’re reading this, and you’re a kook, please don’t take offense. I mean none. I’m just not particularly passionate about this sort of thing, in general.)

At any rate, turns out I should be ingesting more iodine. Who knew. I am seriously considering trying that route because I think I will have less of an adverse subconscious reaction to taking an herbal supplement rather than a prescription drug. I admittedly don’t know that much about herbal remedies, so I will need to do some research about reputable sources and whether this is really the right thing to do. I’m not totally committed to this idea yet, but I’m just not convinced that, even though my prescription is now refilled, I’ll actually diligently take the darn thing.

By the way, it was Ben that finally called in my prescription refill and picked it up for me. I'm even bad at doing that. He was tired of me complaining about my fatigue, depression, etc. No crap, Diane, those were the reasons you STARTED taking that medication that you haven’t taken in three weeks. Are you surprised by this??!

Ironically, a significant majority of my immediate family earns their living from none other than a prescription drug store. Sorry, family.