I am also hypothyroid as is my mother. Isn't it amazing how we don't hear about parental health problems?!

I was diagnosed before I really had symptoms though I was often run down. I never know if it's because I don't sleep well, I don't eat right, or I'm just tired.

I'm on Synthroid. It isn't perfect but it makes a HUGE difference. When I went off it for almost a month (insurance/doctor snafus) my pants stopped fitting in a week. I was tired and cold...all the classic signs.

The adjustment to taking synthroid was brutal for me but I was in California in the summer. I would start sweating in really strange body parts; things like my forearms would break out sweating. I was in summer school with no air conditioning so that might've had something to do with it.

It isn't a "now I'm going to lose this weight I gained and life will be perfect!" pill either. My struggles are still the same but it makes it tolerable instead of impossible.

Your DH needs to understand that this is something you have no control over. You do so much and are active...and if anyone would have energy you would. Hopefully he'll read up on it and be supportive, that can make all the difference in the world for you mentally. If I was so tired and then got blamed, I think I would be in perpetual tears.

Good luck Get second and third opinions especially if they suggest something drastic.