Hi, Linda, my kids are 13 and 15. I got ill 2 yrs ago, i literally was no good to them, i just wanted to be out the way. I felt like i was ruining their lives. I was so bad i was bed ridden most days, when i changed my diet i could get up and do a few things around the home. When i got my amalgams out my mental symptoms got worse, it was only when i started a new thyroid treatment and HC that i began to feel a bit more like myself. This was my main problem, not enough T3, i was only given T4 for 13 yrs and depression crept up on me until i started Armour.I still get off days, where il start crying, or feel panicked, also i get night sweats still quite alot,but before this i had no emotion some days which scared the hell out of me, i felt like i had dried up.
I still get loads of symptoms,mainly mental.
It was the guilt that made me 100xs worse, the guilt that i couldnt look after my kids, thank God they were old enough to look after themselves, my heart goes out to you as you have a young child,it must be devastating, this disease is so cruel!
Let us know how you go with the DMSA,hang in there,
DAWN XX