Physical and emotional struggles on the bike

I definitely feel your pain… depression. Don’t disregard any other suggestions, I’m only adding this in due to having my own experience with it the past 5 years, and continual testing…until finally!!! When you go to your doctor, definitely ask for a Thyroid test… and not just a regular Thyroid test… they don’t say enough or can be misleading. It actually took a naturopathic doctor to request mine, but lets just say I’ve lost faith in my normal doctor unfortunately. They will specifically need to test your T3 and T4 levels of your Thyroid. I was always brain fatigued, and … depressed, which I thought was overtraining even when I wasn’t training much. They finally discovered that I produced very little T4 at 48 yrs, and 0 T3… Their words were “not enough people get this tested, and the result is suicides”. It’s unfortunately one of the hidden issues that may surface with our bodies. Just a recommendation as I read your post and worry for you, I hope its something else

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