Please tell me how you got it taken seriously. I feel like this is literally killing me with the stress it causes, and I discussed it with a psychiatrist. Their response was "your coping mechanisms seem to be working, so why upset the cart?" Well, because I'm spending an incredible amount of energy on said coping mechanisms. Yes, I'm doing OK for myself, but I wish it didn't involve heroic efforts.
Posted under my real name because I'm beyond sick of this being some kind of a taboo. No one's ashamed of talking about, say, thyroid meds.