As I said earlier, my journey begins with my birth to a woman who was in a hopeless situation, abandoned by the father of her child. I believe now that her situation affected me even before birth. She reluctantly relinquished me to adoption. As a child I was lethargic, fatigued, puffy, had food cravings, bowel disturbances such as constipation and occasional loose stools. I had insomnia even as a very young child; my mother told me that I never napped as a toddler; I just lay there. I had a very active imagination, which I employed during these times, and reading in bed with a flashlight helped night after night as I lay awake, unable to go to sleep. Why did no one test me or at least wonder why I had these problems; why I would rather read a book than go out to play, why I had suicidal thoughts as a teenager, brain fog, memory problems, weight gain; the list goes on and on! My adrenal problems started young and just got worse. I have fought weight gain my entire life; my husband once commented that I ate less than most other people he knew, yet I still continued to gain weight. It wan't until my 40's that I was finally diagnosed, then put on synthroid, which did nothing for me. No symptom alleviation at all. I felt just as bad, but back then I just accepted that I would have a life that was low key; no energy, constant fatigue and sleeplessness, trying to fight food cravings, puffiness that has been with me life long. I grew more and more discouraged, but the only thing that was offered to me was anti depressants, which messed with me even as they somewhat helped, but more just masked my main problem: hypothyroidism that became Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I was ill and no longer had any energy. I saw doctors, but they didn't help. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia also. I had kidney stones (horrible pain) and was diagnosed with Medullary Sponge Kidney. I am asthmatic also. I was at one of the lowest points in my life; I didn't have a life - I was too tired.