olysi7979

Hi I am a 28 YO male with some questions. I was wondering if perhaps anyone coudl provide insight.
I am very concerned as over the past couple years I have weight around my middle (70 lbs), developed purple marks on my stomach and thighs and feel tired constantly. My blood sugar is up (presumably fro mthe weight gain???) I believe it has something to do with the antidepressanta I have taken. Everytime I try to go off of it, I feel WORSE thant the original reason I ever started taking the darn things for! Not the actual withdrawal itself but within 2 months I feel like I have no stress tolerance, inner restless,etc... You could easily dismiss it as a "return of symptoms"... but the onyl thing is that I never felt that way prior to taking the meds, I took them to help with OCD.

I had some hormone tests done on my own accord. My blood cortisol serum was on the high end of normal, (for early afternoon) and I have no growth hormone at all! Thyroid TSH and t4 levels have changed since started these meds.... Ironically I was so skinny growing up that I had my thyroid tested in high school and college and it never changed.... was pretty much within the same range liek clockwork... My TSH has actually almost tripled now.. yet my T4 has only gone up slightly. Also my T3 "uptake" was at 30 percent...I really am at a loss.
Does anyone have any perspectives... I am planning on seeing an endocronologist, but I can see where it would be easy to dismiss this.