Hypochondriac? Only time will tell

I've been feeling 'off' lately. I use 'off' because there is no other word to describe it. I can't focus, I am tired constantly despite excessive amounts of sleep, and feel generally wretched with no good reason. I have no symptoms of other diseases. At a loss, I went for a very long walk and cut out my junk food. Over 24 hours later I still feel tired and out of it. Thinking it might be my thyroid (and since my mother has a similar problem) I went searching the web.

Of course, the problem with searching the web for these things is you inevitably come out feeling like you have something terminal. For me, the clinching moment was when I reached up and felt my neck. Sure enough, I've got something funny going on around there. Swelling of one's neck is not good, and indeed, the word goiter is never good. So I poked around a bit more, stretched my mind back for early symptoms and called my mother. Yes it is a genetic disorder, yes I do have a lot of symptoms, and yes I am damn sick and tired of sleeping so damn much. Time used to be that I could sit tight with six hours under my belt for weeks on end, crashing on weekends, and feel totally fine. These days I'm swimmy and can't drag my ass out of bed to save it.

At least I know its not a salt thing, I'm going to call health services from work tomorrow and set up some blood-work. Mmmm, blood-work.