What is Graves Disease
Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative ex...
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been back on meds Methimazole for a little over a week... secound day I actually felt great. still tired, had week muscles but felt much better. Now I am what a week almost two into this and my sleeping is better not great. I am aways so tired my muscles just done want to work. I get energy serges I call them when I just have so much energy I use that time to clean then basically bottom out and can't do anything for a two day's. my hand still shake from time to time. my legs feel like they are going to give out underneath me. I itch manly my hands but I can see now rash. I feel "dizzy" some time not really dizzy just off. basically all the symptoms I had before just not as bad on most day's. other days just as bad. on top of all this I now believe I have a cold. I am coughing my head feel like a thousand pounds. I am getting to work like twice a week and I know they are like "nothings wrong wtih her" and I hate the looks and the talking under there breath. I work on the phone and I'm supposed to have a great helpfull attitude but some of the calls just want me to tell the customer " you know what put the computer in the closet and dont use it again you are to stupid to even trun it on you don't need to use it." getting yelled at because there phone isnt working because our phone system SUCKS and I can't tell them just say with who you are with and my anxity builds and I end up leaving early. *sigh* my husband is trying to be soo suportive but he is finding it diffuclt as well because I will sit on the couch watcn tv or on my computer. and the dishes will be piling up in the sink. I can't even rinse them with out my arms getting so tired I cant lift a sponge. I really dont know what to do anymore I have tried ptu and was taken off to do RAI (my lvl did't get bad enough to actually do it) but my symptoms have never really gone away. even with my lvl being normal. now on Methimazole and I still dont feel "normal". O' and my feet tend to fall asleep all the time now whats up with that?
thanks for listening *cry* Posted on 03/05/08, 05:03 am |
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I feel your pain. I had it so bad I couldn't walk for two months. Anyway have your endo check your Potassium levels. That and it looks like your docs are making you hypo again which they need to do before the can raise your TSH levels. 
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ohh :( I so know how you feel! I went through that in the beginning also. When I first started taking methimazole I did not notice a difference except maybe the night sweats were not as bad but I think it was the propranolol that helped with that. About 2months into treatment I began to be hypothyroid which sucked. It was all I could do to get off my butt to do anything. Finally the meds were adjusted and I started having better and better days. I would check with the doc to see if maybe they are giving you too much meds and causing you to be hypo. It takes a long time to find just the right coctail of meds for your own unique situation so be patient. It will get better:)
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Hang in there, do some research on the internet and push your docs to test you for other autoimmune disorders, they tend to come in pairs. But I know exactly how you feel, this is what I went through when I was first diagnosed, its depressing because people think you should just be able to get up and get over it. YOu want to, but you cant and people dont understand. Your not lazy and your not crazy. You have to learn as much about your disease as possible and push your docs to treat you right, and if they dont, find one who will. Your health is so importatn, dont just settle for some doctor telling you what they think, you know your body, fight for it! HOpe this helps!! :)
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