Journal Entry for September 15, 2009
September 15, 2009 1:31pm
KaylaDK 
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About Me
KaylaDK
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About Me
I work in neurological/neurosurgical critical care. I was diagnosed with Grave's Disease in August 2009.
I work in neurological/neurosurgical critical care. I was diagnosed with Grave's Disease in August 2009.
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Interests
I love traveling, music, and medicine.
I love traveling, music, and medicine.
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Ray of Sunshine
how are u? i am here if you need me. i need some help. i have a neurological disease called palatal myoclonus which causes an occasional migraine and ear ringing. can you help out since you deal with neurological care? ok thx have a great week.
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Rainbow
how are u? u have a beautiful smile. i am hoping the best for you today. and i wanna know as a neurologist how do u treat palatal myoclonus a rare disease i have.
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Hello and welcome! Your heart rate will go down once levels do, the high metabolism with Graves keeps the heart rate high,it is normal for us at first. Just keep taking the beta blockers and you should get relief while you're waiting for the levels to drop. Your labs were quite high in the Free levels.
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Support Groups
Close Graves' Disease
To find other people with Grave's Disease, for support
Treatments
- Atenolol Not Working
- Atenolol worked well until I needed more than the maximum dose.
- Inderal Working / Worked
- It took a while for me to really feel better, and it made me SO darn sleepy at the beginning! But now, I am just fine with it and it keeps my heart rate and blood pressure where it is supposed to be.
- Methimazole Too Soon to Tell
- I have been on Methimazole since August of this year (2009). I have not noticed any side effects. Before taking the methimazole, and during the first 4 weeks on it, I got progressively worse. Now (in the last 2 weeks), I feel like I've hit a plateau. Hopefully this is the start of recovery.
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Treatments
- Methimazole Working / Worked
- Inderal Working / Worked
- Atenolol Somewhat Helpful
- Helped for a while until I needed more than the maximum dose. I was switched then to Propranolol.
