Graves' Disease Support Group
Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower extremities). This disorder is the most common cause of...
Hello all, I'm very new to this site and would love to hear if anyone feels like they are going crazy some days. I'm sure I am driving my boyfriend nuts with the mood swings and forgetfulness.......please help
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I am on my third bout with Graves Disease. I have adapted to the disease, but now it is affecting my ability to be a mother and it is killing me. It is inhibiting my ability to breastfeed my almost 5 month old. I feel like a failure not being able to provide for my baby. My symptoms are by far the worse this round and I can’t manage my emotions. To make matters worse we had to change health...
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Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with graves disease in the middle of March and have been put on methimazole. Some articles I read about graves disease talked about changes to your lifestyle might help like changes to diet and routinely exercising. I was wondering if anyone experienced good results doing this in relation to graves. I'm 25 so if I'm going to be dealing with graves all my life, I would...
What kind of problems would you like to talk about? Do you want to know how to make your thyroid problem more bearable? Mood swings and forgetfulness are mostly caused by wrong thyroid levels. Once thyroid levels are balanced, so you will be too as well.
What kind of thyroid lab tests have you had done and post the numbers and the ranges and we'll try to help you find that balance. I wasn't able to understand those numbers you had that showed on your page. What test was the numbers too?
Take care and looking to hear from you... :-)