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...
I tried looking on the living with graves site but I couldn't find the information or if there is information on the hashimotoes side of things. I would like to read up on some information if someone could direct me to the information that would be awesome. Specifically dosing of synthroid and if people dose differently. My Endo increased my synthroid to 100mcgs. I have recovered from GD but now dealing with possible thyroid burn out. Any info to read would be helpful.
Thanks so much!
Alyssa
Try elaine-moore.com. There's a lot of good info there. Also try stopthethyroidmadness.com which more oriented to Hashimoto's.
Many people with Hashi's find that their Free T3 is consistently low with needing to take a T3 med. So it is not just about dosing with Synthroid or another type of med for the T4. Both T3 and T4 often needs to be looked at together.
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