Hi,
Sugar can make your vision blurry and make you achy. Sugar is an inflammatory food. It affected my vision and made me achy, so I chose to keep as much processed sugar out of my diet. Not sure if you have heard, smoking is a big no-no when you have Graves Disease. It affects the vision. So, try to stop all together. And, alcohol....another big no-no. Alcohol has sugar in it. There is a list of foods that GD patients shouldn’t consume. Google the list. You will feel better not having it in your body. One of the main things GD attacks is your tissue and bones. It’s all inter-related with your Fibromyalgia. Everyone’s choices of food and products they use or clean with will make a big difference in how they feel. Not, a good idea to blame the disease when what you are doing might be aggravating it. Be kind to yourself. Whatever your decisions are will have an impact on your health. Take Care.

but sadly stress is a trigger for fibro. I have cut my sugar levels and my doctor knows about the two pops and alcohol. because I don't drink everyday she cool with it. I am newly quit smoking but I came a few for when I am stress. doctor knows. She also know for newly quit smoker stress is the last thing I need. So I Am stress out of my mind about the glasses. Which in turn cause my fibro to act up badly. because it hurting me so bad and I am stress out I smoke to calmed me down which it help because I am new quit. but before I smoke my Graves was messing with me. Yes your right about sugar but natural sugars are ok. yes your right about the smoking. in normal week I wouldn't be. I just to stress out. I am only human.

I am only sharing with you what I have experienced and what I have read about GD. Please understand I have NO tolerance for cigarette smokers as my mother had died from stage 4 lung cancer and I was begging her, all of my life, to quit. Please take into consideration that saying you are stressed out and the ONLY way to comfort yourself is with smoking, drinking alcohol and eating sweets is not going to help your GD symptoms. That is all I am saying. Your choices are your choices. I was wondering how many weeks have you been on Methamizole? About the 5 week it should kick in and you should feel more relaxed and calm. My second time doing that (the first time when I started on MMI) (and the second time since I stopped taking MMI - because I was moving into HYPO symptoms, then started up on maintenance dosages - 2.5mg every other day) I get a descent nights sleep. I don’t freak out over “small stuff” and have been feeling calmer for the past 2 weeks. And, more focused. This is all working for me, so quickly, because I have removed all possible irritants to GD - certain foods, sugar, soy, alcohol, smoking, fluoride, chlorine, salt, etc. It’s one of those things that you need to find discipline to stop doing the things that upset your GD. It’s different for all people. If a pair of missing glasses is making you stressed out, I couldn’t imagine what a real disaster would do to you. Whether your doctor knows about what you do - they are not your keeper - you are. They don’t live in your body - you do. So, whatever you chose to do or eat, in the end, your body will tell you through stressful feelings (anxiety) that it is not good for you. Take a different path and see if your symptoms subside. Take Care.