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...
Hi,
Have been off the meds for exactly 3 months. The past couple of weeks I have been experiencing some strange/weird symptoms. Have been having a hard time falling asleep. (I don’t take sleep aids, ever) Included with not falling a sleep, when I lay my head on my pillow, I can feel my heart doing some weird fluttering. Not the typical but it goes on and off. I always take my second dose of liquid magnesium to help me sleep. But these times, they weren’t helping much. Had a cup of herbal “Sleepytime or Sweet Dreams” tea. Felt good in the tummy but not helping me sleep.
I was on meds for a year. And, there were some REALLY good weeks of calmness. I wish I could find my way back to that. It seems I am experiencing some mild forms of HYPER symptoms. Mild headache, shin itchiness, hard to fall alseep, tiredness, moments of being very hungry. I was hoping, if I was going back to HYPER, how come my metabolism hasn’t burned off some weight.....THAT would be nice.
On the other hand, I heard the change in seasons can affect the thyroid. Where I live, Mother Nature has not made up its mind about whether it wants Spring and warm weather to arrive. I wish it would. Daylight savings time made it worse. Even though there is more light, my body is on another time schedule.
Has anyone experienced the heart flutters and the tired when being off the ATDs? And, what do you do about it?
Also, have you become more forgetful? My short term memory is on a decline.
Thanks for allowing me to complain - it’s been a hard week.
I use powder Potassium to balance along with my liquid ReMag. I also try eating a banana a few hours before bed time or any other higher levels foods (I have to be mindful of any Oxalates and Salycilates). I find the heart flutters a lot better this way.
I am not off of the MMI (currently at 0.625 mg per day).
I do agree about the daylights savings which can throw anyone's circadian clock off. Arizona doesn't do this, thankfully.
Hope you feel more balanced soon.
{{{hugs}}}
The heart flutters go on and off.
Major issues with getting full REM sleep.
I sleep for 2 hours, wake up and go back to sleep for another 2.
I did notice I sleep more solid if I do more physical labor (cleaning) during the day.
Time for spring cleaning. :-)
I do the banana and liquid calcium before bed.
If the heart flutters are on high, I do the Thyroid Calm.
Tmredneck91,
I have been off meds for 3 months.....curious to see what the numbers look like. Plus, being tested for a bunch of mineral/vitamin deficiencies.