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 have another endo appointment end of next month, will do labs in 2 weeks but have been doing research to be prepared for my appointment.
I am 'technically' being told I am early stage GD, but subclinical. My doctor wants me back to endo since I have had some sporadic symptoms even tho subclinical - tremers in hands, especially if I am trying to do things, some palpitations tho EKG was great, hyper feeling as if I am drenched in adrenalin and at night just crash and be asleep in my chair watching TV within seconds, tho restless all night ! Pulse rates are now hitting in the 60s, which are a bit higher than my normal
So would the best way to treat a messed up person as me to give a low dose beta blocker to try and hide the symptoms and see if they go away or to treat for a year with MMI, low dose to see if that will control all symptoms and thyroid and maybe stay in remission for a while? I have read both ways of treatments tho there are conflicting data
I am 'technically' being told I am early stage GD, but subclinical. My doctor wants me back to endo since I have had some sporadic symptoms even tho subclinical - tremers in hands, especially if I am trying to do things, some palpitations tho EKG was great, hyper feeling as if I am drenched in adrenalin and at night just crash and be asleep in my chair watching TV within seconds, tho restless all night ! Pulse rates are now hitting in the 60s, which are a bit higher than my normal
So would the best way to treat a messed up person as me to give a low dose beta blocker to try and hide the symptoms and see if they go away or to treat for a year with MMI, low dose to see if that will control all symptoms and thyroid and maybe stay in remission for a while? I have read both ways of treatments tho there are conflicting data
It sounds like you are not in the 'right' places to feel your best at.
{{{hugs}}}
with Quest and their ranges showing first
TSH 1.14 ( .4 - 4.5) hospital was (.34 to 5.6) no telling endo's
FT4 1.20 (.8 - 1.8) hospital ( .61 to 1.12) no telling endo's (by hospital's I would be high barely
TT3 105 (76 -181) hospital (.87 - 1.78) now this doesn't make make sense unless maybe really FT3 was tested ?
so what the heck to go by?
oh well guess I can handle this for another month ...who knows maybe by then I can shake a good martini by hand ROFL
The meds I normally take are metformin (diabetes) and pravastatin, lisinopril all lowest doses and actonel once a week for osteoporsis, then the usual vitamin (no idodine, checked when I read that here, aspirin, fish oil)