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,
I had my endo appt on Fri and his theory on the T3 total is that the
T4 production is restricted enough to prevent the making of the T3 and
felt as long as I am on the MMI even low doses it may be an issue with me. He agreed to the increase of the selenium and we agreed to go to every day 1/8 of a pill of the MMI rather then every other day and see what
that does if anything in 6 weeks. He did give me lab slips and honored
my request for a FT3 next go around and a TSI will be done before I
go completely off the MMI or maybe even before further reductions.
He didn't seem to be in a hurry to get me off the meds this time so that
was good. But the low T3 does explain why my metabolism is ridiculously slow and the hot flashes. so I am taking 200 mcg of the Selenium which I've been doing and the Vit E with the whatever it is
has 70 mcg of Selenium so will see what that does for now.
Any other suggestions or ideas I'd love to here them. I am past having periods but could be menopause playing around too at 56 1/2 who knows....:))
Thanks again,
Cindee
I had my endo appt on Fri and his theory on the T3 total is that the
T4 production is restricted enough to prevent the making of the T3 and
felt as long as I am on the MMI even low doses it may be an issue with me. He agreed to the increase of the selenium and we agreed to go to every day 1/8 of a pill of the MMI rather then every other day and see what
that does if anything in 6 weeks. He did give me lab slips and honored
my request for a FT3 next go around and a TSI will be done before I
go completely off the MMI or maybe even before further reductions.
He didn't seem to be in a hurry to get me off the meds this time so that
was good. But the low T3 does explain why my metabolism is ridiculously slow and the hot flashes. so I am taking 200 mcg of the Selenium which I've been doing and the Vit E with the whatever it is
has 70 mcg of Selenium so will see what that does for now.
Any other suggestions or ideas I'd love to here them. I am past having periods but could be menopause playing around too at 56 1/2 who knows....:))
Thanks again,
Cindee
Well, I am 50 now and still cycling. I am not sure what to tell you about periomenopausal symptoms or even menopause symptoms at this point. :-)
However I remembered when my thyroid was really out-of-whack badly back a few years ago that I didn't cycle for what it seemed like two to three years at the time. I thought I was going to be like my mother who had gone into menopause at the age of 42. She did have issues of having several autoimmune diseases. Guess I was wrong about myself.
{{{hugs}}}
Like I said, he wasn't in any hurry to rush me through this which was
refreshing and we talked about how I'm feeling and where we go from here. I had horrible periods for years before finally stopping about a year 1/2 ago along with hot flashes, etc but was diagnosed with the Graves at the same time so who knows. I seem to be exact opposite of what most Graves people have - overweight, -at least i was before consciously losing it and hard, horrible menstral cycles. I actually felt decent about 1 week out of the month.