Hi, I was just diagnosed with hyperthyroidism a few weeks ago. I am so new to the hyper scene and feel a little lost. My whole Mom's side of the family has hypothyroidism and so does my daughter who is 12. I actually suffered from it for a few years during middle school, but here I am 22 yrs later and I now have hyperthyroidism. My whole scenario is complicated by the fact I have Psuedotumor Cerebri. I was diagnosed with it last year. I am not the typical HYPER case in that I don't have most of the symptoms. Mine are actually more representative of HYPO. My chief complaints are extreme hair loss (but I know my meds for PTC can cause some hair loss) and excessive sweating/overheating, again also a side effect of my medication for PTC. I do not have any weight loss (I wish I had that) and no problems with pulse rate or irregular heart rates. It was actually discovered accidentally when my doctor was checking my potassium levels and decided to just do a complete work up since I hadn't had one done in years.
I am very nervous about how they will treat me because I read my acetazolamide I take for PTC can not be taken with the choice drug for hyperthyroidism. Having a family with little ones does not make the options of being radioactive :-) or surgery appealing either! I'd love to hear your opinions on various methods of treatment!
Thank you!
Danielle

Here are my lab values: (I also had an ultrasound that revealed I had multinodular goiter)
Free T4: 1.3 ng/dL. (normal range: 0.78-2.19)
TSH: 0.016 mIU/L. (normal range: 0.465-4.68)