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  • anibalinski
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    Hello,

    I was searching for information on the web and this was very helpful so I wanted to post as well . I’m a male 34 years old and was taking methimazole for graves/thyroiditis up until maybe 5 weeks ago. I was taking ptu since the age of 27 at the onset of my hyper symptoms with no side effects, then stopped for about a year. When symptoms came back a new doctor put me on the methimazole. Luckily ultrasound reveals no nodules, and i stabilized on methimazole. My most general concern is the medication itself, which took some getting used to, while on it i had digestive issues, soreness, random aches and pains. Even 5 weeks off of the medication it seems to be taking a while to get back to a normal, or ache free, and I remember feeling palpitations and hot flashes to an extent, and some degree of anxiety, like i was having a heart attack. Reading on this forum gave me the sense that it is quite common for some to have these side effects but I was wondering if anyone else had some issues like this, or if anybody has similar experience that can give me some insight. I think maybe the graves experience may significantly differ between men and women so any guys out there let me know if you had issues like this, but womens replies are welcome obviously too :)

    Kimberly
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    Hello and welcome – We do have a small number of men who post here from time to time. You might consider changing the thread title to “Graves’ Disease in Men” so that they will see it more quickly if they pop in. (To do this, log in to the forum, open up this thread, and you should see an “edit” option at the bottom of the box). If you go through our older threads, AZGravesGuy kept a running thread that details his experience with anti-thyroid meds, RAI, and eventually surgery.

    We’re fellow patients here, not docs, but here are a couple of thoughts…

    First, hopefully, you have follow up labs scheduled soon to make sure that you aren’t heading hyperthyroid again. Patients who stop anti-thyroid meds but still have antibodies raging (TSI, TRAb) are at higher risk for a relapse.

    Second, you might consider visiting your primary care doc about the joint aches. This can be a side effect of anti-thyroid meds, but there can be other causes as well that you will want to rule out.

    Take care!

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