[Travis Moss]

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Hi all! I’m Travis but you can call me T or Big T. I’ve had this disease for less than 2 years so I consider myself new to these issues. I’d love to hear from anyone and everyone about your symptoms and what you do to combat them. Graves and Hashimotos seems to not get much attention and I’ve had a helluva time finding this forum even. Please don’t be shy cuz I would love to talk to anyone that understands what I’m going thru. I’m really looking for anything at this point so I apologize for sounding desperate. But some days just feel like all will be, or is, lost.

[Kimberly]

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Hello and welcome! Hopefully, you will get some replies here, but most of the “action” these days is over on our Facebook group. If you are on FB, do a search for @GDATF and select “Join Group”.

You might also be interested in our monthly Zoom meetings – I’m just about to post a link to a meeting tomorrow, and we can also add you to our email list to get notification of future meetings.

Take care!

[jeany676]

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For me, stress and sleep make a huge difference with symptoms. Also, keeping an eye on meds can be key since things seem to change all the time. Don’t worry, you’re not alone in this!

[Catherine Witz]

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Hi, I am not on Facebook. I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and I also have an immune deficiency, CVID. I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by my Endocrinologist. Currently, my T3 and T4 and other levels are pretty normal, so I don’t require any medication right now. My DHEA was a little low. I do have itching on the bottom of my feet and my Endocrinologist suggested that I take Alpha Lipoic Acid, so I have been using that. It has helped some, I still have some itching. I have had weight loss last year, lost like 30 pounds without trying and wasn’t hungry. I have gained that weight back. My biggest symptoms I had was not shaving underarms or legs, I lost my hair and body hair stopped growing. I got really dry skin on my heels of my feet, and they were cracking and it was hard to walk on. Saw my Podiatrist and he said it was dry skin and wanted me to put lotion on it daily. It did improve eventually; however, I have never had dry skin ever in my life until then. I knew this was abnormal and something else was going on. I told my PCP; however, she didn’t know what was going on with me either. It took a lot of work, and more testing bloodwork elsewhere to find out that I had 2 abnormal thyroid tests come back. My Endocrinologist did more testing and then she diagnosed me with Hashi’s. I do also have sore throat, difficulty swallowing and dry mouth. I do have a thyroid nodule; however, it is very small. My Dr. currently doesn’t want to do any other testing with the nodule. I have laryngeal reflux, so that is causing the dry mouth, sore throat, cough and difficulty swallowing. I do get cold and then at times get very hot, I fluctuate on that. Mostly, I am cold inside the house in the wintertime. It is warming up here in Ohio, yay! It is frustrating, good to find this forum, as I don’t know many people with Graves or Hashi’s.

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