[Anonymous]

#1041969

Has anyone heard of the connection of Graves Disease and being Left handed or ambidextrous. I have read this in two different competent thyroid books. I asked my endo about it but he has not heard of it. Both books stated that about 70% of GD patients are left handed or ambidextrous, since I am both I was wondering if anyone had more information on this. I would appreciate any information on boards or to my email direct. RaddonB@aol.com Thanks.

Also I have read a lot about memory and sequencing loss the last couple of days. I work for a PhD who is a specialist in Central Auditory Processing Disorders mainly in children and adolescents. Which is the inability to sequence task and remember more than one thing at a time. There are some simple tricks to help with sequencing and memory.

I am by know means an expert on the disorder but know that these things help.
The mind will divide and can concentrate on two things, try to clear one of them while concentrating on most important.

Think and repeat in your head about what it is your are going to do, the complete sequence, a couple of times be for you start. Such as “Go downstair, put in a load of wash, get blue sleeping and take it to Ed’s house.”

If it is word retreaval that is hard. You can picture the car that your daughter drives but you can’t, for the life of you, think of the name. Try these simple excersizes. Discribe the item that you can’t remember. “It is a large car, seats eight, boxy in shape, expensive, used by large families.” If this doesn’t work try going through the alphabet one letter at a time. Do this at a walking or kind of lazy pace, trying to relax you mind You will usually stop on the letter that the word starts with such as “o,p,q,r,s….. suburban that is the name of the car.”

I know that this seems very simplistic, but it does help. I hope some of you will find it helpful.
Thanks

KathrynHas anyone heard of the connection of Graves Disease and being Left handed or ambidextrous. I have read this in two different competent thyroid books. I asked my endo about it but he has not heard of it. Both books stated that about 70% of GD patients are left handed or ambidextrous, since I am both I was wondering if anyone had more information on this. I would appreciate any information on boards or to my email direct. RaddonB@aol.com Thanks.

Also I have read a lot about memory and sequencing loss the last couple of days. I work for a PhD who is a specialist in Central Auditory Processing Disorders mainly in children and adolescents. Which is the inability to sequence task and remember more than one thing at a time. There are some simple tricks to help with sequencing and memory.

I am by know means an expert on the disorder but know that these things help.
The mind will divide and can concentrate on two things, try to clear one of them while concentrating on most important.

Think and repeat in your head about what it is your are going to do, the complete sequence, a couple of times be for you start. Such as “Go downstair, put in a load of wash, get blue sleeping and take it to Ed’s house.”

If it is word retreaval that is hard. You can picture the car that your daughter drives but you can’t, for the life of you, think of the name. Try these simple excersizes. Discribe the item that you can’t remember. “It is a large car, seats eight, boxy in shape, expensive, used by large families.” If this doesn’t work try going through the alphabet one letter at a time. Do this at a walking or kind of lazy pace, trying to relax you mind You will usually stop on the letter that the word starts with such as “o,p,q,r,s….. suburban that is the name of the car.”

I know that this seems very simplistic, but it does help. I hope some of you will find it helpful.
Thanks

Kathryn

[Anonymous]

#1133296

Thanks! I think I’ll plaster my walls with this info! Simple sometimes gets lost in all the confusion! …today is a confusing one!

[Anonymous]

#1133297

Yes . . . terrible memory. Seems to have started about two years ago, one year before my GD diagnosis. My friends would tease me about it, my boss would get irritated at me, and my husband thought I was just ignoring him. I knew it was real, but I didn’t know why. I worried that at 44, I was already getting Alzheimers. Then when I developed the muscle weakness most notably in my thighs and legs and when my hands began trembling, I knew for sure that I most definitely had Parkinson’s disease . . . my Grandmother had it, and I was convinced that this is how it started. Then a year ago when my blood pressure was sky high and my heart rate totally out of control, I got my diagnosis of Graves. But my memory still sucks. I write a lot of things down and rely on lists now. I hate it.

[Anonymous]

#1133298

Just wanted to say that I, too, experienced terrible memory loss and lapses before my GD diagnoses in 1993. At work, I couldn’t remember what I had done from one minute to the next. I would look at paperwork and not even remember having written it. I couldn’t remember co-workers names. I repeated myself constantly, since I couldn’t remember what I had already said. It was a very rough time and I often thought I was crazy. It took a long time after treatment before my memory started to improve. It is by no means “normal” (i.e. before GD), and I still have to write most things down in a planner, otherwise I will forget to go to meetings (maybe not a bad thing?) or appointments.

Take care,
Mi-Chelle

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