[Anonymous]

#1077617

Brenda,
I too am having the same symptoms. My doctor put me on a beta blocker and it has really helped. It had done nothing for my eyes, but my symptoms are less severe and are allowing me to live again. The tachyacardia has stopped, the crying spells are fewer, and total exhaustion to the point of not being able to walk thru the grocery store is less. Talk to your dr about a beta blocker, it is working for me. I am going to an Endo this week and will start the process of determining the proper treatment. Good luck!!
Cindy

[Anonymous]

#1077618

thank you!
i plan to ask my doctor about that bata blocker…
exactly what does that do??

[Anonymous]

#1020558

hello everyone
this is my first post!
iam haveing lots of problems due to my own graves disease..
i guess i want to inderstand it better,
iam haveing hairloss big time!
very dry patches on my skin. my nails, well, there bad too.
and my eyes are or feel so swollen.
but what scares me is the tahcacadia iam going through aswell
as the sudden onset of crying spells!!
the fast heat rate comes and goes, and alot of headaces too.
does anyone else go through this????
help!
brenda

[Anonymous]

#1077619

Brenda,
I am not a medical professional, but here is what I have learned. From what I have read, a beta blocker doesn’t have any effect on the thyroid. It can control the symptoms, such as rapid heart rate, tremors, anxiety and heat intolerance. Before I started on the beta blocker I had very a rapid heart beat, sometimes up to 130 beats per minute in the mornings. I woke up in the night smothering hot, my hands had very bad tremors, and I cried all the time. Since starting these 2 weeks ago, I have had no tachycardia, my tremors are less, my heat intolerance has lessened, and I am not as emotional. My poor husband has had to deal with all this. I know this is not the treatment for Graves, but for me, it had masked the symptoms.
Cindy

[Anonymous]

#1077620

thank you cindy!
i have heard about these beta blockers before.
iam going to check with doc tomarrow to see what i can
do….
it sounds like were twins! about shakyness sleep deprived
and crying all the time aswell as hot and cold spells and
bad dry skin and loss of hair, bad nails, OH MY GOODNESS!!!
iam a wreck!
i sure do hope i can get better soon!
iam so thankful i have found this chat bourd!
iam learning so much here!
helps to know iam not fighting this alone!

[Anonymous]

#1077621

thank you mike!
i will do that indeed…
iam trying to rest as much as possible..
i want to thank everyone for the reaasurance!!!
brenda

[Anonymous]

#1077622

We’re all here for you. We are all at different stages in fighting this disease. I think that the hardest thing to admit is that we are sick. Take care of yourself, rest. Listen to your doctor and have him/her write things down-our memories are terrible! I chose to have RAI last October. By January I could barely walk because I was so hypo. I have been on Synthroid since then and my doctor and I have taken things one step at a time. Today I see him for a check-up and I feel that I could run up the stairs.

Good luck to you

[Anonymous]

#1077623

Hi,
I understand everythingyou are going thru. I started out with swollen eye lids, not having any idea what was wrong. Plus at times I did not feel right. That was last Sept (05) and I am still having a terrible time. I had the RAI in Nov. have been put on Synthroid, dosage upped, now have been taken off. Have blood taken all the time. Before I was diagnosed I saw every specialistthere was. My PCP insisted I did not have Graves disease. After cat scans, upper GI series, allergist, 57 needles, xrays, you name it. Oh, lets not forget the dermotologist. An arthritis specialist, finally I was diagnosed with Graves disease.

How long has this been going on for you?

[Anonymous]

#1077624

We can not give doctor recommations. But if you go to the home page and click on resourses, then click on links. There is a link there that you can put in where you live and it will give you a list of endos in you area.

Otherwise, if you can’t find one there, you could call a hospital in your area and they usually have a list of doctors in the area.

Diane B On-Line Facilitator

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