I’m new to the BB, but noticed some of your earlier postings. It sounds
my wife and you are in similar situations. We have a 4 month old and this
pregnancy seems to have activated Graves in my wife. She’s had blood and
uptake scans so the endo has ruled out postpartum hyperthryoid. She was
also extremely hyperthyroid. We figureed it was just being run-down (we
also have a 2 1/2 year old), hormones out whack from recovery of pregnancy,
sleep deprivation, etc. She’s now on beta blockers and PTU and just
yesterday said she felt like she was going to pass out and had to lie down
for a while. Since she’s only been on beta blockers for 2 weeks and PTU
for one week, we figured she’s still “getting used” to these meds; but
who knows. She goes back to endo next week, and we are preparing for our
next barrage of questions to him. Hopefully this is in the normal range
of possible symptoms, side effects, etc. but we’ll be asking soon. Also,
one of the best things about this BB seems to be the reassurance that
there are actually other people going through the same or similar things.
My wife is not “on-line” so I’m her liaison to the BB for now (I have
internet access through work). Hopefully we will hook her up soon.
Good luck.
