[b-well]

#1074251

The posts here do not reflect any one point of view-if you read the disclaimer. It is for support. I weighed the options and chose RAI as being right for me. I took Tapazole for a time hoping that I would go into remission but that didn’t happen. My endo said that research shows people cannot take Tapazole indefinitely. I chose RAI over surgery as being best for me and have done fairly well in the three years since then.

Get the thyroid issues under control first, then decide on what your next step is. There is no special hurry to make decisions and you must be comfortable both in the process and in your choice.

[grekson]

#1074252

I have been on methimzole for 2 weeks now at times taking 15 mg 1 and 1/2 pills.I don’t know how stable my thyroid now is but I do have some bad symptoms.I can’t sleep without additional medication and then I do not sleep well.Deep breathing is somewhat of a struggle.i want to releive these symptoms quick.

[Ski]

#1074253

I’m sorry it appears that we may be biased in any way ~ believe me, I’ve been associated with this Board for more than 10 years, and I’ve met many many MANY of the people, and we are all patients, we’ve been through this, we take the time to educate ourselves, and we work tirelessly to promote treatment in general, as well as to promote patient choice of treatment. All three treatments work. We each have different experiences, biases and opinions that point us toward one treatment or another.

Perhaps what’s happening is that doctors are typically against invasive treatments like surgery, so it takes a patient who is determined in order to get the surgery, and many come here to find out whether it’s a valid option for them, so we talk about it more often.

[grekson]

#1019816

I do hope that people here are not plants from the medical industry but are real people with experience

[npatterson]

#1074254

Dear Grekson

You make me smile! Yes, we are all real people, real patients, with real Graves’ disease. Would the medical community take this much time? If it seems like this is all about surgery, it may be that it is one of the most-read posts. There are three treatments. None are quick, none are easy. Being on medication two weeks is not very long. You ought be be feeling at least a little better by now,m but certainly not "well" as in things are all better now.

You might want to specd some time searching all the archived messages, of which there are thousands–covering more than ten years. Search by key words – antithyroid drugs, PTU, methimazole.

Take care, and stay here for good support,

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