thanks Ron for the info. It’s interesting in light of the fact that so many Grave’s patients are women who are pre-menapausal or in menapause.I wonder if I had gotten replacement hormones when I first started having hot flashes if it could have helped when experiencing a very stressful situaton?Do women get Grave’s while on Hormone replacement therapy? I wish all this info would finally get around. How amazing that we are finding out about this before most Docs! Best of luck…Gwen