[DianneW]

#1073785

Laura,

Studies have been done on this subject, and many patients do report having residual symptoms of this nature, though the reasons aren’t well-studied or understood. Send me your email address by private message and I’ll send you a bulletin on the subject.

[laura88]

#1019738

I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease when I was 16. I ended up losing about 20lbs in 10 days and had a resting heart rate over 100. I had all the usual symptomes such as mood changes, insane anxiety and was having great difficulty concentrating as if I was in a "fog". I was very lucky and the graves’ disease went into remission very quickly using tapezole. 3 years later though, I’m still finding that I have less energy, but the main issue is I am still having alot of difficulty focusing or concentrating. I was always an excellent student all through-out school, but have been struggling since the graves’ disease. My levels are within "normal" range, but I was just wondering if this was common or if anyone else had the same issues after being in remission.
Thanks,
Laura

[KAM]

#1073786

The two halfes of the brain need to talk to each other. There is a new book out that is getting a lot of press called Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. Basically the Dr. that wrote the book did PET scans on a bunch of people to see what goes on in the brain…. One of the things in this book and in other books that I have read is that complex fatty acids, Omega III’s, helps the two sides of the brain talk to each other. The best source of this type of fatty acid is supposed to be flax seed oil. I have high cholesteral so I have been takeing flax seed oil + Omega III for the past six months. It may all be a plasebo but I sure seen to be more clear headed. NOTE: I do not have Graves, my spouse does. But it sure won’t hurt you and it may help improve your cholesteral, what the heck.

Kam

[kaicee118]

#1073787

Hi Laura – I was diagnosed with Graves two and a half years ago, but probably started with symptoms three and a half years ago. In that time, I’ve been on meds, off meds, with full-strength disease and in remission. During whatever stage I’m in, my focus and concentration have been poor. I’ve never been that great in this regard anyway, but I have been truly struggling since 2005, and my job has become very difficult at times, as I have to juggle a lot of tasks.

Just anecdotally, I try to do little mental and memory exercises whenever I can, and, if you like to read, I find that reading enables me to concentrate better than I can during other times of the day (except that my eyes have gotten funny, too…but that’s a whole other story!).

Best of luck to you.

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