[Anonymous]

#1076874

Sorry you are having such an awful time, I know it isn’t any fun to live like this. It you be a good idea to ask your endo or PCP for anti-anxiety med. It can help but it won’t be a 100% fix. Seeing a therapist can help also because the therapist can give you tools on how to handle the way you feel.

it’s very difficult to live without any type of treatment which is where you are now since you are no longer taking antityroid med. Have you ask your endo how long you have to be this way? Does he know how awful you are feeling.

With your husband, remember he isn’t you so he will never completely understand how you feel since he has never felt that way. Sometimes it help to get him to read some of the post on the BB

Also allow you some “me” time. Tell your husband how important it is for you to get some type of break. You can do something you enjoy, like reading, or even just taking a special spa bath. It is a very important time for you to be taking care of yourself.

Diane B On-Line Facilitator

[Anonymous]

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Hi, I have had Grave’s for 4+ yrs now. Has been a very difficult disease to control and deal with. I haven’t had RAI yet, still waiting for my labs to get worse so I can have it done. I have been off PTU for about 2-3 months now.

I feel like I am going crazy. I am so irritable all the time. I am a SAHM and have 2 young kids. I love them dearly, but they can drive me nuts on a daily basis. And, my husband, I can hardly stand to be in the same room with him most of the time. He is not very supportive as far as this disease. It is hard for him to understand I am not the same person.

Any suggestions on how you handled the emotional aspects of Grave’s? I am considering asking for an anti-anxiety or anti-depressant from my endo. I can’t live like this. It is so hard feeling the way I do, knowing before this disease came along, I was funloving and my husband and I had a great marriage. I am a totally different person and just want to feel calmer and less irritable. Any suggestions???

[Anonymous]

#1076875

Thanks Diane. I do think I am going to call my endo and ask for an anti-anxiety med. The only problem is, we have moved 1 1/2 hours away from my endo and I don’t want to change, so I travel that far to see him. Not sure if he will prescribe something over the phone. I know it won’t make things 100% better, but something has to reduce the irritability I feel. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

#1076876

Defintely call your endo about the anti-anxiety med. He may just prescribe it over the phone since he knows how you are feeling.

Let me know what happens.

Diane B On-Line Facilitator

[Anonymous]

#1076877

Just got a call from my endo’s nurse. She said he won’t prescribe anything until I have levels done again. He knows my last TSH was only 0.4, but my T4 wasn’t high enough yet to have the RAI. I realize he wants those levels, but I just feel bad for my kids and husband having to live with me when I am this irritable!!

[Anonymous]

#1076878

That’s too bad your endo doesn’t want to prescribe anything for you. Do you see or have a PCP that would work with you. Otherwise, try and let your husband and family know that you are not upset or angry with them, that it is a medical condition that is causing you to act in the way you are. You might not get any extra help, but you may find that they give you some along time at a time when you need it.

Diane B On-Line Facilitator

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