I am 17 and i was diagnosed with graves disease a year ago. I had my thyroid removed in april of last year i have an awful scar. I also had a reaction to the methothimizole i am allergic to it and broke out into hives and ended up in the hospital. I know how you feel my first year has been awful in total i have gained 25 pounds. I lost a boyfriend that i had been with over a year and im constantly tired and moody. I am on levoxyl and it seems to work okay but iwas on the wrong dosage for roughly 6 months which made me gain even more weight. It’s not fair and no matter what i do i cant get rid of the weight.