[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073333

Dear Ski,

Thank you very much for your advise. For a month now I am on 5 mg of Tapazole per day and the day I wrote a note in the discussion forum, I started feeling a little bit dull. I have those little little palpitations towards the evenings and feel very tired and strengthless towards the evenings a little bit again.I am also having a little bit of those nauseating feelings.
I would prolly have to go to the endo and ask him if I have to increase the dosage a little bit after a blood test.I have read in the forum that the maintanence dosage is 5 mg once in two days.. But it looks like this 5 MG per day seems to be too little for my body..I am also having those standard little heart pain when I wake up in the mornings..

In addition to this I am having this severe tooth pain because of the cavity in the wisdom tooth. I have to consult a dentist
regarding this as well. I am starting to doubt whether these severe tooth pain would have caused all these triggers.

Hope everything gets well in days to come. My Doctor (Internal Medicine) has now delayed my appointment dates to once in two months only since I became EUTHYROID. I will discuss all this with him during my next meet with him.

But per your guidance I have really come a long long way but still feel there is a long way to go for complete normalcy. I am hoping to get that as well.

Thanks
Aravindh

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073331

Hi Ski/Maama Bear/ Diane,

I wish to thank you all for all the support provided during this period when I was diagnosed with Graves. I am feeling to get a lot better.. and I am on a maintanence Dosage of 5mg of Tapazole per day.. I have gained a lot of weight these days and have become a little obese too. Totally gained about 35 pounds.. Which I feeeel is huge difference. But anyways happy that I feel normal most of the times. Rarely I have dizziness and offcourse occasional hear pains.. But I can see the difference. It has all been because of your support and guidance. Nothing would have been possible without you all. Also, now I have to concentrate on reducing my weight a little bit. Please do guide me.. Any guidance in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Best Regards
Aravindh K Natarajan

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073330

Dear SkiMaama BearDiane,

Last week I had a routine Blood Test and he said that I could go ahead and reduce the Tapazole to 5 mg per day. He said that the TSH was around 4 and hence asked me to reduce the Tapazole to 5 mg per day. This was the update that he gave.So wanted to keep our members updated on the same. I have put in a lot of weight and I am starting to feel very sleepy a lot of times.. But I still have a lot of anxiety and the BP levels are a little bit elevated. Doc has asked me to still continue with Inderal and one tablet of Lotrel a day. He said he would monitor me in about 3 weeks.Thats the update for now. Does the TSH of 4 mean to say that I have become HYPO thyroid ? Yesterday I had some throat pain and updated about this to the Doc. He asked me to gargle some hot water. Today I have a little bit of pain in the throat.. nothing much for now.. Will keep posting. Thank You. Aravindh KN

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Feel lucky despite having Graves #1071957

Dear Shirlee,

You have given us a lot and lot of strength. I felt really brave on reading your post. Lets fight this together.

Thank You
Aravindh KN

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073328

Hi DianeMaamabearSki,
For the past few weeks, I am feeling to slowly get better and my dizziness is vanishing slowly.. Still I do have some dizziness in the mornings .. That too had a sort of dizziness today morning. I feel great to be normal but the fear of going back to abnormal haunts me.. I am on tapazole 5 + 5 mg per day and on Inderal 20 mg still. I was thinking whether Doc would wean me off the Inderal.. In general feeling BETTER.. Hoping for better things to happen in days to come.. I have gained about 25 pounds and Doc says I am EUTHYROID… He asked me to start doing some exercise which I am seriously thinking of.. I feel a little tired in the evenings and feel like sleeping and thats the reason I skip those exercises…I should try to atleast exercise a little bit.. Hope I get the confidence soon..

Thanks again for your advisehelp and posts.
Regards
Aravindh KN

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073327

Dear Dianne,
I am currently on 10mg OF TAPAZOLE per day.. Just now I checked the BP and it was just a little above normal 140/90 just before taking the medicine.. So I decided to take the medicine…
Strangely enough this nausea some how comes only in the night.. But it is for a very short time.. fortunately… Except for the fear, I am starting to feel normal for the past two days.. My face has brightened and people say I look happy..

Thanks for your guidance and support.
Aravindh KN

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073325

"DianneW":3o4a0pc2 wrote:

Do you take your Tapazole with food (to help with nausea)?
Best wishes, Dianne[/quote:3o4a0pc2]

To answer Dianes Question –
Yes I am taking Tapazole in the night after food. Even yesterday as soon as I had food, I had nausea (in the night )I felt like vomitting and then suddenly it stopped.. Then I coughed a couple of times..

Thanks
Aravindh KN

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Feeling better…Thanks:) #1071992

Dear Enough,
This is the first post I am seeing in the forum about being better. Just like the PTU that you have been, I have been on a tablet called as Tapazole and Inderal for the past 10 weeks. I completed 10 weeks today. Doc asked me to reduce the daily dosage to 10mg. I am really happy about this and hope I would feel better too.

Thanks
ARAVINDH KN

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073322

Dear DianneMaama Bear Ski,

Thank you for your kind words… I am currently taking 1.5 tablets of Tapazole 5mg in the morning and another 1.5 tablets in the night.. Most of the times I do not have the nauseating feeling. Only in the nights… I feel the nausea immediately after eating… at around 9:15 – 9:20 ish in the nights.. After that I generally take Tapazole and Inderal (0.5 tablet ~~ 20 mg) and then take some good rest and sleep… As I had mentioned in the post the T4 level have gone down to 0.81 and the TSH Level is at 0.101. Hence my Doctor has advised me to reduce the dosage of the Tapazole to 10 mg per day.. (which I am planning to reduce from tomorrow)
I would like to rewind and tell you a few things Dianne… I joined the New Port GYM about 7 months ago and at that time was a first timer to GYM.. I used to weigh about 195 pounds but was very much determined to lose weight and become healthy.. Hence I used to run for 7 miles for 4 days in the GYM.. That used to be total of 28 miles a week.. My weight nicely reduced to 175 – 176 Pounds … I was very happy and proud of it..
Then I went to India for vacation and checked my BP.. My BP was very very normal at 120/80.. I have had few small spells of high bp long before — I do accept that.. That was mostly when I was awake for a long time or when I used to work for long hours etc etc.. or have some unhealthy food with a lot of oil etc…
But after that I never had this problem..
Suddenly this Graves Disease struck me somewhere between Jan 1st and Jan 15th 2009 (or a little earlier probably) — for reason just known to God.. After that the BP has been consistently on higher side… Now the T4 levels have seemed to come to normal but I measured the BP today .. it was 140/78 at 4:45 pm EST after taking one Lotrel 10/20 in the morning and also having taken a 20 mg Inderal in the night.. I also have a faint dizziness in the mornings and in the evenings…I also have slight and occasional chest pains.. I have regained my lost weight (due to going hyper) and currently weigh around 180 – 185 pounds..
Per your post I have understood that I have to be patient and hence would surely try to be patient.. Would start going for light exercises as instructed by the Doctor..
Just wanted to confirm whether an elevated level of BP and a slight chest pain are expected behaviours even after the Thyroid levels go just below normal.. Thats why I had posted this message..
Dear Maama Bear Ski… Thanks for your words again

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073319

Dear Ski,
A Big Yes.. Thank you very much for all the encouragement from the beginning.. Except for the Dizziness… the alarms of an elevated BP, the nausea due to the Tapazole.. I seem to be okay… Lets see how this proceeds.. At this point I start to think.. why not the time run away fast ” title=”Very Happy” /> …

Thanks
KN Aravindh

[Aravindh]

in reply to: blood pressure #1072049

Hi All,

I am also having elevated Blood Pressure levels. I never had elevated BP in the past..I occasionally used to have a High BP Spell when I had to stay awake late due to office work. I was also a Software Engineer and hence I had to travel a lot within India..But After that I started doing excercise, when I came to US and I hadnt had any problems with my BP..
Now when I got this Graves Disease, the BP level seems to be elevated..My T4 has gone down to 0.81 after being on Tapazole. At this stage I expected the BP to come to normal.. Could anyone suggest of ways to reduce the BP at this stage ? Thanks

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073317

Hi All,
Is Elevated Blood Pressure Level an associated symptom of this Hyperthyroidism ? My T4 is at 0.81 and my TSH is at 0.101.. Even then why does my Blood Pressure seem to be a little high ? I have never been a high BP except for the fact that I used to have spells of High BP when I was under stress because I am a software professional… But I have never been on BP Medications. A lot of times my BP used to be normal before.. I expected this to come down naturally when the T4 and TSH levels went normal. It still doesnt seem to.. Any advises at this stage ? My Doc has advised me to do light exercises starting from now.. would that help ? I feel these Hypertensive drugs make me dizzy ? Could you pls comment on the same.

Thanks.. Aravindh

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves and workplace dynamics #1072039

Hi Cathy,

No worries. Nobody can get into the other persons JOB. So dont worry . You will still be the manager and the next person cannot take that position. Be cool and calm and you can achieve a lot.
Thanks Aravindh

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073316

Dear MaamabearSki,

As mentioned in my previous post I had gone to the General Physician on Last Tursday (April 7th) and I had my blood tests..The results were out today and the T4 Level is 0.81 and the TSH is 0.101. These were the readings as of April 7th. Starting to feel better and better. Doctor has actually asked me to reduce the Tapazole to just 10mg per day. That is 5 mg in the morning and 5 mg in the night.. Really happy about this.. I am starting to feel well and for the first time yesterday night I felt very much normal after a long time.. Even now except for this dizzy spells I feel normal.. I presume these dizzy spells might be because of the anxiety and the general level of my curiosity.. I am actually trying to control the same. These are my updates for now.. Would keep posting more and more updates. Thanks for all your advises and posts.
Best Regards Aravindh

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073315

Thanks for all your comments. I have been logging into this site daily but was unable to post for a couple of days. I even thought that the site was shut down. But alas the site came up with a new appeal. The UI looks very good and I also read a couple of posts stating that we moved to a brand new server. All that is great to hear. I have been doing well over the past few days. My Endo called me up and said that I could slowly stop the Inderal. But my GP asked me to come again next Tuesday and wanted to see me before stopping the dose. Endo also asked me to lower the dose of tapazole from 20 mg to 15 mg per day.. So I have lowered the dose for the past 2 days. Thats the news from my side. My body seems to be slowly improving (in baby steps as Ski told).. I still do have a little bit of dizziness, tiredness, heat flashes etc.. I feel tired in the evenings and fall asleep on trains but I find it difficult to sleep in the nights…Hope the situation improves in days to come. It has been exactly 7 weeks of medication and I am starting to have a little bit of confidence most of time time.I feel depressed only at times when I feel dizzy (in the mornings immediately after I wake up). I also have a frequent urinating sensation.Hope everything to go away…
Thats all for now. Will keep posting. Thanks for all the advise.
Regards
Aravindh Natarajan

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