[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073288

Dear Diane,
Thank you very much for your soothing reply and advise late in the night. So far, I am having nausea as soon as I have my food. I have read in a few websites that Nausea is one of the side effects of Tapazole ? By nausea (I would refer to this vomitting sensation) as soon as I have food. This is very much prevalent as soon as I take food in the night but not in the mornings and afternoons (donno why).
I have pasted an excerpt from the Web MD
"Tapazole Oral Side Effects
Stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, loss of taste, headache, joint/muscle pain, abnormal hair loss, drowsiness, dizziness, or burning/tingling of hands/feet may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, contact your doctor or pharmacist promptly.

Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.

Tell your doctor immediately if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: yellowing eyes/skin, dark urine, severe abdominal pain, loss of appetite, persistent nausea/vomiting, change in the amount of urine.

This medication may rarely cause a very serious decrease in the number of cells in your blood (blood counts), especially during the first few months after you start taking the medication. Tell your doctor immediately if you develop the following symptoms: fever, persistent sore throat, unusual tiredness, weakness, easy bruising/bleeding.

Be sure to keep all medical appointments so your doctor can closely monitor you.

A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any of the following symptoms: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.

This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

Contact your doctor for medical advice about side effects. The following numbers do not provide medical advice, but in the US you may report side effects to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at 1-800-FDA-1088. In Canada, you may call Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345."

The dizziness is there in the mornings and slowly goes away towards the afternoon and comes back in the evenings and goes away. As you said, I would surely consult my Doctor regarding this. I have started eating well and starting to feel a little confident. But I just wanted to know if I would return back to my normal state ? I was having palpitations even a week before and they are slowly starting to reduce (as my Doc changed me from Normal Inderal to Inderal LA – long acting) but I have a little bit of chest pain as well..( Very occasionally..). And I forgot one important symptom.. The Heat Flashes..(I have read other posts and I presumed that Heat flashes means the body feels hot suddenly from within.) – I have these heat flashes occasionally in the evenings when I walk back from office to my house. This heat flash comes as soon as I enter from the open area to a closed area where the temperature is maintained.And still — I feel very hungry in the mornings… Would you please advise me on how this disorder would treat me in days to come ? ? Will this affect my normal routine of work ? I have read several posts by people stating that they have even discontinued college and schools for getting this treated. Only now I have understood the disadvantage of being a TYPE A Person..Thinking and sweating to accomplish everything is also BAD as it builds up a lot of stress on us. I should learn to be more care free and I feel that would be a life lesson to me.Can I continue on with these tablets in future ? I have basically come from India on a Onshore deputation and I suspect there would be adequate facilities to continue treatment there. Could you please throw some light ? Thank You Aravindh K Natarajan

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073286

Dear Nancy/All,
Thank you very much for your suggestions. It has been exactly 5 weeks since I have started taking medicines. My Doc did blood work last week and said that the T4 Level is at 1.5 . But in the evenings and mornings I still feel a sort of dizzy.. And I have nausea after eating food. Especially I have nausea in the nights and in the early mornings.. Can you please explain if that is a normal symptom ? The nausea is sometimes a little awful. Also, regarding sleep.. I am trying to sleep more and more .Please do help me out. Thank you very much in advance..

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073283

Dear Ski,
Thank you very much. Your answers were very much soothing. Yes I feel I shouldnt have stopped the Inderal. Now I have started taking it again regularly. The Dizziness is the only symptom that I worry much about. I have Dizziness in the mornings and that makes me feel very bad and very much emotionally down. Hope that goes away. I am also slowing learning to do lesser and lesser things on a day. I am also slowly getting to sleep more and coming to office a little late in the mornings. The only problem is that I am not able to sleep early in the night because I dont feel sleepy at all. Somehow I feel very active at nights and as I read several other posts I was able to relate this to Graves.Other than that I am not able to reduce my routine activities. I very much agree with you that I am on a long Haul on this one. I went to the Doc. yesterday and he took my blood to test my Thyroxine levels. The results would be out in about a week. Can you advise me on foods that can be consumed ?Should I be on a low Sodium Diet ? And.. Can I go ahead and buy Svetla Bankovas book on Curing Graves disease ? There is a lot of advertisement for the same and so please advise.
Thanks in advance. Best Regards Aravindh K Natarajan

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073281

Hi Mrs Ski,
I have been on medications for exactly 3 weeks (Tapazole and Inderal). Yesterday I just stopped the Inderal and I had palpitations coming back very much again. I also had a high Blood pressure and dizziness. So today I had to start it again. It has been 3 weeks and still this Hyper doesnt seem to have reduced. Will it reduce somehow in future ? I am taking 3 tablets a day (30mg total Tapazole and 20mg of Inderal)
Please help me out in this. Thank You
Aravindh K Natarajan

[Aravindh]

in reply to: Graves disease in Males #1073280

Dear Mr. Ski,
You were absolutely right. I am the type of type A person and I would actually feel happy only when I do everything myself. Otherwise I would feel like the work wasnt complete. You correctly judged on me. Infact my father and my maternal grand father are of the same type and it looks like I inherited this trait from them .I also shifted from one house to another recently. I had to do that because my roomie was getting married and hence I had to move out. Moreover I had to set all the things right in the new house. I did this all alone and everything seemed to weigh too much on me. I somehow forced myself into doing this and that night I felt like very tired and slept. The next day I woke up with a sort of dizziness. I somehow cooked that day and ate (as I am a pure vegetarian) and waited for a day. The symptoms werent that much before and I thought I could just go to the Doctor to do a routine check up. I went to the Doc and he took my blood. Within 3 days he called me and told him that I had HYPER THYROIDISM. I did not know what it was and was little nervous at the beginning. I repeated the blood test and the TSH level was very much lowered and the T3 and T4 were high.
After that the symptoms seemed to go severe and I was advised to go for the Iodine Uptake scan and Chest X Ray at New York University TISCH Center. I was first afraid to go to the hospital as I have never been to big hospitals. It was my roomie who took me to the hospital. There they had my Iodine uptake scans.The Doctors confirmed that it was graves disease. After that the palpitations seemed to rise and I could not get sleep. I wrote about this as a detailed mail to my father in Chennai India to let him know of my condition. Doc also told me that I should nt take any medicine till the tests were over and each day seemed to be like an year for me. My father and mother were very much worried because I used to feel very bad and used to talk to them as if I wasnt well.After all the tests were over atlast my Doctor gave me those tablets. It s been exactly 2.5 weeks now. Last Wednesday I went to the Doc and he said that the T4 level has come down a little bit. But he said there is a long long way to go. Now I am slowly starting to feel better and I have a little bit of palpitations. Dear Ski, Will the palpitations slowly go. The Doc has asked me to take 1/2 a tablet of Inderal in morning and 1/2 in night. Infact I feel very much better after reading your post. I will surely take rest as you advised. I am also having severe tooth ache. Can I go and have my wisdom tooth pulled ? Thanks for all your advise. You were really great and I would sincerelytry to change myself.
Thank You and Best Regards Aravindh K Natarajan

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