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in reply to: 27 year old from Pa overwhelmed with Graves #1171160

Hi Danielle. I’m 30 and also just found out that I probably have Graves (waiting for a second opinion from a doctor who communicates a little better than the first). Just wanted you to know you’re not the only one. I don’t have kids, but I have a dog. : )

I’ve had a lot of bad experiences with psychiatric meds up until this point, because apparently most of my panic/depression is caused by Graves. I really understand about working hard to communicate with doctors when you can tell your body is reacting adversely. Keep at it! Be an advocate for yourself. The doctors are so busy themselves that when things don’t go according to plan, a lot of them kind of brush on by.

I strive for normal (which I have for a long time because of my emotional stuff), and I think that’s the best thing in the world to hope for. Trying to feel good all the time is a losing battle – nobody does. But feeling normal at least part of the day, every day, is good enough for me. If it’s the whole day, awesome. If it’s five minutes with my man and my dog right after dinner, I’ll take it.

Finding this forum has helped a lot. I’ve been able to communicate with people who are going through similar things, instead of waiting between appointments to try to talk to my doctor about my feelings (not really his specialty!). Hope talking to people here and in real life helps. Hope you feel better soon. At least now you know what you’re up against, instead of trying to randomly feel better without knowing the root of the problem!

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in reply to: Graves/Hashimoto’s Confusion and Concern #1171148

Thank you, Kimberly. When my “real” health insurance kicks in next month, I plan to get a second opinion and see an endocrinologist.

As for the treatments, that’s what I thought – I feel weird that this doctor didn’t say anything about any options.

I also find that radically changing my diet has made me feel roughly the same physically, but a lot more stressed out and frustrated.

I appreciate finding this community, it has made me feel like a lot of the symptoms I’m having are completely explicable instead of really weird, and like there are people I can talk about this with. I don’t personally know anyone with Graves.

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in reply to: Possible GD, having anger/suicidal thoughts #1170787

I was recently told that I have either Grave’s or Hashimoto’s. I have had kind of the reverse experience… a lot of psychological problems in the past, with no apparent root, which I now feel can be attributed to this thyroid problem. I am having a kind of surreal feeling about everything I went through to get help for a “mental” problem that may not have been mental to begin with.

Katiehillis, I have felt the way you feel, and I just want you to know that you have my support (as a total stranger) to get through this. There are things that are worth toughing it out. I had to wait a long time to find those things, but hope you have/find them for yourself, too. Please just hang in there and find something to feel “normal” about. I’d tell you to be positive and smile once a day, but that stuff just frustrates me. Normal from time to time is enough!

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