[concerned_mama]

in reply to: depression and GD #1071502

Thank you all for your replies. We had an appt. with her regular doctor. This was at my urging and thought she would open up. She wanted me in the room but really she just glossed over things and claimed she is taking all meds as directed. Interestingly, she traveled 1 ½ hours to get here and didn’t bring any meds with her incase of delay returning to campus. She doesn’t go to the Endo until 6/1/09. We weren’t able to learn what her levels were from lab work last Thursday. They were sent to the Endo and our Family Dr.. couldn’t access them while we were there. I am pushy but you can’t push when my daughter is 20.They will not generally talk to the parent under the circumstances. Dr. today stated he didn’t believe these issues were related to GD. He’s the one who had prescribed the lexapro. My daughter says she is fine…but Dad and I noticed the tremors right off. I think that maybe she can’t even recall ever feeling any better. But for now I need to TRY to back off. I really appreciate the suggestions to change the way I pose an issue with her. She will be home from college later this week. I’m sure neither one of us is looking forward to that!!
I am so glad I found this site. I hesitate to share it with her, because she doesn’t want me discussing her. Says she doesn’t want people looking at her differently. She is almost tyrannical…she wasn’t like that before…But again it is hard to sort out all that is at play. I had thought if she had RAI it would remove the thyroid issues from the equation, but from this site and others it seems clear that is not the panacea either. That surprised me. So many lay people with little knowledge of GD claimed, “Oh get the RAI and then all you need to do is take one pill a day." I have learned that it is not so simple. Thank you again for answering and sharing. I will stay tuned and chime in again.

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