I was diagnosed with Graves Disease about a month ago. No symptoms other than my bloodwork numbers were off for my thyroid. I was put on Methimazole. I took it for about three weeks. I was nautious, jittery feeling terrible. One night I actually had chest pain. Called the dr. the next morning she told me to stop the meth and go for bloodwork. She wasnt’ too concerned about the heart because I am 45. Well, I went to my primary dr., they did an EKG and my heart was racing. Sent me to a cardiologist….and off to the hospital I went. Thank god my main arteries are clear but there was one small vein (too small to stint) with some blockage. I had a heart ultrasound and the good side is everything is normal. My blood pressure is low, my cholesterol is low…and they are all scratching their head wondering what brought this on. I am soooo frustrated. I am very upset with my endocrinologist. She acknowledges that this could have been brought on by the methimazole I have started taking propylthioracil twice a day. The good news is I do not appear to be having any serious side effects. The bad news is it has been known to cause liver issues….. so today I received a call from my primary dr. who wants to see me because my bloodwork came back and my liver numbers are off…. So I will see him today. I can not begin to tell you how upset I am by all of this, the last couple of months have been hell. I now have a cardiologist involved… and I am on a boatload of medication to keep me safe. I have been searching and searching the internet for answers. I’m not sure what the next answer will be but I have to stay focused and snap out of it because all of this has really put me in a depressing mood. Dawn
