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in reply to: Worried – low heart rate #1068995

Hey M – why can’t it be easy? A few weeks ago your heart was racing and now the opposite? It must be a strange feeling for you. It’s so hard to feel these weird things happening to our bodies and not freak out about them. I’m glad you spoke to someone about it. I bet that relieved some anxiety. Do you think you could have your levels checked soon? It’d make me feel better, I know. Keep us posted. One day closer to feeling PERFECT!!!!

Emily

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in reply to: Hey GD family – I’m feeling better :) #1069093

Hey M –

So HAPPY for you. All the prayers and patience are working. Don’t feel like a burden – we are genuinely concerned about your progress. Thats’ what makes this board so awesome!

Love ya!
Emily

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in reply to: depression anyone? #1069131

I began taking the generic form of zoloft during the early days of my GD treatment. i was on methimazole (still am), but hadn’t reached normal levels yet. I wasn’t depressed – I ws anxious about every little thing that was happening. At times I felt like I was losing it. I couldn’t separate the real symptoms of Graves from what I thought was happening. now my thyroid levels are "normal" and I am still taking a low dose of zoloft. My pcp doesn’t want me to stop at least for a couple of more months. I’ve been taking it about 3 months – and I HATE the idea of taking meds and never took more than tylenol in my whole life until this year. But more that I hate taking meds, I HATED the way I felt a few months ago and I don’t want to go back there. So I’m taking a low dose of methimazole and a low dose of zoloft. I’m feeling better – not perfect, but hopefully am getting there. I’ve read about the lingering symptoms as well. Kinda scary, huh?

Hope you feel better soon.

Emily

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in reply to: Phew I made! I am now thyroid free and home! #1069473

Boy, husbands can be so dense. I’ve said many times that I have an awesome, helpful husband – and I do, most of the time. I know this because I hear friends talking about their husbands hardly doing ANYTHING around the house. Mine will do the basic, routine stuff – help with dinner, dishes, kids baths, etc. But can never seem to notice anything extra that needs done. I’ve tried to not clean the bathroom for a while to see if he’ll notice and actually clean it, but it never works. I always break down and clean it because i can’t take it any longer. How can you walk through a room, stepping on toys and kicking them to the side, and not think "maybe I should pick these up?" And where does all the clean laundry come from? I certainly wish it would magically just appear in my drawers too. ” title=”Smile” />

Anyway, he is a super husband and will play with the kids all day long – I always tell him that’s what he does best – he’s really just a big kid. And I tell myself that that is what’s important – the kids won’t remember a clean house, but will remember daddy playing ball with them, blah, blah, blah….usually I can get past it, but sometimes my type A kicks in and I lose it. I decided that my GD is a chance for me to learn how to let things go and play more WITH them.

Do something fun today.
Emily

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in reply to: New and scared #1069335

Linda,

Oh – my hand tremors were terrible and they took months to go away after being on meds. I still get them if I’m overtired, stressed etc. I saw an opthamologist right away and am going again. My eyes just don’t seem right.

You will begin to feel better. It just seems like it takes FOREVER.

Hang in there,
Emily

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in reply to: New User – just diagnosed with GD on 6/8/09 : ( #1069347

Hi Mike,

When I strarted my meds (also methimazole and a beta blocker) I noticed improvement after a few weeks and then all of a sudden I felt WORSE again for a few weeks. It was probably after a good 8 or 9 weeks that I really began feeling more normal. Hopefully, you’ll begin to notice small improvements soon. GD teaches us PATIENCE whether we like it or not. ” title=”Smile” />

Emily

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in reply to: FYI all, I’m going on vacation! #1069379

Lucky you – have an AWESOME time!

Emily

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in reply to: Phew I made! I am now thyroid free and home! #1069462

M –
Give yourself a break – you’ve got a LOT going on right now. Really, just take care of the necessities – yourself and your families BASIC needs. You’re not going to feel this way forever. It’s only going to get better from now. So just muddle through each day and a week from now, I’m sure you’ll notice improvements in how you feel, energy level, etc. On my bad days, I sometimes look back at my very firsts posts here to remember how far I’ve come.

Thanking of you and wishing you well.
Emily

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in reply to: Phew I made! I am now thyroid free and home! #1069452

SOOOO glad that you are home. No wonder it was giving you such troubles since it was SOOOOO big.

Continued prayers for a speedy recovery.

Emily

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in reply to: Headaches #1069683

Thanks Cathy,

I have an appt with my GP on Friday for a follow-up. I’m going to ask him what he thinks – but I’ll probably schedule again with the opthamologist.

Emily

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in reply to: My big day! RAI tomorrow #1069580

Wanted to add my good luck wishes!

You sound very confident in your decision and excited to begin healing – good for you!!!

Let us know how things are going.

Emily

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in reply to: Headaches #1069681

Thanks for your responses.

I’ve never been diagnosed with migraines, but from other people’s descriptions I don’t think these are migraines.

I do use a nasal irrigator and it does help when I have sinus issues – this "feels" the same, but I can kind of tell it’s not sinus.

I also have a history of TMJ and already wear a mouthguard at night – so that rules that out.

When I saw the opthamologist he said "mild regression and mildly dry eyes" – nothing spectacular there, but that was a couple of months ago.

Maybe it’s just a phase – hormonal, levels changing, or whatever.

We’ll see – thanks again!

Emily

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in reply to: Anxiety/Panic Thread….. #1069950

Hi girls,

I’m having headaches also, pretty constant and won’t go away with tylenol/ibuprofen. That has caused some anxiety again. I keep thinking, what are they from and why won;t they go away? My levels are "normal" now with low dose of ATD. My endo says I should continue to see improvments and i guess I do, but the headaches are really getting to me.

I keep thinking – tomorrow will be better and, eventually it will, right?

Emily

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in reply to: Oh dear friends….you won’t like me when I’m angry! lol #1069742

M-

Love your story…more than once I’ve said that GD has made me more "assertive" than I already was. Partly because of what it does to your body and partly because I just don’t have the patience to put up with —- from others.

Hope tomorrow is a good day for you.

Emily

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in reply to: PTU? #1069812

Sue,
I too have a very understanding boss – although I only work VERY part-time (about 6 hours a week.) I took an unofficial leave of absence while I was waiting for my meds to kick in and even since I’ve been back to work, I can call in if I’m having a bad day. Being surrounded by supportive and understanding people, including everyone here, is SOOOOO important.

Hopefully, you’ll begin to have some symptom relief in the next 3 weeks. After about that amount of time, my symptoms were less, not gone, but noticiably decreased. I still (frustrated) have some lingering symptoms after a little more than 3 months. So maybe you’ll get some relief soon from some of your symptoms so you can "rationally" think through the decision you are facing – meds vs. surgery.

And DO slow down some. It really will help and your world won’t shatter around you. I’ve let so much go these past few months that I can’t believe it – I’m proud of myself (sometimes still annoyed, but don’t tell anyone).

Emily

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