[GracieGrey20]

in reply to: Just diagnosed and new to Methimazole and scared #1184459

Hi, thanks for the words of encouragement! I remember the last time (2012) and never thought I would feel good again and I DID, so I’m hoping this will be the same. I really like the idea of it being a “flare” and just having to ride it out until it burns itself out. The one thing that brings me down is the wackiness of my lab results this time vs. last – I definitely feel worse this time, but yesterday I was up and about for a while and up and down stairs which I could not do only 10 days ago so Yea!! Still feel crummy but a less crummy than 10 days ago. Today is day 11 on the Methimazole and I go Thursday for my two week check and make sure it’s working and not doing anything bad to me. The feeling of isolation and aloneness in Graves is intense so having this forum to know I’m NOT alone is super helpful. I’m also finding meditation tapes very helpful too. I don’t think others know the extent of the fatigue, etc. “Take a nap and we can go out”. I wish a nap worked. Anyway, thanks all for listening and responding.

[GracieGrey20]

in reply to: Just diagnosed and new to Methimazole and scared #1184456

Thank you for your response Liz. I actually am feeling slightly better today on the 20 mg. dose, so feeling a bit more optimistic about the Methimazole…when I first went into remission, my friend wanted to get me a t-shirt that said “I beat Graves” and I said, you never “beat” Graves but it can go into its cave for a while and sleep
You said you had a thyroidectomy after 6 months of methimazole – was that because it didn’t work or stopped working for you?
Thanks again for responding.

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