[Kmess]

in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184043

Hi Jen, I do the exact same thing. I have a 6 year old daughter, work long hours, and am trying to go back to school. I have a girlfriend who is finding it hard to deal with my emotions and everything as well. I too drink too much and find myself very down and out most days. I’m sorry to hear that you are struggling too, Maybe we can help each other out, since we know what this is like to live with, no one else seems to know. I feel helpless too, this disease is tough to deal with, but no one seems to understand why, unless you have it. Thanks again for the response, it means a lot to me. -Kyle

[Kmess]

in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184041

Thank you Kimberly, yes my doctor is watching all my T4 AND T3 levels. I go in every couple weeks for blood tests. I looked at all the links and the stories of people are helping me a lot to realize that this disease is causing my emotions. It helps a lot to know that people here are going through the same thing. No one in my life seems to realize how big of a deal this disease is and its hard to explain to them that it’s not just something I can ignore or take a pill and get fixed right away. hopefully everyone on here can share stories and we can get some support from each other, since we are the only ones that really know what it’s like. Take care everyone.

[Kmess]

in reply to: I’ve been recently diagnosed with Grave’s and I am struggling to keep it all together. Need Advice and support. #1184039

Hello, I am new here and found all your posts to be very helpful. I was diagnosed with Graves in February. I went ahead and had the radioactive iodine treatment in March and have been struggling to get my levels ever since. I am on Levothyroxine, selenium, and take propanolol for my heart. This disease is very hard to deal with and I agree that family members just don’t understand. Everyone seems to think that since its so common that I should just feel ok instantly. Graves has really affected my personal life and me being a single Dad. I find it hard to have the motivation and energy to do anything and I feel so helpless all the time. I was just wondering how and if other people are dealing with the emotional issues and physical ones like I am? I would love to hear your stories and maybe we can get through this together. Everyday seems to be such a chore to get through and I feel like I am such a downer to everyone around me. I seem to have such a short fuse and my emotions just take over and make me unbearable to be around. Physically I am exhausted and feel so sore all the time. My eyes hurt as well, no bulging yet but I have the pain behind them a lot. Sorry if this is just a post about me complaining, but I just am looking for help like Vicky and Jen. Thank you for your posts and I hope we can maybe all come together and support one another here. Thank you

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