I joined this forum just a week ago and received some great advise which led me to start on methimazole. The Endo did push for RAI right away, but I decided to give the ATD a try first for 2 reasons. Most important reason is my 2 small boys and having to be quarantined from them. I do have the help if it comes to that, but the specialist recommended 5 days away from them. Which feels like an enternity, but also makes me wonder if the 5 days was long enough. The second is that I was feeling rushed into a decision and wanted to just digest everything before running into something so permanent such as RAI. Well I’ve been on it 8 days now along with a beta blocker and I do feel better. I’m not sure if the ATD can help that quickly (I am on 40mg/day, which I split in 2 doses) or if it’s the beta blockers actually blocking the symptoms. I am very diligent and take my doses at the same exact time every day and set up alarms on my phone for the reminders. My only symptom left right now is that I get tired easily and feel weak by the end of the day. So I just take it easy as much as I can. I do work full time and have an 11 month old and a 3 year old to take care of. So my schedule is very busy, but I am managing. I am looking forward to blood work in 3 weeks to see if the ATD is working and if I have any side effects.
