Thank you all for sharing your experience and information you posted. Its funny because as I start to settle on RAI I read something that makes me shift towards ATD and so forth.
One reason I am leaning away from ATD is because I tend to get sick easily and am concerned about lower white blood cell counts. I also have read that many times it doesn’t work or takes alot longer to work and iron out problems/doses. I have also heard that RAI sometimes can be given to reduce your thyroid activity rather than entirely kill it and think I would like to give this a shot.
RunLacie:
The reason I found out I had Graves was because of strength loss. My weight has always flucuated based on how much protein I am getting and how hard I am hitting the weight versus running/cardio. I workout everyday and was preparing for a lifting competition and noticed extreme drops in strength despite working out regurly. Based on the results I probably would have won the competition but now I am at the point were I can’t even bench press my body weight 10 times. I also won my age group in a 5K in late July and now I can barely mow the lawn without getting tired and my muscles aching. So I definately hear where you are coming from. I am now 32 pounds liter than my peak weight and there was no fat on my peak weight so like you said I have literally watched muscle fall off my body daily.
