[michakr]

in reply to: Anyone NOT gain weight after RAI? and VENT #1064905

One thing that we must remember is that the RAI does not cause weight gain. The weight gain is the result of getting your thyroid working as normal as possible. With Graves the weight loss is a symptom. My sister always says that I have the good thyroid disease (nevermind that she doesn’t understand that I am now hypo). There is no good thyroid disorder. When I was sick, deep down I knew something was wrong but who complains about weight loss. After my treatment, I did gain weight, the weight I lost when I was sick. It doesn’t help when you move from hyper to hypo and loss all emotional control. I cried but once I realized how much better I felt not shaking and sweating all the time, I knew it was better. Once your levels are normalized, your weight should return to pre-graves.

[michakr]

in reply to: Too many meds, no relief. #1170080

Dear gatorgirly,
To treat my graves I chose the radiactive iodine. Understanding nuclear reactions (physics degree), I feel this was the best treatment for me. Now 10 years later, I do believe that all my symptoms are the result of my under active thyroid. I take 125 mg levoxyl (name brand) for my thyroid, 20 mg Lexapro and 150 mg BuPROion for anxiety, and 8 mg Amitiza for IBS. I still feel miserable. I now see my primary physician ever since my endocrinologist released me. My testosterone levels all my life have been just at the lowest end of normal. Doctors were concerned when I was in my twenties but now that I’m in my forties and it is normal for women my age to not have a sex drive, I’m supposed to grin and bare it. I now jump every time my husband touches me and it is not that I don’t love my husband or not find him attractive. Anxiety makes it difficult to get tasks done, remember things, make decisions, and do my job. I am a high school teacher and it takes so much energy to stay enthusiastic for my students that I am so exhausted when I get home and so over stimulated. This is why I think I am so jumpy when I get home. I need to make an appointment with my doctor but I am dreading the conversation that this is all in my head and regarding the sex drive, nothing can be done. I’m hoping now that I found this organization, I will be able to go in with some real facts to offset the status quo.

[michakr]

in reply to: Too many meds, no relief. #1170078

Thank you so much for your input. I will do my best to get my Dr. to listen. With America’s system of fee for services, I hope I can get him to listen long enough to come up with a solution that fixes the problem and not just the symptoms. I will let you know what happens.

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