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  • MissLes
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    January 6, 2011 at 7:13 pm
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    in reply to: Has anyone else developed a shellfish allergy? #1063854

    I literaly screamed "OH MY GOD" when I saw the title of this thread. I HAVE!!!! I’ve eaten shrimp my entire life, I was diagnosed Graves 8/2010– and When I ate shrimp last month, my face swelled up — a few weeks later, my face and throat both swelled up !! This is too crazy !! There may be no scientific link– but it seems awfully ironic !

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    MissLes
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    January 6, 2011 at 7:04 pm
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    in reply to: Anxiety, hormones and THAT TIME of the month? #1063091

    Hi Everyone–

    My doctor said my numbers were getting much better– so that’s a good thing! She dropped my Methimazole from 25mg to 20, and added 10mg of Lexapro and Xanax as needed. Here’s hoping once the Lexapro kicks in I start to feel like a human again ! Thank you all for your support. Loving this board!

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    MissLes
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    January 6, 2011 at 6:57 pm
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    in reply to: Concerned about mood #1063076

    Krystal–

    Its like I wrote your post. I was diagnosed a month before you (Aug 2010), and I haven’t felt like myself since. I go from happy to sad in no time. I get so frazzled with a job that I loved before that I have considered quitting. My anxiety is ALWAYS present (those tiny butterflies in my stomach never seem to go away). And I have had 2 cases of "Graves Rage"– blinding, uncontrolable anger. Very scary. Very not me. My Endo added Lexapro to my meds this week, and gave me some Xanax to use when it gets really bad. I also drink a lot of camomile tea, and try to stay away from large amounts of caffine.

    Keep in contact. Let us know what helps and when you start to feel better.

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    MissLes
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    January 2, 2011 at 9:32 pm
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    in reply to: Anxiety, hormones and THAT TIME of the month? #1063090

    Thank you all for your responses. I am going to buy some Evening Primrose Oil tomorrow. I have the first appointment with my Endo since she started my treatment, and I had my labs drawn last week, so hopefully I’ll have some answers that I can update you with tomorrow!! I am absolutly thrilled at the support of this board. Thank you all again.

    MissLes
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    January 2, 2011 at 9:41 am
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    in reply to: Anxiety, hormones and THAT TIME of the month? #1063086

    That was an error, bobby– got my medicines mixed up (I work in the medical field, so have a lot of them in my brain and I guess I wasn’t paying attn when I was typing.) It was supposed to say Methimazole. Whoops. <img decoding=” title=”Smile” />

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