I agree with hopeful23, I can’t believe you stopped taking your meds. Most states have $4 generic program at Walmart for people with no health insurance.
I have lived with Graves’ Disease for 15 years. I had been ill for several years before I was diagnosed and was in congestive heart failure at age 23. I was actually diagnosed by a dermatologist that I went to about the herpes on my hands, and feet. He could not treat me because I had tremors so bad he could not spray liquid nitrogen on my hands. However, he saved my life by calling a local endocrinologist he knew who took me in immediately that day. I was also diagnosed with a rare form of inoperable thyroid cancer along with the Graves’. I was treated and was told there was nothing they more they could do between the radiation and the radioactive iodine treatments. I was given less than 6 months to live. That was 15 years ago and here I am. I have been in remission and am considered "cured" of thyroid cancer, the Graves’ is a daily battle with increasing problems with my eyes.
You can live with the ups and downs of this disease if you continue to take care of yourself. Find a clinic that will take you, based on your income. Do something, just don’t stop taking your meds. They can make a difference in your quality of life.
