I too decided on the ATD treatment for GD. I have been basically a healthy person until I was diagnosed with Graves Disease in September 2009. Since I began treatment with ATD my symptoms are gone with no side effects from the drugs. I work in a lab so I am able to check my levels whenever I am feeling "funny". My TSH is still 0.00 but my FT4 and T3 are returning to normal levels. I am off beta blockers with occasional heart symptoms that don’t last long. I have never taken any medications so this is diagnosis was a hard "pill" for me to swallow. My thoughts were take meds for hyperthyroid and hope for remission or take drugs for hypothyroid for life…..I opted to try meds to begin with and avoid radiation and/or surgery until it was absolutely necessary.
