Question regarding Beta Blocker--Pam L..

October 9, 2003

Hi Pam,

I was always a little sorry I couldn't take a beta blocker as they seem to have

helpful benefits for Graves' (the calcium channel blocker helped OK, though). My

one day on a half beta blocker, as I said in my post, was a disaster. It also

made me feel a little woozy or light-headed. And this after I'd been a good

girl, waiting six weeks to see an endo with no meds and steadily increasing

hyperthyroidism, trying to get to sleep at night with drum practice going on in

my chest.

Yet through it all I keep wishing the doctors knew better, which is why I waited

for someone to give a more knowledgeable answer than my impression that beta

blockers and asthma don't mix. What I always find, though, is that you-all on

the board know the research better and know how to read your body better as well

(and my young endo is so nice and was just hired to teach at the medical

college!).

As a newbie just a year ago I was happy to hear from people in remission, so I'd

say, don't worry about talking about your situation. Even when I didn't

understand a lot, it was reassuring to hear from real people who'd been through

(and through) it!

The change of season brought my levels down, though since my endo's doing a new

assay at a new office she doesn't recognize it (that's OK, I've got 90 days of

meds during which to find an MD who, unlike this one, believes in TSI and will

test them before I go off my PTU). But the seasonal thing reminds me that I'm

more reactive than before and need to be more sensitive and responsive to the

old body, which I hope will still be with me when I turn 50 next year. So again,

thanks for your posts.

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