Re: Smoking and Graves-maria

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Hi

You might be thinking about me. (Luci) I quit then was dx 2 months

later. The rapid heart rates stopped almost immediatly after I quit

and of course I never dreamed my fatigue was anything more than over

work.... I never made a web site so you might not be thinking of

me. Hope this helps

Luci

> I think I read a post from someone who also was diagnosed shortly

> after quitting, but I can't find that message again. Hope it

wasn't

> all in my mind, although even so, it was a great help to me. I

tried

> to find an old site that talked about quitting smoking and Graves,

but

> alas, couldn't remember the url for it. Does anyone remember a

woman

> who made up her own web site about thyroid disorders? I think her

> name might be . . . we've mentioned her site on this board

> before.

>

> Although I could not find that site, I did find a huge amount of

> articles re the link between smoking, Graves and TED, including

> several linked back to Elaine. I don't think there were as many a

> couple of years ago. I scared myself silly - I swear my eyes

started

> hurting!

>

> I'm not so worried about going hyper from quitting anymore. I'm

much

> more concerned about quitting asap. I still think there may be

more

> than coincidence in the relationship between quitting smoking and

the

> onset of Graves. I don't think quitting smoking causes Graves,

but

> have read about several people who were diagnosed shortly after

> quitting. However, it's totally academic since not quitting is so

> much worse in so many many ways.

>

> Not quite sure where my brain is tonight and determined not to

smoke,

>

>