Period probs!

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Good Morning Aldyth,

Yep...morning here. :-)

You say this with TOO much assurance my dear... *I'm not pregnant by the

way*. ( wink) My best advice is turn off the computer and cuddle hubby. But

that is not what you asked. :-)

Period problems are pretty common with us. The general rule of thumb is :

hyper: shorter duration and further apart

hypo: longer duration and closer together

That said.. we are all different.

Period issues were the only reason I was ever at the doctors before Graves',

and I was there more than anyone else I happen to know.

My life was ruled by this. My Mom and I both had heavy, fill your shoes

periods ( I kid you not), every two weeks...that always lasted for two weeks

There is not a thing any doctor can say that I have not heard or been put

through.

Then they stopped for well over a year . Oh Happy day ! BUT.... then came

Graves'. Once on my PTU and almost stable... the darn periods came back. :-(

There was 'that' day... " I am a woman again " . LOL, Puberty twice ! The odd

thing is I then had periods like the books say they are supposed to be? Less

than a week , no real pain, and ONE box of product.

Gotta tell you... if THIS is what periods are... I really do not understand

what those women whine about all the time?

( sorry... I have always wanted to SAY that) I never knew it was not

supposed to hurt all the time.

And my wardrobe increased tremendously because I was not having to throw at

least one thing in the trash every month because no amount of magic laundry

solutions would get the stains out. We won't even talk about sheets. :-(

Now the reason I tell you all this in because NOW, looking back over the

years, my thyroid symptoms have been with me since late childhood. I

believe' I was very hyper several times ( as in years) and quite hypo other

years. Sounds a bit nuts, and only after my ups and downs on PTU can I

actually say this with confidence.

For example... the couple of times I ended in emergency because of periods

that would not stop without medical help... all of my other rather serious

symptoms were HYPER... including my eyes and tremors that last time. Boy...

those were the good old days.. had to quit my job of seven years on that

one.

The saga continues...

So Graves' is finally diagnosed... PTU... periods came back... later went

through menopause. Go figure. I not only got to 'become a woman' twice... I

went through menopause twice ! Sure seemed like menopause the first time

around ya know. :-)

And Aldyth, I am not alone here. All the boards and lists on Graves' have

gals with periods being whacky. It IS all tied together.

So WHY are you hangin' out at the lower end of FT3 ? Most feel better at the

mid or higher end . Do you feel good there ?

OK... done with my rambling... off to my day job.

Just had to say " Hi " to you and let you know the odds are that it is tied

in with your thyroid levels. Hope that is all it turns out to be for you.

-Pam L-