Wow, Alle, seems liek you've been through a lot.

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Your post mede me feel A LOT better.

I think I'm lucky to have been diagnosed early. I haven't had such

servere symptoms.

Good health to you!

> ....

> I am also a newbie to this support group...and everyone has been

wonderful

> and helpful...There is a thread that's called...oh no i

forget....lol..maybe

> someone can help...lol...something 101....Graves disease 101 maybe??

> Anyways...here's my story....

> I also was diagnosed with Graves Disease in March....I was started

on 600mg

> of PTU....up until June my levels were not registering on the

scale..now they

> r...

> My endo increased my PTU to 900mg... " nip it in the bud " so to

speak....My

> Atenonol...(betablocker) was increased from 50mg to 100mg..and I am

on Vioxx 25mg

> for joint pain and muscle ache....The endo also signed papers to

put me on

> diabilty indefinetly....

> I had pretty much all the symptoms to hyperthyroidism....and the

bulging eyes

> and tremors...(Graves signs..)

> Currently my blood pressure has come down alot....( from 180/90

roughly) down

> to around 120 to 130/73)....my heart rate has also dropped from 127

bpm to in

> between 60 and 80...

> I still have the eye problem....they discovered a heart murmur...

(found out

> Thursday)....I was droppin weight drastically (like 210 pounds at

xmas and by

> June was down to 143) and currently my weight has started to

increase..I am up

> to 216.....(although i have no appetite)....my tremors r controlled

by the

> Atenonol...some days it works...other days i wish i could take the

whole

> bottle.....Stress really plays a number on me....My memory is shot

and I am

> experiencin bouts of confusion and disorientation...Broke out on

rash on upper arms and

> chest...

> Last week I discovered myself that perhaps the PTU increase is

sending me

> crashin into Hypothyroidism....I have become extremely tired (been

alseep since

> wednesday except for maybe a total of 3 hours...)the weight

gain....and

> increased blood pressure the past week....

> I am waitin till MOnday to talk with another endo....get a second

opinion so

> to speak...and see if they agree what my endo's treatment is....if

its the

> right one....

>

> Welcome to the board ....I have reread everything i just typed

to you

> several times and not sure if i got to my point....My answer is

most of us do

> suffer long term effects it seems....especially people that have

experienced

> RAI...or develop kidney disease...etc....

>

> I am goin now...I feel my mind goin to mush....LOL...I hope to talk

to you

> again...Back to sleep for me....

>

> Hi everyone!!!....Nighters everyone!!!!

>

> Alle

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