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Avatar f tn But since Graves treatment, weight has plagued me (along with fatigue, hair loss, vision issues, anxiety/depression at times) but ALWAYS THE DARNED weight!!! Now, new endo says RAI is what she would’ve advised originally...as I’m going to most likely end up hypO and taking synthroid/levo for the rest of my life. Ugh. Anyone manage to get their weight back under control after RAI? Or on synthroid? I’m dreading this! I’m scared of RAI.
Avatar f tn half ago, also hv other medical conditions ie, sjogrens, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure .. I was treated for hyperthyroid/graves disease a yr ago with a dose of radiation taken orally. I've since that time been taking levothyroxine. I lost my insu shortly after my initial treatment & don't know what my levels are. Some symptoms prior to treatment were rapid weight loss, adult acne, heart issues, severe hair loss, bulging eyes, severe tremors and a total heat intolerance.
Avatar n tn I was diagnosed with Graves disease 5 years ago. I've always had a great deal of hair like a main. A couple years ago I had breast cancer and lost all my hair do to chemo. It hasn't grown back as thrick and what has grown back is thinning. I take 125 mg of levoxal. I also noticed that my hair is dry and brittle. Does anyone have any suggestions. Even my friends have said I see your hair didn't grow back as thick. I think it's the thyroid medication.
Avatar f tn In the U.S. doctors are required, by law, to provide a copy of lab or test results, upon request. I have every one of mine, since about 1999. I use my thyroid test results as a running record of my disease. On each report, I mark my med and dosage, along with any symptoms I was having at the time. If I am symptom free, I know those are the numbers I need to target. What are the reference ranges for the results? Ranges vary lab to lab and have to come from your own report.
Avatar m tn You have several similar posts going and looking over them, I see that back in Nov, Dr Lupo answered one of your questions, saying that it appears that you may have Graves Disease and may have become hypo as a result of anti-thyroid medication. Your TGab, indicates Hashimoto's, but you need to have TSI tested, as well, to rule out/confirm Graves, since Hashimoto's can be characterized by periods of hyper alternating with hypo.
Avatar f tn From what I understand, hair loss is a symptom of Gravesdisease or rather your thyroid being off... just as heart rate, nausea, hot flashes, lack of focus, etc. are symptoms. The medicine isn’t the reason for it. For example I had hair loss before I was diagnosed, when my thyroid was way off. Since I’ve been balanced my hair has been fine. I’ve been on the same meds and basically the same dose for 18 years and still have a full head of hair.
Avatar f tn M PCP told me i had graves disease and referred me to an endo. The endo said that all of my symptoms "were in my head and nothing was wrong". A few years go by and I see my PCP again and asked how I have been treating my thyroid problems and I said "I don't have one". He showed me the consult report from the Endo confirming my PCP diagnosis. My question is this, What am I to do now? I have lost about 20 lbs. when i only weighed 110 2years ago and hair loss.
Avatar n tn Could be the synthroid. I have Graves' disease the opposite of what you have. But, every few years my thyroid just burns out, and I go hypo. When I do I experience extreme hair loss and brittle nails. For me, the animal based thyroid substitutes work much better when I'm in a hypo phase. Additionally, sometimes when I am not hypo, the medication I take for my Graves' just knocks down my T4/T3 levels so low that once again I start to lose a lot of hair.
Avatar n tn PPT does not respond to tapazole and will get better on its own (4-8 week hyper phase followed by a hypo phase then usually recovery). Graves disease will need treatment with tapazole -- so ask about which he/she thinks it is and why. Graves will usually have positive TSI and or TBII antibody tests. Both will have positive TPO and Tg antibody tests. Both cause some thyroid enlargement, occassional hoarse voice and sore throat - but PPT does the latter two more commonly.
Avatar f tn I am sorry that you are having such symptoms which can affect your life. It is always worth getting a second opinion if you aren't satisfied with treatment. My option for my Graves Disease treatment was simple, take methimazole or do RI. I chose the med which worked pretty well for me until I was taken off of it. Which my Thyroid went hyper again.
Avatar f tn I am a 25 y/o female diagnosed with hyperthyroidism at 16 and later with Graves Disease and Goiter. I have been on Tapazol along with Atenelol (for the Tachacardia) off and on for the past 9 years with no results. Every doc I see wants to discuss nothing but RAI or surgery. My husband and I have been trying to conceive for a few years with no success. I finally found out that I was pregnant the beginning of last year and made it to 4 months and suffered a miscarriage for no apparent reason.
Avatar m tn I have been under MAJOR stress for several years (with almost constant heartbeat/ adrenaline rush + following fatigue. I wonder if this can be the reason for the hair loss? My other assumption is some autoimmune disorder. Doctors checked for it, autoimmune tests came back clear, except one of the "general autoimmunes»that came back positive, but my doctor said also many people without a autoimmune disorder got a positive result on that one.
Avatar m tn all these years later my thyroid has lowered again and the doctor gave me Levothyroxin the side affects where awful for me, palpatations, chest pain,muscle cramp in my legs and hair loss in the hair line. I stopped taking it as sooon i as i realised what it was doing to me. I developed angina,muscle pain fibromyalgia, eptopic beats with an overactive thyroid graves disease all them years ago and i have had to live in a very painful body ever since.
Avatar n tn 7 of those children had Graves disease. 66 children had a positive ANA; 4 with Graves disease. Unfortunately the study does not list an ANA pattern for these 4 children. 20 of 93 children (21%) had another autoimmune disease. 3 of the 7 children (43%) with Graves disease had another autoimmune disease. "The ANA pattern was homogeneous in 61/66 (92.4%), coarse/fine speckled in 4/66 (6%), and nucleolar in 2/66 (3%).
199177 tn?1490498534 My husband was diagnosed with graves disease this last week .He sees the endocrinologist Monday is there anybody that can help me understand this and are the partiular questions he needs to be asking the doctor .
Avatar n tn Hi Dorsey: I agree with nygirl, it may be your thyroid. My thyroid was tested at my six month checkup and turned out I have hyperthyroid (Graves) disease. I'm on treatment for it which can take a couple of years if it works, but its just a pill a day and no adverse side effects. Its just the opposite of nygirl's Synthroid. My hair still seems to be thinning but they are still adjusting my meds. I'm one year post SOC and SVR.
199177 tn?1490498534 very thristy, hair loss,. sweating. weight loss he goes the bathroom ALOT .
Avatar f tn I'm desperate to find help for multiple symptoms that I feel may be thyroid related. I moved to a different state across the country 20 years ago and I have yet to find a good endocrinologist who specializes in thyroid diseases such as Graves- consequently, for the last 20 years, my health has been spiraling down & out of control. I had severe Graves disease & had a thyroidectomy leaving 2gr in '75. I've been on 125 mcg Levothyroxin for many years.
Avatar n tn How long has the hair loss been happening? Since you were on the levo, or more recently? There could be a chance there's something in the filler part of the levo your body doesn't like, but usually hair loss is because you're not getting enough levo, or even too much. (I had my hair fall out with Graves' Disease, before I was treated for it.
Avatar f tn I agree with both..I have t-3 toxicosis, that's an elevated free t-3 with normal free t-4.Definitely ask for the Graves antibodies tests, before you do anything, that's the true way to find Graves disease. Mine is, or was 109. I have Graves, although a mild case.
Avatar n tn If your TPO is at the level you say then you have an Autoimmune Disease (Graves) and eventually you will have no choice but permanant treatment as Graves is very hard to treat. In the meantime....keep doing what your Doctor says BUT research all you can on Graves Disease and Hyperthyroidism as this is something you will need to know eventually. Dont go for RAI or permanant treatment until you know for sure that yr thyroid is uncontrollable.