symptoms of graves disease in teenagers

I am a 16 girl who just found out she had Graves Disease this summer. I haven't met anyone else with Graves Disease and I don't know anyone else my age who has any sort of problem like that. Why did I get it so young?

I was wondering if I'm going to need any treatment in the future for Graves Disease. I've been on anti-thyroid pills for 1 1/2 now. How long is the average time to be on anti-thyroid pills and if I'm going to need RAI or thyroidectomy (which scare me) later in life?

Hi, I am a 28 year old woman and was diagnosed with graves disease 3 years ago. I have commented o many forums regarding my problem but would like your advice. I was treated with radio active iodine in 2006 and then became hypothyroid, I now take 150mg of levothyroxine daily. I have never suffered from graves opthalmology as far as i'm aware. For the last 6 months I have had a chronic daily headache. This started 3 days after purchasing new glasses.

You may want to pop in there for some advice as well. Both diseases (FM and Graves symptoms overlap) Make sure you stop back in both places. Take care.

ve been having these severe migraines for over 2 months now, my eyes hurt terribly from all the pressure, im not sure if its the pressure in my nerves from all the spasms and intense pain and weakness im having in my limbs but im scared that its ocular migraines, i could not read properly with having bad pain in my head, i have graves disease but with my doctors appoinment yesterday at the endocrinologist the doc says im 'normal' when im everything but the muscle weakness is so sever i

I was diagnosed with graves disease and had the radioactive treatment to destroy it a few years back. I have had a few times where I did not have my meds for a week at a time. Is it normal to feel so tired and cranky? Also I took Zirtec for my allergies and I felt like I was cloudy and just wanted to sleep and tightness in my chest..... I am currently on 137 mcg of Levothyroxine.

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. I have all the horrible symptoms of Graves/Hyper including the severe anxiety, complete insomnia, and muscle/joint pain. My last TSH was .23 but I do not have the T/T4 levels on hand and I'm not quiet sure that my Doc has even tested for Antibodies which I have requested for my next panels.

Hello. I'm 36 and I am almost 9 weeks pregnant. I have Graves' disease and had radiation treatment back in 2009. I hadn't been taking my thyroxine constantly for a few months as I was super stressed and now that I am pregnant haven't missed a dose. My thyroid levels are still very high and I'm worried that this will affect my baby's brain development/IQ levels. Has anyone else had similar experiences? I'm scared and worried.

she should see her endocrin regularly and also monitor her symptoms. Depending on the extend of her disease, she may look to have alternative treatment.

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 .

hi i'm a 28 yr old woman and have suffered badly with symptoms from graves disease for 3yrs i've been on propylthiouracil for a year now as i had a severe allergic reaction to carbimazole! my symptoms include insomnia,severe fatigue,anxiety,bouts of depression,poor concentration,memory loss,bruising easily,dizziness,nausea and graves rage and weakened immune system (sick often). the problem is that i've recently had a blood test that read normal at 5.

I am 16 years old and i have alot of pain in my joints..mostly in my knees, ankles, and lower back..i have had numerous xrays but there is never anything that shows up...i have played sports in the past but i never had problems then..i havent played any sports in over a year.. my joints are always very bad and there is a lot of unexplained pain..i am wondering could i have arthritis at the age of 16 or could there be something else wrong? pls help!!!

I had a complete thyroidectomy in 2005.Does the surgery mean that I am cured of Graves or what? Nothing I read seems to address this directly.I still suffer from the protruding eyes and tiredness.All my levels appear normal.It doesnt help that I am perimenapausal either.

i know that was long-winded but if you can get thyroid normalised before resorting to thyroidectomy, please do this.

I was diagnosed with Graves disease 11 years ago. My endo prescribed Methimazole, which I was allergic to, so he told me he didn't want to prescribe me anything else because sometimes the allergy kills the thyroid. It apparently did, because all of a sudden I was hypo and I had to go on synthroid. Since then, I lost my health insurance and got handled by my PCP instead of the endo (cheaper).

I went to the endocrinologist, and she is doing additonal bloodwork to see if it is Graves disease. I only began showing symptoms of hyperthyroidism around December 10th. If Graves turns up, she is going to begin medication on Tuesday. I am a bit leery of medication if my symptoms are almost non-existant now. Must you take meds if you have Graves? My Free T4 is only .2 higher than norm.

From what I have read, people who have Graves disease should avoid alot of dairy.We have too much calcium in our bodies and not enough magnesium to counter balance the magnesium. I recently bought mineral supplements to take ,but I felt worse after I took them. I don't know if I took the wrong dose or what it was. That is the tricky part about supplementing the different "metal" minerals that we need.

Symptoms of graves disease in teenagers

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