Graves - tests normal but still not well

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Registered: 02-28-2004
Graves - tests normal but still not well
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Wed, 02-08-2006 - 5:04am

Hi,

I'm after some advice from anyone who has experience of Graves' Disease. I have been struggling with Graves' for the past 2 years. At first I had all the worst Symptoms and I thought for a while I was just going mad. Then I had RAI which worked for a while as my thyroid became quite underactive, but after a few months I started to feel overactive symptoms again. I went to the hospital in November last year and got tests again which came back at the high end of normal. Since then I've felt a lot better, I have my energy back, I can think straight again but it's still not all the time. Especially after illness I can feel exausted like I used to and just generally unwell for a bit. I just got more results back from the hospital today for tests taken a couple of weeks ago and they are normal too.

I remember reading somewhere that a graves patient will never feel as good as if they'd never had the disease in the first place. I just wondered if there is any truth in that.
Is there anything I can do to help myself through times where I don't feel so well?

If anyone has any advice they could give me I'd be so grateful. Thanks for listening.

Louise

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Registered: 10-27-2004
Thu, 02-09-2006 - 8:30pm

HI lulu, welcome!


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