Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Was this an endo or what?

I am starting to feel better. I cut my dose from 5 mg to 2.5 mg and am wondering if it's now just a bit too low of a dose. I'm going to play around with taking a full dose every other day/every two days. My original TSH was .135 when they first spotted the problem. After about five weeks on the antithyroid drug, my TSH was up to 3. The doc would like to find a happier medium than that, as 3 is borderline hypo. Still, 3 was better than the alternative. She's also hopeful that because my case is mild and I'm able to tolerate the drug that we can bring it into remission. That generally takes a year or two, however.

My eyes, while very dry some days, are not showing any signs yet of disease. I'm keeping my fingers crossed with that aspect of things. For as mild of a case I have, I'm hopeful.
It was a GP who seemed to think that diet solved most anything - though, indeed, diet certainly does help a lot.

For me, once my thyroid levels get out of whack (normally because I've forgotten to take it for a time...) it can take 4-5 months to get things to settle down. Now, my experience may not be the norm since I don't actually have a thyroid, but I've heard from others that it takes them some time as well to get things settled down.

When I had Graves, it was so advanced that I had the bulging eyes and the huge goiter. According to my eye dr. one eye still actually bulges, but it is so minor that no one else can tell. I was also quite heavy for someone with advanced Graves...and I can vouch for how strong an effect it can have on our moods and emotional state. I pretty much lost my 20's to it so my heart goes out to anyone dealing with it. These days I think they are much better at detecting and treating it.