Does anyone else have Graves disease that is in "normal range" but still have symptoms?
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Those may not be symptoms of Grave's; instead, you may be experienceing perimenopause, GERD, etc.  I would certainly investigate the symptoms, but the blood test for Grave's tells the story -- you are now in remission.  \n\nIf your doc is an endocrinologist, that would explain why he had not addressed your issues -- your GP will be the one to do so, likely ordering other blood tests, etc.  However, if the doc you speak of is your regular doctor, you need a second opinion.
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hyperthyroidism of the stomach? Are you sure you got that right? I suggest returning to your physician for a more clear explanation.
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OK, on .75 mg, you have very low needs for thyroid replacement hormone (I'm on .88 and have been for years).  Thus, it sounds to me as if you are taking too much for your body's needs.  In fact, the metabolism increase, nervousness, etc. sound like hyper symptoms.  However, don't diagnose yourself.\n\nNow, I will let you in on a little secret.  General practitioners (you might call them family doctors) don't know everything, they just know enough about a lot to know what is problematic.  I was on .100 but had trouble walking down the stairs (I trembled if  I didn't hold the rail) and got hot (I am very cold-natured).  So here I was, taking everything off at work -- and I am a teacher, so there's a limit to that which you can take off.  I called the GP and she said to give it a month.  Well, I couldn't.  I called and got in to see an endocrinologist a few days later ... he ran all the blood tests and told me I was being overmedicated, so he reduced it to .75.  Ah ... the relief.  I still had to have monthly level checks (i.e. blood tests) for 6 months, but once we got me stable at a proper level, all was fine.  \n\nCall an endocrinologist -- tell him/her your story. You may simply be overmedicated or may need to change to another type of medication, like synthroid or armour.  (My mother must take synthroid because of the additives in the generic versions ... it was intereacting with her body weirdly.)  So you just don't know, until you go.  Good luck!!
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I have hypodthyroidism too. (Im 26 and was diagnosed at 20.) Fortunately, generic synthroid does work for me. Is it the dosage that is too low? or something else? When I was first diagnosed, they had to increase my dosage twice (once was a month after being diagnosed). Sometimes it takes time to get your levels right.  Though, I met someone recently who told me that synthroid alone did not work for her. Either way, if your doctor isnt willing to prescribe anything but synthroid or the generic form, maybe you should see another doctor and get a second opinion. Are you goign to your internist/family doctor or are you seeing an endocrinologist? I would think an endocrinologist would give you whatever it takes to make you better. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.
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OK... visit your doctor, you could have a overactive thyroids gland. I was the same problem ten years ago... I was thin like a stick, but I have curves now ;)
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I had similar results when my hypothyrodism started. Try to check with a endocrinologist - they are a lot more qualified than familty practice doctors to analyze the results. Good luck
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That is normal for a TSH.  Normal range for TSH is 4.5 to 12.5  So anything that falls between those two numbers is totally normal.
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I know a few people with thyroid problems and it does require you to take a drug called "synthroid" for the rest of your life. It really isn't a big deal at all, hopefully you have an over-active thyroid in which case you won't have to worry about the side effect of weight gain as you do with an under active one. Your primary care doctor should be able to feel if your thyroid is enlarged at the base of your neck, he may or may not refer you to a specialist, depends on your doctor, some primary care doctors can treat the condition. It's really nothing life threatening and shouldn't really effect much except possible weight gain or loss, being very tired all the time and other minor problems. Good luck and call your doctor, again, it's not much to worry about :)
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You probably have an overactive thyroid like me, which means... ur screwed just like the rest of us.
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i have low thyroid. if you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: can you see the floor of your house? that was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nanyway, the signs are:fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\n if you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are:increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. there's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. i hope i've helped you!!
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i'm going to say NOT automatically. It's going to be VERY HARD, as your body needs that for better metabolism.\ni have low thyroid. if you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: can you see the floor of your house? that was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nanyway, the signs are:fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\nif you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are:increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. there's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. i hope i've helped you!!
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May be worth getting your thyroid levels checked. My sister had same symptom and she has been diagnosed with a thyroid problem. Do you feel tired/lthargic, putting on/loosing weight. back pain, these are other sypmtoms of thyroid probs. Hopefully its not this but worth speaking to your dr and get your levels checked.\nGood luck
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FIRST THING~ If your doctor won't listen to YOU, get a new one! YOU KNOW when your body is good & when it's not! I refuse to listen to someone who won't listen to me...because they think they know it all since they "went to school for the degree". Well, they didn't go to school & study MY BODY! So, get a new doc, and don't feel bad about it. What if something bad happened to you? Would you hesitate to let that doc know at that point? DON"T LET IT GET THERE!\nI have given several links below to read & perhaps you can read through & understand the different thyroid symptoms & problems.\nHere is some information about myself, plus some symptoms since you seemed to be interested:\nI have low thyroid. I've had it for 10 years. I got it after I had my second child at about the age of 25. If you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: Can you see the floor of your house? That was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nMy signs are: messy house, no desire to do anything...go anywhere, spend time with my kids or my guy, sleep a lot, hard to keep my eyes open at times, HUGE weight gain that over the past years have not found an easy way to take off...so I give up a lot, I have terribly dry hair & don't wash it a lot so it stays strong, I have bumps on my face...not like pimples, but I think it's from dry skin, and perhaps some others that I can't remember at this time...that's another symptom--forgetfullness.\nHere are the "GENERAL" signs for most people: fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\nIf you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are: increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. There's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. I hope i've helped you!!
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i also had both my thyroids removed two years ago and yes i have the same problems as you it seems i can never get it regulated its always to high or to low and i feel sleepy all the time or i am running around like a crazy woman i don't think you are alone in feeling like this
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Hi!  Onset of my Grave's began at 15 but was asymptomatic (to the doctors) until age 22, when I demanded a blood test (I thought I was dying).  You see, I weighed 85 lbs. on my high school graduation day and looked anorexic.  Grave's had developed when I first menstruated, so I never had a steady period.  That, my weight, and my althleticism led the docs to think I was just slow to develop or too athletic for regular menstruation.  \n\nAnyway, upon a blood tests they found massive Grave's, gave me the meds, and all went well.  I went into remission about 1 year after the diagnosis at age 23.  I grew an inch taller and developed breasts (what a wonderful concept) that year as well.  I finally developed fat cells, long awaited, at age 25 and looked a healthy weight from then onward.\n\nYes, you can have children, but please wait until you are in remission from the Grave's.  You really don't want to be playing with Grave's when you are pregnany, since that's an additional factor which must be considered.\n\nMy advice is be patient with the whole process.  They have to first determine the best treatments ... I say treatments because for me it was PTU, which turned out not to work, to tapazol, which did work.  Had that not worked, we would have got to the subpartial thyroidectomy or radioactive iodine procedure.  You'll have monthly blood tests, enough to know your phlebotomist by name each time.  \n\nNo, it's not common to develop Grave's at your age.  I'd never met anyone (until I just talked to you) who had developed it like me.  BUT ... I have to tell you, be very thankful it has been found!  I went through 7 years of thinking I was going crazy, stupid doctor-prescribed weight gain diets, being forbidden from any exercise whatsoever (I'd lose too much weight), and unexplained emergency room visits for malnutrition (and I ate like a horse).  So, knowing what it is is half the battle.  Now you just have to figure out how you'll manage the next year being patient.  You will get better ... you're not "cured" but you can go into remission.  \n\nI went into remission at age 23, had monthly blood tests for a while (still in remission), then graduated to six months (still in remission) then went to yearly (still in remission).  About 8 years later, my doctor didn't want to do the blood test, since he said I was fine.  I insisted, since I have an abiding fear of Grave's, and it's a good thing I did. I now have Hashimoto's, the exact opposite of Grave's.  I am hypo and take replacement thyroid hormone.\n\nAccording to the research I did on Grave's, the docs aren't sure where the Grave's antibody comes from, but it looks like thyroid disorders can run in families, which was my case (I have 4 maternal aunts and my mother with thyroid issues).  Further, there is some indication that the thyroid comes with a shelf life, which is what I think is occuring with me.  With the way it went unchecked for so long (I was almost in thyroid storm, my numbers were so high -- the doc didn't know how I was alive), my thyroid really went into overdrive.  What if it can operate that way for only so long?  Anyway, that's the premise I operate on today, that the Grave's is gone forever and Hashimoto's is here to stay. My endocrinologist told me not to make such absolute statements, but I think the thyroid I have is dying slowly ... I'd much rather this than Grave's since Grave's is so insidious with me.\n\nAnyhow, I am now 38 and that's my story.  I hope it makes you feel a bit better that it can happen to teens.  You also need to be vigilant from now on, telling docs you need that blood test just to be safe, etc.  You WILL go into remission, one way or the other, and there are no real bad effects later on from this, as long as you keep on top of it.  You'll want to continue drinking milk and exercising, since the latest studie
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a. Results from pituitary failure, not thyroid\nb. Typically asymptomatic\nc. Correct. Goiter is a classic sign.\nd. Graves is associated with Hyperthyroidism\ne. pt not present with common signs & symptoms
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Princess_Rose_Marie nice copy and paste job of garbage from WikiPedia.\n\nThe short of it is Hypothyroidism:\nUsually your family will have a history of thyroid dysfunction? and often consists of symptoms of severe fatigue as well as other stigmata of hypothyroidism.\n \nT3 elevated (198) is elevated thyroid autoantibodies. This makes it necessary for a doctor or clinic to try to normalize both T3 and T4. To accomplish this, they use drugs such as Synthroid (T4), Cytomel (T3), Thyrolar (T3 and T4) and Armour Thyroid (T3 and T4). \n\nPlease see a doctor for guidance, you should be asking him all your questions.