TTC with Thyroid Issues

[danniellabella]

Hi daniella

Interesting that your GP has held off on the medication. My best advice I can give is to keep a close eye on it so it doesn't get toobad; I left it too long and ended up in the ED. If you start to get worse, don't wait to see the specialist, go back to your GP and get something done.

One of the things about hormones is that they are very slow acting and so problems will build up slowly and can be disregarded. You may find it handy to keep a food diary as in my experience, an increase in appetite tends to be the first sign but you may not actually see any change in your weight. Don't let them tell you you're fine cause you don't like like an anorexic

Other things to watch out for are clutziness or trouble writing neatly (the shakes start out as a loss of fine motor control) and muscle weakness (like having trouble climbing those stairs you usually just dash up). Anything like that may mean your thyroid hormone levels are going up and you'll want to get them retested.

But most of all, relax. Graves' really is a very treatable disease. Treatment can feel like it's really slow once you do start but that's because, like I said earlier, hormones are slow and will hang around in your blood for weeks. The other side of that coin is that you can be getting worse, or better, and it can take a bit of time for it to show in your tests. Remember; no one knows your body as well as you do, listen to it.

Hope my rambling has helped a bit

My next appointment with my GP is 22 March and he'll be doing more blood tests. I think he wants to do regular BT's until my specialist visit. He has made a point of telling me to come straight in if I feel worse.
The one thing I am thankful for is that he's given me sleeping tablets. I had not slept for more than 3 hours a night for about 2 months when I decided something was not right.