Menopause & Graves Disease

[elvina]

Hi I am 52 and was diagnosed with Graves Disease last June. I am well balanced now according to my endo and take 10mg of carbimazole per day but I am also menopausal and have some symptoms that I would like to try to deal with ie hair loss, fuzzy memory, joint pain and weight gain. I try to eat well, fast two days a week, exercise daily and take vit C, D and B12 daily too. I am thinking of trying Happy PMS cream and would like to know if anyone has tried it with carbimazole please? Also can anyone recommend any supplements that I can use with carbimazole to help with my symptoms? Many thanks

[Silver_Fairy]

I had the onset of Graves and menopause together too. It is sometimes difficult to tell which is giving the symptoms as they are so similar.

Your Carbimazole dose may need to be lowered (your Endo's opinion of 'balanced' may differ from a patients opinion!) Maybe start a new post with your thyroid results (with ranges) and I'm sure someone will comment.

How are your iron levels?

[elvina in reply to Silver_Fairy]

Hi

Silver_Fairy

Thanks very much for the reply.

I have just received my current blood results which are - FT4 - 12, FT3 - 4.6 and TSH 2.31 - euthyroid. 

Originally I was on beta blockers and 15mg of carbimazole but have now been on 10mg since Oct 2015. My endo wants to keep me on 10mg till September and says that then he will take me off it if my bloods are still OK, I did ask about reducing to 5mg now but he said no. 

Thanks very much. 

Elvina

[Sophitje in reply to elvina]

Hi Elvina, I was wondering if you got the answer to your question after your post. I am on carbimazole 40 mg (I've just relapsed after an 8 year remission period) I am now 47 and have peri menopause symptoms (mainly hot flushes at night and sleep affected by them). I'd like to try natural supplements but not sure what would agree/disagree with the carbimazole. I'm waiting for endo appointment booked in April, hopefully earlier if the clinic can fit me in as the gp has referred me as 'urgent ish'. I'm also on propranolol but only for another week. I'm feeling fine so the carbi is working well for me but I don't want nasty effect from supplements. Please let me know if you tried anything that was recommended to you? Thanks