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Hi guys!

I just wanted to send out a post of encouragement to everyone. This is a wonderful site to learn about treatment options for hyper and hypothyroidism and it helped me feel less alone!

But I also think it is important to talk about the recovery process to give everyone who just got diagnosed some hope!

I was diagnosed with graves disease about a year ago. I felt like my life was over, and I realize now this was mainly due to graves disease itself. I had so much anxiety and stress, I couldn't sleep, my heart was racing constantly, I had major joint pain. Never in my life have I felt that out of control of my emotions. I got the radioactive iodine (I realize this is not the right treatment for everyone, but at the time I didn't realize there really were other treatments) and it took several months for me to transition to hypothyroidism.

This also wasn't the easiest transition. I had a different kind of insomnia and an allergic reaction to the dyes and bindings of Levothyroxine. All my hair fell out, and I had major rashes all along my body. But now I am on Tirosint and thankfully it has stopped.

Now I finally feel back to my old self. I can actually exercise again and sleep all the way through the night. Most importantly, the minute I turned hypo all my anxiety just went away. I am in graduate school and back to living my life again! I guess I just wanted people to know that it does get better. This isn't an easy process, but in the end you can still live a happy, fulfilled life!

Good luck!

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Thanks for posting your very positive post and am sure it will help those struggling at present. I am glad you are now back to good health. It is a wonderful feeling. Oh! if only we had doctors who knew a bit about healing by giving us the thyroid hormones that suit us and returns us to good health.

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Glad to hear your uve survived it all and you’re doing so well, like shaws says, if only all doctors knew enough to give everyone the thyroid hormones that suited them best. 😊

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