On medication for hyperthyroidism with carbimazole 7.5mg and every time something stressfull happens it feels like something presses on my chest and from back, like I'm bieng squeezed and I can't breath properly.
Anyone had this and any remedies for that ?
That does happen in Graves. Stress is the trigger. One immediate remedy is to just take a step back and breathe deeply. That might help. Over the long term, learning to manage the stress and making changes to accommodate stressors, will help.
When I was first diagnosed, I continued living as I did, and within 3 months of diagnosis and starting carbimazole, everything came undone and I suffered my first relapse. I had not made the necessary lifestyle changes nor improved my diet nor managed my stressors, and the Graves body, reacts very differently to stress. Where the pre-Graves body would have been able to take the stress effects, the Graves body will act out.
Hi there,
Ling is right - Graves symptoms are triggered by anything stressful. Same happened to me before my TT 4 months ago. I was on Tapazole for 2 years.
You may wish to try meditation - there are lots of good videos on mindfulness on You Tube and books as well . It really helps - it helps your body learn deep breathing and it will relax on its own once you train it.
Hope you feel better and wishing you well!
Tai chi teaches deep breathing as well.
Deeply empathise though. With 2 young kids, you have your hands full
Thank you so much for the support it means a lot.
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