A chance meeting at a medical conference in the early days of the Graves’ Disease and Thyroid Foundation (back then the National Graves’ Disease Foundation) led to a groundbreaking research…

Have you felt tense and irritable? Have you had trouble concentrating? You are not alone. If you have ever wondered whether your change in mood or thinking problems might be…

Recent studies show that severe prolonged stress and chronic negative thinking can compromise the immune system. By the same token, studies have also revealed that individuals with a positive attitude…

Taking steps toward recovery A diagnosis of depression may answer some of your questions about the way you’ve been feeling, but it probably raises many more. What causes depression? Who…

Bringing depression out into the open When you think of depression, you may think of “feeling blue” or “being down in the dumps.” These feelings certainly are a part of…

One hundred thirty-seven patients with treated Graves’ disease completed a questionnaire pertaining to neuropsychiatric complaints. Psychiatric symptoms, especially anxiety and irritability, were common prior to treatment of hyperthyroidism. These complaints…

The doctor said, “I think you have Graves’ disease, and I think you have had it for a while.” My mind thought back. Where had I heard of that disease…

Dear Husband of Graves’, This letter is to all of us who are or were married to someone with Graves’ disease. It is a letter from my heart as I…

In two previous issues of Orphan Disease Update I wrote about self pity, self blame, guilt, shame and hurt as distressful feelings you don’t have to live with. In this…

In a previous issue of Orphan Disease Update, I wrote about self-pity and self-blame, and about guilt and shame as feelings you don’t have to live with. In this issue,…