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The Foundation's patient & family conferences are designed to help attendees learn more about Graves’ Disease, thyroid eye disease, and related disorders. Guest speakers include physicians, researchers, and allied health professionals. Attendees are also be able to share their own experiences and connect with fellow patients and family members.

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Recent Forum Posts

  • Mood Swing

    May 17, 2019, 6:19 p.m.

    Hello - This video from Dr. Ira Lesser will hopefully shed some light behind the *why* of the mood issues....

  • Mood Swing

    May 15, 2019, 7:45 p.m.

    Hi all, I love being around people. I love to smile and being helpful as much as I could. However, often...

  • t3 and t4 in range, TSH low

    May 14, 2019, 4:32 p.m.

    I never had a normal TSH when I was on methimazole. When my T4 and T3 were in the normal range, it was always...

  • t3 and t4 in range, TSH low

    May 13, 2019, 12:03 p.m.

    There are lots of drugs beside anti-thyroid drugs that can cause hair loss. This article lists some of them,...

  • t3 and t4 in range, TSH low

    May 13, 2019, 8:41 a.m.

    Yes, I'm on methimazole. 5mg daily. I just hoped the hair loss would stop as my labs got more in range. The...

  • t3 and t4 in range, TSH low

    May 11, 2019, 6:06 a.m.

    Are you on methimazole? It is a drug and one of its side effects is hair loss, irregardless of thyroid...

  • t3 and t4 in range, TSH low

    May 10, 2019, 7:16 a.m.

    Hi all, Just wondered if anyone has had the same thing happen, t3 and t4 are both in range and have been...

  • Change in medication

    May 8, 2019, 9:34 a.m.

    Hello - I've not taken Cytomel (and am not a doc), but based on the prescribing info, it looks like the...

  • Change in medication

    May 7, 2019, 2:28 a.m.

    I am not a doctor, nor would I suggest ignoring your physicians advice, but in reviewing the warnings on...

  • Change in medication

    May 6, 2019, 5:21 p.m.

    So I have had Graves' disease since 2012 and it took about a year to find my sweet spot with a combination of...

  • Graves Disease and hair loss

    May 2, 2019, 6:26 p.m.

    Hello and welcome - We're fellow patients here, so can't give advice on medications. In general, the active...

  • Graves Disease and hair loss

    May 2, 2019, 11:14 a.m.

    Hi everyone, DX with Graves in November, on methimazole since December. all labs were within...

  • Thyroidoctomy after RAI ??

    April 30, 2019, 4:04 p.m.

    RAI can start the eye disease in some people. Yet sometimes the eye disease occurs after thyroidectomy, altho...

  • Thyroidoctomy after RAI ??

    April 30, 2019, 3:18 p.m.

    Thnx for ur reply So u think that thyroidoctomy for me now is useless ?? My thyroid now is dead and my...

  • Thyroidoctomy after RAI ??

    April 30, 2019, 8:30 a.m.

    You can have a thyroidectomy after RAI, and there is some suggestion of RAI after thyroidectomy. The object...

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