nodule & graves advice HELP

[zad31]

I went to my doc on monday thought the was a lump on goriter she said there seems to be a nodule but nothing else done about it because iam being treated at hospital.Dont have another appointment with them till nov. My levels were fine on my last appointment from then ive bad shakes, feeling sick, always uptight, and sooo tired, blurred vision i also get a rash that looks like tiny blisters then they go away come up somewhere else i put them down to being stressed cus of the above symptoms has this happened to anyone else? I no iam being treated for hyperthyroid but graves has never been mentioned are they the same thing? on my replay from dr lupo he said he would persume i had graves can any one tell me if i need to get tested for this aswell if so what are the symptoms of graves iam very confused? HELP

[zad31]

Thank you for replaying you have told me more than my doc's have told me in 2 years they just tell me my thyroid is over and take meds thats it but i will be asking alot more questions now yes i was on meds was on neomerozole40 and thyroxine150 per day they took me off them 2 see if i relapse in2 hyper again they say symptoms suggest that i am will no better in nov Thank you again

[GravesLady]

They can tell Graves' with doing TSH and both F/Ts.
Hyperthyroidism and Graves' are treated the same.  Graves' is Hyperthyroidism  (Hyper/Graves').  However you can be hyperthyroid without being Graves', but you can't be Graves' without being hyperthyroid.
So, in a sense, it doesn't really matter if you are Graves' as far as treatment goes.

Graves' and Hyperthyroid share some of the same symptoms, as well as other health conditions.  So it is hard to distinguish between them.  That is, to tell if symptoms are from Graves, Hyperthydism or other health conditions.

Stress is not good for Hyper/Graves' and will bring the disease to the forefront, that is, out of hiding, and also will make symptoms worse, as well as smoking, and is bad for TED (thyroid eye disease).

You stated that your are being treated for hyperthyroid? Which I assume you are taking ATDs medication. So that would explain normal levels.  However, if you are not being treated as yet and levels are normal, then you do not have thyroid issue.  You can have nodule with normal levels and without being thyroid.  Normally, though, nodules don't come with all the symptoms you discribed, unless hyper-function, in which case would relate in abnormal levels.

You didn't give us much to go by. You will have to wait and see what the hospital comes up with.  I assume they will be doing other test such as up-take and scan, which will tell if you have nodule and which type.

Good Luck.