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Wondered about Recovering
I didn't really ask any questions back when I was first diagnosed, but I realized now 1 1/2 years later that I have a few questions.
1) I wondered why I was in the ICU when I was officially diagnosed? Everything went in one ear and out another that day and I was not myself, but I knew I had Thyroid Storm, which was linked to misdiagnosed of Graves Disease.
2) Why is treatment so long? I never really caught that part since I was tired and out of it.
3) I had mini seizures before treatment when I ran while doing sports. I still get them once in awhile if I run now that I'm on medications, but not as bad as usual. Why am I still getting them?
4) How long will I need follow up care and what will it bring to my future (eg. kids, jobs etc.)
Thanks in advance!
1) I wondered why I was in the ICU when I was officially diagnosed? Everything went in one ear and out another that day and I was not myself, but I knew I had Thyroid Storm, which was linked to misdiagnosed of Graves Disease.
2) Why is treatment so long? I never really caught that part since I was tired and out of it.
3) I had mini seizures before treatment when I ran while doing sports. I still get them once in awhile if I run now that I'm on medications, but not as bad as usual. Why am I still getting them?
4) How long will I need follow up care and what will it bring to my future (eg. kids, jobs etc.)
Thanks in advance!
Hmm...well, now that I have had been put on the medication for it, it's happening way less frequent now.
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Those seizures don't sound like they are linked to hyperthyroidism/Graves disease...you need to discuss them with your doctor.
For seizures, I don't know what kind they were, but I knew that they were not grand mal.
What would happen is that after I run very fast in PE or do jumps in dance, particularly in Ballet, I would collapse and shake a little and my muscles would seize up for up to 5-10 seconds, then I would go back on what I was doing in the moment.
What would happen is that after I run very fast in PE or do jumps in dance, particularly in Ballet, I would collapse and shake a little and my muscles would seize up for up to 5-10 seconds, then I would go back on what I was doing in the moment.
The beginning stage of acute thyroid inflammation may cause severe hyperthyroidism, so the TSI antibodies must be measured to confirm GD
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2) Treatment lasts as long as you remain hyperthyroid or unless you choose to have your thyroid removed, ablated, etc.
3) What type of "seizures" are you having? What happens when you have them?
4) You will, most likely, need follow up care (routine blood work) for the rest of your life, but particularly, as long as you remain on any type of anti-thyroid medication or thyroid hormone medication, in the case of removal or ablation. You can have a normal future, including having college, jobs, children as long as you maintain adequate thyroid hormone levels, whether that be through taking the anti-thyroid medications or thyroid hormones if you should decided to have your thyroid removed or ablated.
Graves Disease "can" go into remission and you could maintain "normal" thyroid hormone levels or you could develop hypothyroidism at some point and require replacement thyroid hormones.