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My Graves was caught relatively early and my eye symptoms were mostly dry, red irritated eyes but no bulging or swelling.  My opthalmologist put collagen plugs in my tear ducts keep more moisture in them.  You are on a relatively high dose of Methimazole.  What I found for me was when I added supplements to my meds i.e. Regular L-Carnitine, Acetyl-L-Carnitine especially and vitamin D3, my values improved quite quickly and I felt much better.  For the eye problems you can take 200 mg of Selenium or eat two Brazil nuts a day.  Some people have put cotton pads soaked in witch hazel over closed eyelids and say it has helped.  If you have problems with the eyes, you need to be followed by an ocular surgeon.  The goal is to normalize your levels and lower your antbodies and you can do this with low dose meds and supplements.  Avoid RAI at all costs because it does not get rid of antibodies and you can develop eye disease even years later after RAI.

Hi kylie. I was diagnosed last February for graves and my eyes didn't bulge I'm 34 and had most of the hyper symptoms and the swollen goitre which wasn't noticable but it was for me. You have to just get on with it. I didn't take any time off work or anything like that, Its a slow process tbh

I'm still tweaking my meds a year on to get me back to the normal range. I've been under with meds and back up over they can't seem to get the tablets right.

Hope this helps

Emily