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Likewise I have been really symptomatic with mid range T3/4 and TSH around 1.0. It has caused huge problems as Docs have dismissed my symptoms as " must be something else " but there is nothing else !

This was aggravated by me moving home and country and getting an awful new GP. Eventually, in desperation, after being hospitalized twice (due to heart problems and a gastric bleed caused by anti inflammatories ) I self medicated on Carb I had at home. Was improved within 24 hrs and symptom free in a week ,- this is exactly how the Carb worked for me when I was first diagnosed hyperthyroid. Now I self medicate using L Carnitine but if I get a flare up I immediately take Carb for a week. Need it less and less with the Carnitine. My blood is good, my heart rhythm perfect, my blood pressure ( which was toxic) is 117/60. I am 56yo,, first diagnosed Oct 2010. Finally well !!!

This seems to be very cpmmon judging by comments others have left on different threads.  All the medical profession has to go on is your blood results, they seem to be either disinterested in how you're actually feeling, or without anything else to offer if you're still not feeling great.  Add to that the fact that no-one can understand how it feels to have Graves until you actually have it, and you'll find it difficult to get anyone to take you seriously!  I've been seeing my endo for almost a year but she still just goes on blood results.  The first time my results came into the 'normal' bracket, she was really pleased but I still felt rubbish - no energy, aching muscles etc.  All she could say was that there were a lot of viruses about at the time and I might have picked one up.  No help at all.  I started taking L-Carnitine and have felt better since.  Still not bouncing around with energy but better than I've felt since diagnosis.  I have also been better since my Carbimazole has been reduced and my levels have risen a little bit.  I asked my endo if it's possible that my levels have always been on the high side of normal and she said that it was so what is considered high for some people could be normal for me.  

This unfortunately isn't the type of condition that you can totally self-medicate but I believe that you can take some responsibility for your own health and remember that it's you that has to live with this 24/7, not your endo.  I am still taking L-Carnitine and also watching what I eat - trying to get more veggies in and less gluten and sugar - which seems to help.  I'm hoping to get off the Carbimazole completely in the next month or so and see how I go.  It's been a year since I was diagnosed and it's certainly been a long hard slog but this forum has been invaluable and I shall continue to keep up with it in the future.   

Hope you feel better soon. x

It does take a while to get back to normal. Without putting a downer on it, although it's a long time to feel unwell, you have only been having treatment for 11 weeks which isn't a long time to recover. Your blood levels may be 'normal', but there is a lag between normal thyroid blood levels, and feeling ok. When you are hyperthyroid your whole system is working overtime, plus quite often sleep is disturbed, your body has been depleted and is exhausted. It may take you many more months before you feel anywhere like normal.

Don't dispair though, there is lots of great advice and support on this forum, it's been helpful for me and if nothing else you realise you are not the only one going through this- you are not going crazy! Rest as much as you can and take advice on supplements.

Good luck and hope you feel better soon.

Joy x

What antibodies tests were run? The results?