Mild Hyperthyroidism

Mild Graves’ disease to me is a little bit like  saying ... she’s mildly pregnant  ..  ie  as  she’s either pregnant or she’s Not .. if you know what I mean .

....There’s nothing mild about Graves’ disease. 

Trent I’m sorry at 38 you’ve been told you may have this ... but it’s not the end of the world either .. not by any means 

I ,  and many others  on here have  researched our situations greatly and discovered ways to get into remission .. they say Graves cannot be cured but I assure you .. when in remission , as I have been for around three years  ... it certainly feels like being cured  !

I assure you .

Trent , you’ve come to a good place for help .... so THAT was the first step in the right direction !

It is not enough just to use the terms NORMAL ... or ABNORMAL    as it does not give the makeup of the results .., so 

First thing you need to do  is have your bloods tested .

if that last set of bloods you had done was recently then ask for a printed copy of those results 

They are obliged to give them to you by law now ... so insist on having them , they are ... yours 

Once you get them 

Print out the figures on here

 ( including the Nos. in brackets )

Which are your Lab ranges  and those differ from Lab to Lab 

We will then be able to see where you are and what the next step is likely to be .

BUT ... it is vital to distinguish HYPERthyroidism from Graves Disease   ...  and that means you must  be tested for Graves Antibodies !!!

So you must ask your Doctor to test that too .

Please let us see your results do that you can be further advised

Keep us posted ... 

Best of Luck

Luv mx🌹

Oh !  ...  meant to add

.....also my treatment for getting into remission or Euthyroid  ,

consisted of taking 

Carbimazole  20mg  each morning for  a few months .. then down to 10 mg  

 Then I really felt my symptoms becoming less and less  ...

 then after another few months down to 5mg per day 

That  was a good time , as I started to feel like me again .. 

and really  all I had left then , was muscle pain to deal with .

That is gone now too ..

But it didn’t happen overnight 

It is a relatively slow process 

But you seem to have  caught it in its tracks ... so hopefully it will be a much quicker process for you .

Mx🌹

My Graves disease journey: in about 5 years, my thyroid level (typically TSH) went from normal to the lower end for one year, to borderline for 2~3 years, and finally down to the drain... During the 2, 3 years of borderline, my doctor did NOT do anything about it, not even a warning note. It all came to the point at the drastic level change to dangerously abnormal that they started scrambling to do everything to even stress you up more! And it's too late. My opinion: any borderline, subclinical, or "mild" symptoms are the warning sign and precursor of the onset to the dreadful hyperthyroidism/GD. If I were alarmed at the point of borderline and advised for the lifestyle change and prevention from triggering the disorder, I could not have gone under the pit of suffering. It's too late for me now, but everybody can learn from it and grasp the benefit. 

I’ll find my results and put them up.

I have another test due soon and then a consultation after that. I have had antibodies tested but haven’t had the results of those yet so I think I’ll get these upon next consult with the specialist