found a new site tonite that looks pretty good and seems to have an active community – thyroid support centre
i have another week until i get my blood drawn & already have a doc appt for the end of january. it will be very interesting to see how things are going. i’m feeling pretty decent – energetic, brain seems to be working better, libido is even starting to return. probably most settling is my heart rate. it doesn’t feel like it’s racing all the time.
i am getting the occasional hyper symptom. every once & again my hands will feel shakey. and the weird itching appears that i had years ago when first diagnosed (prior to diagnosis, i was frequently itchy everywhere but at some point that stopped. thru out the graves, only 1 place was consistently itchy – my right nipple -WTF?!?!?!).
while i’m very good at remembering to take my thyroid meds, i’m not so great at remembering to take the other vitamins & such i want to take. i’m trying to take cQ10 as i’ve heard good things about it – especially for the gums. am also trying to remember to take iron (ferroous sulfate).
tonite i’m going to start some herbs to help with the brain fog, liver detox & bloating as i’m wondering how much of my tummy is graves fat vs bloat. i’m taking ginko biloba (good for blood flow, free radicals & clotting. mixed research on memory assistance), milk thistle for the liver and avena sativa which seems to assist with the detox, increase energy & help with the libido (btw, this is oats. yes, just oats).
