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» vickwithpc - duration of early graves before officially Graves

Hi! I can thank at a minimum my mom, aunt, great aunt, and 1st cousin on my mom's side for thyroid problems. I feel like I am losing my mind (my boss of 10 years can't understand what is wrong with my brain for the past months) because I am making mistakes or forgetting things (I'm keeping a list b/c I don't know what to do about it!), I am always stressed out (but who isn't too busy these days) and paranoid over things, I quickly change moods (my poor family!), I try to gain weight and eat more, but I still wake up, use the restroom, and my flat stomach is back, and the list goes on....

Here are my lab results:
T4 Free: 1.27 (taken 1 week ago)
T4 Free: 1.59 (taken 3 months ago)
TSH: 0.10
Thyroglobulin Antibody: 373
Thyroid Peroxidase: 54

My Dr. diagnosed me with early Graves, and is not prescribing any meds. I am to go back again in a few months to retest TSH and FT4.

I just want my brain back. How long before I can expect my FT4 number to go bad. Or won't it? I've been reading what I can, and I can't find any clear information on how long symptoms happen before full-blown GD is diagnosed. Or maybe there is something I can do on my end to get better without any more numbers going bad?

Thank you so very much.
Vickie, age 32

-- posted by vickwithpc