Re: Anyone with Grave's disease?

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Debbie-

I too had Graves (or so they think it was), and had the RAI about 4

years ago. I've expereinced this with sensitivity to light some here

and there but nothing too bad, I just wear sunglasses almost everytime

I am out. Im anxcious to see what others will say.

Im waiting to get more testing before I finally make the leap to

armour, my adrenals are pretty bad, so don't want to try it yet.

Its been up and down for years with symptoms. Its hard to say if

sensitivity to light is a sign of hypoT or adrenal. I've also read

about thryoid eye disease after having the RAI, which scared the heck

out of me. My eye doc says my nerve in my eye has become larger, but

nothing significant yet.That would be glacoma starting, I believe.

Hopefully someone on here can answer this better than I can. I jsut

wanted to tell you that I have the exact same thing, so you're not

alone.

THanks

thyroidsupport@...

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> I have Grave's disease and had RAI four years ago. My thyroid levels

> have been fluctuating lately and I am experiencing some issues with

my

> vision. I was wondering if anyone else has the same problem? My

eyes

> are more sensitive to light and sometimes I just feel like I am in a

> tunnel. I notice that when I up my dose of Armour or IsoCort, it

gets

> temporarily better but doesn't stay that way. I do not know if I am

at

> my optimum dose but wanted to hear what other had to say.

>

> Debbie

>

[Guest guest]

,

It's nice to finally find someone who can relate. I do have another

complication which is a degenerative eye disease, but it seems like

when my thyroid levels were doing good, my eyes did not bother me

near as much. One thing my endo did is put me on Prednisone eye

drops (1 percent) once a day to keep the swelling of the ocular nerve

down. My eyes don't protude or " stare " but I noticed that while I am

working with my thyroid and adrenals, I feel more pressure on my

eyeball. When I touch my eyelid (closed)..it seems more pronounced.

Hence you get drier eyes and more sensitivity to light. I am back on

my drops and doing better but know it will be much better when the

rest of my body is in balance.

Thanks again...Debbie

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> Debbie-

> I too had Graves (or so they think it was), and had the RAI about 4

> years ago. I've expereinced this with sensitivity to light some

here

> and there but nothing too bad, I just wear sunglasses almost

everytime

> I am out. Im anxcious to see what others will say.

> Im waiting to get more testing before I finally make the leap to

> armour, my adrenals are pretty bad, so don't want to try it yet.

> Its been up and down for years with symptoms. Its hard to say if

> sensitivity to light is a sign of hypoT or adrenal. I've also read

> about thryoid eye disease after having the RAI, which scared the

heck

> out of me. My eye doc says my nerve in my eye has become larger,

but

> nothing significant yet.That would be glacoma starting, I believe.

> Hopefully someone on here can answer this better than I can. I jsut

> wanted to tell you that I have the exact same thing, so you're not

> alone.

> THanks

>

> thyroidsupport@...

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> > I have Grave's disease and had RAI four years ago. My thyroid

levels

> > have been fluctuating lately and I am experiencing some issues

with

> my

> > vision. I was wondering if anyone else has the same problem? My

> eyes

> > are more sensitive to light and sometimes I just feel like I am

in a

> > tunnel. I notice that when I up my dose of Armour or IsoCort, it

> gets

> > temporarily better but doesn't stay that way. I do not know if I

am

> at

> > my optimum dose but wanted to hear what other had to say.

> >

> > Debbie

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[Guest guest]

Debbie-

Wow, predisone eye drops?

Doesn't that contain HC? Maybe its hurting/helping the adrenals then?

I have degenerative eye disease in my family, as well as

glacoma...and thyroid issues does seem to bring out every disease

there is, doesn't it? I get that feeling about two months out of the

year (the touching the eyeball it feels like its bludging more, with

pressure of course), mine goes and comes.

Maybe it is when our levels are lower/ or hgiher it aggravates the

disease (graves)...the antibodies we still carry might even have an

effect. Have you been tested for thyroid antibodies? Mine are still

there, but not TOO TOO high...I get the throat swelling feeling every

once in a while from that.

I'll spend some time tommorrow looking up some stuff about antibodies

effect on eyes/thyroid levels effect on eyes, and see what I can

find. Feel free to email me anytime...this forum stuff gets confusing

at times, trying to find the last message you wrote on.

Talk to you soon, I'll let you know what I find.

thyroidsupport@...

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> It's nice to finally find someone who can relate. I do have

another

> complication which is a degenerative eye disease, but it seems like

> when my thyroid levels were doing good, my eyes did not bother me

> near as much. One thing my endo did is put me on Prednisone eye

> drops (1 percent) once a day to keep the swelling of the ocular

nerve

> down. My eyes don't protude or " stare " but I noticed that while I

am

> working with my thyroid and adrenals, I feel more pressure on my

> eyeball. When I touch my eyelid (closed)..it seems more

pronounced.

> Hence you get drier eyes and more sensitivity to light. I am back

on

> my drops and doing better but know it will be much better when the

> rest of my body is in balance.

>

> Thanks again...Debbie

>