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Angela Antoniou
Great video, as always, I’ve been diagnosed with Graves, and also have had hashimotos for the past 20 years.
My GP and endo aren’t too sure how to treat, just monitoring at the moment.
Geez how do you get both? Or did Hashis morph into Graves?
Pamela Lee I have antibodies for both, and swing from hypo to hyper.
I don’t think it’s too common to have both and my endo really doesn’t know how to help me
I have Graves. My first endo overmedicated me so now I have both. Switched endos, followed Dr Shook’s diet and suggestions and finally feeling better. Slowly weaning off the methimazole but continue lab work and monitoring
Is this your specialty?
Graves disease here. Thanks for this video
Lynn James Gallagher
Yes indeed! Thank you!
Love your videos. You do a great job explaining things.
Agreed! Love your videos, please continue to make them.
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Thank you for sharing about Graves….can you please talk more about it….I’m new to Graves, thanks much!
A friend of mine had graves. She was almost 6 foot tall and barely weighed 100 pounds. She could never gain weight and ended up hospitalized and having her thyroid removed.
She will always have Graves.
Had Graves and took the radioactive iodine too. Still up and down with my levels too. Having a lot of stomach issues. What can I do??? Weight is up and down also. Hair loss etc…..
Love the videos. Graves’ disease here and still looking for more info. What happens with Graves’ disease once thyroidectomy is done. Obviously you become hypo however the disease it’s self does it go away? Thanks from Oz!
No sadly, once you have Graves’ disease you will have it for life.
Please continue … I have graves … Did the Radio active iodine pill
Yrs ago take Synthroid every day.
Thank you. I have Graves and currently on methimazole. Do not want to have RAI so I’m just taking the methimazole for now. I would love more information about finding the root cause for mine. I just do not know where to start.
Same here.
I have Graves. My first endo wanted RAI. I did not. Since it wasn’t life threatening I waited. I did tons of research, found amazing doctors who do listen and changed my diet, reduce stress and more extensive testing. I’m finally feeling better, sleeping better, managing weight, hair growing back and weaning off meds. Don’t give up! Best to keep your thyroid unless you must kill/remove. Good luck.
Christy Olson what diet changes did you do? I read paleo was good for Graves.
Jennifer Estaris first I went through his Transformation Program. Now I basically do AI Paleo. I eat a lot of lean protein, good fat, lots of veggies, some fruits and water daily. No gluten nor dairy.
How about Behçet’s disease ?
Thank you!
More Graves videos please! Thanks for this.
Thank you for your videos, please continue to make them ,
Would very much like more videos and info on Graves. I was diagno.sed in 2001. My first symtom was crawling skin. It felt like I had bugs crawling all over. Blockers were not working. Had what you call a thyroid storm. RAI saved my life. Graves pokes its ugly head out from time to time. I would like to know what vitamins you suggest and what kind of diet. I exercise at a gym three days a week. I was still slowly gaining weight even though my levels are normal, I am now taking Armour Thyroid for about two years now. Before that it was Snythroid and Levo (sic). My doctors advice was to watch calorie intake. Since October I have eaten only 900-1200 calories a day and yet I bounce back and forth. I lost ten and bounce a few pounds up or down but basically the same. Thanks.
Thanks for the video! I was diagnosed January 2014 with Graves. Is it best to see an endocrinologist or an immunologist to treat this disease? What vitamins/ supplements do you suggest to take? Thanks in advance!
You may know now, but b12 is great for energy, vitamin d is important, biotin for your skin, hair and nails, I take magnesium/calcium/zinc for bone and muscle because they weaken. I’ve heard of people taking selenium as well.
And they suggest an endocrinologist because it affects your thyroid.
Dale Richter
Alicia Vacchiano hes got some good stuff
Just a warning to your readers. I was given Tapozole for my hyperthyroid. It was unknown for a month (had other medical things going on taking precedence) I was having an allergic reaction to the medication. The reaction cause my white blood count to drop significantly. If you are ever to take this, please have your WBC checked. I don’t know how quickly, the WBC will be effected, but certainly talk to your Endrocrinologist to avoid any problems.
These videos are great. I wish my hometown had a support group.
On the same page Labrador, QLD.
Love the videos!!Please keep us informed.
Please tell us more.
When I was diagnosed I was in the middle of a thyroid storm, felt so close to death. Thank you for breaking down your info that regular people can understand. I have learned more from you then any of my doctors.
Thank you for your videos
Love these videos! Have Graves, thyroids in remission but is attacking my eyes
So sorry
Finally a Graves Disease video! More please – specifically how to function after RAI and deal with the brain fog, fatigue and menstrual issues that’s still remain.
Agreed! I’m gluten free and that helps a lot but still have a lot of issues. My doctor tells me that some of it just might not go away no matter what.
I was diagnosed in April of 1978. 1 was pregnant at the time. After the child was born they worked hard to get everything under control and finally gave me a Radioactive Capsule to take which killed my Thyroid. Of course I have doctored the rest of my life for it. At the onset of ‘Graves Disease’ I slso had a Goiter on my neck and my eyes were pushed forward, not allowing my eyelids to cover my eyes. I am better, but I still have my bouts with it. I really liked your video, very informative.
Karen Darcera Palma
I went into a thyroid storm. TSH .004 They gave me radioactive iodine. Now I am hypo and have to take Levothyroxine every day. I would have liked to have been given other options.
I was Diagnosed with Graves almost 2 years ago, they put me on Methimzole 10mg/day it made my muscles hurt and ache. My Endocrineologist stated that there are only 3 different ways to help the Graves disease, 1-medication, 2-Iodine radiation, 3 take it out and you still have to take meds. My question is, why has there not been more studies on Graves to include more research. I hate taking meds they mess with other organs in the body.
Good afternoon Dr. Brad, thank you so much for your video…
It seem like you do FB live inside your car just like I do… I don’t have medical information like you do, but I like to sing in my car.. Lol
Have a bless day:-))
More videos PLEASE . Thank you!
I have Hashis, and your videos help me prepare and advocate for myself. Please keep them coming!
Michelle Dufort Berggren
Ty!
Love the videos!
Linda Key he has some good info on this
Please continue to educate us, especially about Graves’ Disease!
So clear thanks Brad. I’m in Oz!
Thank you so very much for the work that you do!
I have read that the driver to Grave’s disease can be gut issues. I have had leaky gut problems for years so it makes sense to me why my thyroid is playing up.
What are the drivers of the autoimmune process that need to be worked on. How do you find out?
yes more on Graves please and how to reverse autoimmunity and put Graves into remission. There is so much out there on Hashimotos and very little on Graves. Can you talk about TRab and TSI please, similar to you how talked about TPO and TG for Hashimotos?
I am reading a lot of responses indicating they “Had Graves “. You will always have Graves. It might go into remission, but will show up now and then. I did not know this either, until one of my doctors told me, about 15 years after I was diagnosed and treated with RAI.
I was just diagnosed with Graves last week and have a 3.5cm nodule on my thyroid. I have also lived with celiac since 1998. This video was so wonderful and truly encouraging. Mainly just to know more information!! I am nervous about the next steps and trying to get information about the best decision for my body!!!!
thank you so much for making this video.first i had a hyperthyroidism after I gave birth I was 20 years old.been on a medicine for a year and then stopped as my doctor wanted to see how I feel without them,at first I felt fine.then I started to get those terrible symptoms had really bad chest pains for 2 years, my breathing started to get worse felt like someones struggling me and didn’t know what was going on. GP done a blood test and told me my hyperthyroidism is back. finally after 5 years my graves is under control now and blood tests are fine for couple of months now. I just hate graves disease as it ruins everything…. 🙁 one thing is bothering me can it effect my eyes? don’t wanna my eyeballs to pop out.
TED (thyroid eye disease) is usually only common with Graves. You can have hyperthyroidism without having Graves’ disease. You are not guaranteed to get TED. I have Graves’ disease and I do not have it.
It all depends on if the antibody decides to attack your eyes.
More info on Graves please! I’m almost euthyroid but still have low energy, brain fog and bone and joint pain and still can’t lose the 20lbs it gave me…
I suffered a thyroid storm which caused a heart attack in April. I know I am so lucky to be here. Had TT in June..
Isn’t this just easy to read on the internet. Can you not give more info.
Sadly, there really isn’t much info on Graves as it really hasn’t been researched much. Invisible diseases get left behind
Thank you! Please talk more about Graves
I got more info on this video than I have from my Endo on Graves
I have Graves and have used the AIP diet and made a huge difference. I’ve been off for a couple months due to travel and I can already feel what certain foods do to my body. I also have a maternal aunt that has graves and my maternal grandmother died from hashimotos..thyroid storm.
My son died from congestive heart failure due to Graves
I want to know about Graves’ disease in remission. I’ve been in remission for 5 years but still have SOO MANY SYMPTOMS. It makes me feel like I’m crazy? Can you do a video on that?
Also– I just realized this year I have BOTH hashimotos and graves listed on my list of medical conditions through Kaiser. Is that possibly correct? And if so, can you talk more about that?
Yes, you can have antibodies to both, it’s autoimmune tissue expansion. You need to work-up the driving factors of the autoimmune process. You can learn how I do it here: https://drbradshook.com/functional-medicine-doctor-hashimotos/ Hope this helps.
I love this video! He describes Graves so well and I understand more about Graves. Thank you! God Bless!
Dean Manning
What about after radiation or tt? I feel like there’s so many like me diagnosed many years ago where they immediately said radiation or tt? I didn’t even know it was a autoimmune disease then. 14 years ago.
Yes, absolutely I’ve worked with several people that no longer have a thyroid. The autoimmunity does not go away after the thyroid is removed, it commonly expands to other tissues. This is the process I use to evaluate thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity https://drbradshook.com/functional-medicine-doctor-hashimotos/ Hope this helps.
What I wish people would talk about more is what happens to you after your thyroid goes hypo and your on thyroid medication. The graves disease is still there it is still wreaking havoc on your body and your mind, but the problem is once your thyroid is a bladed the medical community forgets that you even have Graves. I had my thyroid ablated 10 years ago but Graves is still attacking everything. I still have hyperthyroid symptoms but normal TSH, T3, T4, Etc so while my blood work is coming back normal for my thyroid my doctor is just completely dismiss my Graves disease. How can we work to make sure the graves disease is not forgotten?
More videos on Graves, thank you
ITS REALLY REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEONE TEACHING ABOUT THE THROID WITHOUT A LONG 30 MINUTE SPEIL. THE ONLY THING I WISH IS THAT YOU WOULD PUT OUT THERE SYMPTOMS OF PEOPLE WITH GRAVES OR HASHIMOTO.SINCE BEING PUT ON THYOID MED I GAINED A LOT OF WEIGHT IN SHORT TIME AND HARD TO GET OFF. DRS SAY OH KNOW, YOU SHOULDVE LOST, MAKES ME WONDER IF I NEED IT.
You’re welcome. One simple thing that could be creating a lot of problems for you is your reverse T3 level. Reverse T3 will block the activity of your free T3 and cause you to have decreased metabolism even if your thyroid hormone levels are normal or slightly elevated.
I have Graves Disease. Had RAI 1998. Was doing great from 2002 to 2015. 2007 had a daughter finally went hypo. Have had frequent episodes of severe joint pain, insomnia, stomach problems, extreme brain fog sometimes for days. I have been diagnosed in past with EB. I have times I feel great and then crash. I take Atenonol 25 od , synthroid 50. I am doing labs monday. Hair and nails are a mess again. My weight is not hudging with dieting ect. Any suggestions
So so sorry that you are dealing with this. God bless my friend
Nancy Perfetto thank. Love ys xoxo
Hi Cheryl. Sorry you are going through so much. In similar cases I focus on the factors promoting the autoimmune process. Just because the thyroud was removed doesn’t change the fact that the immune system is attacking your body, it typically expands to other tissues.
This is the process I use: https://drbradshook.com/functional-medicine-doctor-hashimotos/
I hope this helps.
If you need assistance I consult with people across the US and in other countries.
If you could help me you’d be the first.
My doctors hands are in the air.
I have Graves Disease
Thyroid eye Disease, pretybial myxadema
Clubbing, and other things…. I’m hopeless
Tim, sorry you’re going through so much. I’ve definitely worked with people that I couldn’t help, but if I didn’t try, who would?
I may not be able to help you, but I would try if you would be committed to make the changes needed to give you the best chance of improving your health.
This video explains my process for working up autoimmunity. If you have any questions let me know. https://drbradshook.com/functional-medicine-doctor-hashimotos/ Hope this helps.
If you have your thyroid removed, will you still have Graves’ disease and ophthalmology issues (double vision, dry, etc)?
Jessica Nicole just thought I’d tag you
Thanks lady, love you
Love you too xo
What is the right treatment works for a 12 year old? How do you even decide? There is side effects with the radio active iodine., Also issue can arise with surgery.
What are the drivers? How are they identified?
Rebecca, this video series covers the latest science on investigating autoimmune drivers. Though I discuss hashimotos here, it is the same process for all autoimmune conditions. Hope this helps. https://www.facebook.com/watch/drbradshook/4245082435505775/?sfnsn=mo
https://www.facebook.com/watch/drbradshook/4245082435505775/?sfnsn=mo
I have just been diagnosed with Graves. I’m trying to determine what caused it and how to move forward with treatment. My numbers are off the charts!
Rebecca, sorry you’re going through this. Here is a link that will take you to the first video in the series I created on “What causes autoimmunity?” https://www.facebook.com/drbradshook/videos/2562585720735434
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook thank you very much. All responses I’ve received from folks had been for low thyroid. I’m looking forward to learning
From you!
What test tells you that you have graves?
Wow amazing stuff ty for clarifying everything Ive been going through.. had no idea what I was dealing with was so serious..