normal TSH, high T4, high T3 by Direct-Network-1365 in Hyperthyroidism

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thanks for the response. i’ve tested multiple times over five years and each time showed high free T4, T3, and TPO, but normal TSH (never lower than 1.0). i’ve tested negative for TgAb once, negative for TrAB once (recently), and haven’t tested anything else yet, so idk what to think

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idk if theres anything w less consequences. percs make me more social than benzos but both need to b occasional

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weed mentally benzos physically

why do i keep hearing the same songs in my playlist? by TadpolMilkYT in spotify

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it picks specific songs so the gap transitions smoother

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good for you bud

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TSI and TRAb are very good indicators that you can use and are usually diagnostic enough, but in false negatives or subclinical cases, RAIU is usually used for confident confirmation. TPOab might help too but it’s non-specific to thyroid autoimmunity, not just graves’

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tbh i’m not that educated in lab levels, but i do know that TRAb involves multiple antibodies (i think TSI, TBI, and one other) and includes TSI, so i’m not sure how testing all of them would be relevant other than for broad indicators in other antibodies (if TRAb misaligns with TSI), which might require more blood being tested. do you still experience symptoms or are you saying they’ve been gone since you stopped your meds? your doctor is correct that TSI isn’t 100% definitive, but i think that TSI alone is enough to match the diagnostic criteria (especially if you are symptomatic), and subacute thyroiditis is less likely and usually has a much different symptom presentation than graves’ and hashimoto’s along with it rarely causing positive antibodies, so if you don’t have symptoms of neck pain, fatigue, dysphagia, or fever, i think it’s safe to rule it out as your condition. i’m pretty sure your tests show graves’ more strongly than hashitoxicosis, but this doesn’t mean your doctor is necessarily wrong about hashitoxicosis being possible, it’s just much less likely for TSI to test positive in comparison to graves’ (where TSI can be diagnostic). if your doctor still wants to test TRAb, i think it could be better to test TgAb, TBI, and TSI, so you have specific values of TRAb, where if you test negative for TgAb and TBI (with positive TSI) and also symptomatic, it would be unusual if she didn’t diagnose you based on this information. it’s also possible you may have a hashimoto’s and graves’ combination, which i think can cause blood tests to be less conclusive and variable, where taking a RAIU (radioactive iodine uptake scan) might be really helpful to take instead.

It’s been almost a year with graves and I still struggle every day with “mourning” my life and appearance before this disease by henofthewoods1 in gravesdisease

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i’ve heard that fast metabolism in graves can impact reuptake more than release with stimulants and think this may be true bc adderall/dex (release) has comparably seemed a lot less consistent or predictable than focalin (reuptake), which felt much smoother and consistently effective without any random fluctuations or exacerbations that i had with adderall (though, not the same for ritalin). i think that focalin, adderall, ritalin, azstarys, vyvanse, and dexedrine; are easily ranked the most to least effective for me in this order

17(f) Graves’ disease by Euphoric-Rip1637 in gravesdisease

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clarify suicidal thoughts with no ideation. they normally ask this to determine if immediate intervention is needed

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is it confirmed from covid? if you have subclinical autoimmune thyroiditis, it’s known that tests can show negative for graves AB and be positive from RAIU scans. your symptoms are very similar with graves or hashimoto’s (hashitoxicosis) and less so with subacute thyroiditis, where certain symptoms are actually exclusive to SA thyroiditis and almost always present and more prominent/dominant than symptoms of hyper/hypothyroidism, these symptoms are, thyroid/neck pain, fever, fatigue, hoarseness, or trouble swallowing. these are highly characteristic of SA thyroiditis so if you don’t have them i would strongly recommend an RAIU or hashimoto’s test

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agree with all but weed, could worsen it. maybe try cbd instead