I was diagnosed with hyper T in 2004. I was put on both anti-thyroid meds, at different times, and was allergic to both. I was treated with a beta blocker (Inderal) for many years. I finally had to get my thyroid ablated with RAI and now I am hypo. Hopefully, your hyper can be treated with medication. Are you having heart palpatations? HBP? Fainting can be a result of high or low blood pressure.

If they put you on Inderall your heart palps should stop or at least get better. Ask if you can take it at night time as it might help you sleep too! Don't ever rush into anything such as RAI without second opinions. That is my best advice. Find a good endocrinologist. ✌

I have been hyper and hypo both! Lucky me. I tried the anti thyroid meds and my hair fell out and did not work too well. I thought about radio active iodine to kill my thyroid, but am allergic to iodine, and really didn't want to kill the whole thing. I opted for removal of 1/2 of my thyroid by a very, very skilled surgeon (worlds top surgeon is in San Francisco). You must go to an endocrinologist. GP's think they can handle thyroid and they can not! I have had lots of experience with people who did not know what they were doing trying to fix my thyroid problems. Also, not all endocrinologists are great either (oh, no!). So if you don't like the first one or two go to a third one. Good luck. This is fixable, it just take time and be patient.

I was diagnosed with Graves/Hyperthyroidism approx 5 years ago and I had no clue I had it. One morning I woke up and my eyes were hurting. It felt like there was these huge sacks of fluid behind my eyes and just touching them was painful. Not knowing what was happening I made an appointment to the eye doctor.

He told me to see an Endocrinologist as this symptom was in fact thyroid related. Then everything started making sense. I was hot all the time and would sweat profusely, had trouble sleeping, bouts of irritability. I was put on PTU (Propylthiouracil) for 3 years and then was switched to Trapazole (Methimazole). The endo told me early on that both medications were "black boxed" and have some serious side effects - one being death.

With that lingering in the back of my head he suggested two options - Radioactive Iodine Treatment or Surgery. I am fairly young and healthy and decided to take my risk with Surgery in Lou of the pill. I researched a lot during that time and felt more comfortable in the hands of a skilled surgeon.

All went well. I had the surgery Dec 24th 2013 - The scar is fading but I'm not a vain person and don't mind it being there. Reminds me of how resilient the human body is. Finding the magic dose of Synthroid was a bit challenging since you have to have it in your body 4+ weeks before you can test your levels again. Its trial and error but my number one advice it to find an Endo Doctor you like that actually listens to you. I regret not making the switch sooner.

Best of luck!

Yup, those symptoms sound very familiar. I recently had medically induced hyperthyroid to test for cancer (I had my thyroid out due to cancer two years ago) and it was all of those things and more. I was MISERABLE. Hopefully your GP can help. Otherwise get a referral for an endocrinologist. It'll take some doing to get you back down to levels where you start feeling better, but it can happen. You'll find a ton of discussions on here about the various forms of medications, but it sounds like you're not there yet. Let us know what the doc says!

I was diagnosed with Graves/Hyperthyroidism approx 5 years ago and I had no clue I had it. One morning I woke up and my eyes were hurting. It felt like there was these huge sacks of fluid behind my eyes and just touching them was painful. Not knowing what was happening I made an appointment to the eye doctor.

He told me to see an Endocrinologist as this symptom was in fact thyroid related. Then everything started making sense. I was hot all the time and would sweat profusely, had trouble sleeping, bouts of irritability. I was put on PTU (Propylthiouracil) for 3 years and then was switched to Trapazole (Methimazole). The endo told me early on that both medications were "black boxed" and have some serious side effects - one being death.

With that lingering in the back of my head he suggested two options - Radioactive Iodine Treatment or Surgery. I am fairly young and healthy and decided to take my risk with Surgery in Lou of the pill. I researched a lot during that time and felt more comfortable in the hands of a skilled surgeon.

All went well. I had the surgery Dec 24th 2013 - The scar is fading but I'm not a vain person and don't mind it being there. Reminds me of how resilient the human body is. Finding the magic dose of Synthroid was a bit challenging since you have to have it in your body 4+ weeks before you can test your levels again. Its trial and error but my number one advice it to find an Endo Doctor you like that actually listens to you. I regret not making the switch sooner.

Best of luck!

I second the find a good endocrinologist. I was hyper/Graves and took PTU/Methimazole for 15 years, diagnosed with it after passing out too. Finally found a good doctor after discovering I developed an allergy to the anti-thyroid medication and chose to go the surgery route this past June. It's been life changing, still working on getting the Synthroid dose dialed in but a good doctor makes a world of difference for thyroid problems. I suffered for years because of a lot of doctors still go by old standards or will only recommend the RAI route. Surgery is technology wise is more advanced, they can monitor the nerves little to no risk to vocals etc. now, but a lot of doctors still preach the scare tactic on it. Do you own research, get a good endo and life will be much easier to manage. The price you pay with a bad doctor who doesn't listen can be heart failure, liver damage etc. You know your body best, good endo's will adjust your meds or offer a course of treatment to help keep you as healthy and feeling as good as you can.

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease (hyperthyroid) in 2001. I was given propranalol to slow down my heart as I was a walking heart attack/stroke. Once I saw the endo, I had already had all the tests done. Basically they gave me no choice with regards to rai or surgery. I wanted surgery and they refused and basically forced me to pick rai (or death), so I did what they said. It was the biggest regret I have. I have never been the same and have been on long term disability ever since. I was 34 at the time, and was very active. Now I do nothing. If they corner/pressure you to do something, try your hardest to insist on what's best for you. Go to the medical library at your hospital and read up on your situation and numbers and use that info when you talk to the endo. Good luck.

I have Graves (hyper-). I'm down to taking one pill (PTU) every other day because I had gone hypo- after taking two pills a day. Before that, I had the usual symptoms (sleeplessness, shaky hands, sweating, heat intolerance, heart palps), but before I was diagnosed, I had been having some other symptoms that it wasn't until recently I began thinking were probably also due to the Graves. 1) I didn't have bulging eyes, but I had occasional blind spots in my vision. 2) Whenever I would exercise, I my Eustachian tube in my ear would open (now I know this is called Patulous Eustachian tube). 3) I started getting vertigo and it was really bad a couple of times...couldn't even go to work because everything was spinning.
I really think all this was related now. So if you have symptoms that make no sense...do some research and see if it can be tied to your thyroid. Amazing how much stuff in your body that thing affects!

I was initially diagnosed hyper and was losing a ton of weight, hair thinning and extremely irritable. They tried meds which I had a terrible side effect of pain in my legs. I then had the Radioactive Iodine Treatment and now I am hypo. BTW - I eventually started to gain a ton of weight even though I was hyper. So now I am on hypo meds and feel a lot better. I have only been on meds for a few weeks so I am hoping my hair thickness comes back. I am starting to lose weight so that's good. Hope this helps.