I have Graves disease and started the menopause just before my diagnosis. I have refused RAI and surgery for good reasons so I am on a decreasing dose of Carbimazole. It's been a fine line trying to work out which symptoms come from the Graves and which from the menopause. When I had been on the Carbimazole for a few months most of the symptoms of being hyper thyroid were gone except for night time sweats so I worked out that those were down to the menopause. After I had been on Kliovance for two weeks they went. After a couple of months I had headaches. Unfortunately I have thyroid eye disease so a symptom of that and Carbimazole etc etc.
Finally had enough of daily headaches that didnt respond to painkillers and after searching through the HRT available (and noting it could be the type of progesterone) I asked to change to Femoston conti low dose. I didnt take a break between the two but after two weeks the headaches had gone. But....four to five weeks on my stomach has swelled up. It had gone down as my thyroid was balancing out and I was losing the weight I had put on due to being over medicated. Ive also been told that I have become confrontational and spikey
This is also a Graves symptom, so, but I dont feel as if I have gone hyper again so I feel it is more to do with the menopause.
Where do I go now? I am still getting 'dryness' problems down there too so feel a different HRT regime needed maybe?
Please forgive me for the essay, but I thought I was doing so well......