Graves Disease or Just Hyperthyroidism?????

I am 26yo and was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism about 3yrs ago. That was a very dark period in my life because I had been going through all kinds of moodswings and irritability. I was in and out of hospitals and doctor offices, only to be told that I had anxiety.

So, to fast forward to today. I eventually ended up receiving a RAI 131 scan to confirm hyperthyroid. The results said that after 24 hours, I had an uptake of 83%, which confirmed Graves diseases.(I don't seem to have any problems with my eyes)  I was put on Methimazole, which made me itch all over and become more irritated. I then started taking Benadryl, which made me so tired. My life was a mess. I couldn't function for school or work. I'm telling you, this disease had (and still do)me on some kind of bodily roller coaster.

The doctor that I have been seeing for this condition is not an endocrinologist and had little knowledge of this condition. It's unfortunate that I had no way to see an endocrinologist because my insurance don't cover "specialty" care. However, I'm at the point that I'm willing to go into debt because of my health. Right now, I'm really interested in a natural approach to stopping this dis-ease.

I really hope someone has taken the time to read what I wrote up to this point but if not, I will not stop trying to get to the bottom of what's causing my condition.

Some info about what medications I taking now is Methamizole 10mg about 4 times a day. My TSH is 0.05, T4 is 8.5, T3 is 0.93--I try to limit meals with too much sodium and drink plenty of water. Oh, and eat more fruits and veggies. I really don't know what else to do besides this.
Someone please give me some kind of advice about what to do, or referrals to holistic, natural doctors that have expertise with this condition. Please!


Here are some of my lab results up to this point:

9-24-2007 TSH ~0.01 (Sadly, my first primary care doctor never told me about an abnormal reading when I was tested prior to this one. She said because of my age, she thought I'd work itself out)

12-27-2007 -----TSH~0.05,/ Free T4~1.35

9-04-2009----- TSH~0.05, /T4~ 8.0,/ T3~0.93/, WBC~ 9.86,/ RBC~ 5.55,/ HGB~ 15.1, /PLATELET COUNT 252

9-20-2009----- TSH~ 0.05,/ T3~1.14, /T4~ 8.5, /GLUCOSE 78

[JenB12]

Someone on the thyroid forum might be able to answer your questions. There are lots of people with graves on there. When i was going though my thyroid woes that forum was a lot of help:

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Thyroid-Disorders/show/73