Living with Graves Disease: My Struggle with Symptoms and Isolation

I feel so alone with this disease. It's like everybody gets tired of you answering honestly when they ask "how are you doing?" and you reply honestly with something about your health and then they say "it's always something with you isn't it" and you want to say "excuse me if HEARING about it for 1 minute is inconvenient. Try living it every damn second of every damn day."

It is nice to know that we people who have grave disease we are not alone , there are a lot people with grace disease . I am tired , and depressed too .

I was diagnosed when I was 15 with Graves’ disease after going undiagnosed and not tested for 2 years so my symptoms were awful. I also had thyroid storm just before my thyroidectomy. You’re definitely not alone. We’re all here for you.

I get you, saoirse. I feel so alone sometimes with my chronic disease, even though I’m surrounded by friends and family. When I share what I'm going through I feel a relief