Carbimazole Puns

Hi friends! I'm 32 F, and today I was diagnosed with Graves disease. I've been prescribed 15mg carbimazole daily (5mg 3 times a day). I'm just curious who else is taking it, and what dose you are on? I'm just a bit anxious (lol) as I haven't been to an endo, just GP...

For context, these are my blood results and reference ranges for comparison:

TSH: <0.01 (0.40-4.00) Free T4: 24.5 (9.0-20.0) Free T3: 7.3 (3.5-6.5) Anti thyroglobulin antibodies: 6.7 (<4.5) Anti thyroid peroxidase antibodies: 403 (<60)

Thanks for reading!!

I’ve seen many people state they’ve been on their thyroid medication for several years in lieu of undergoing surgery or RAI.

My thyroid stabilized while taking 5mg carbimazole but once my endo took me off them it appears as though she thinks i may be heading back to being hyper (no symptoms yet, slight bowel discomfort). I don’t really want to do either RAI or surgery, but I do worry about the liver damage from thyroid meds.

However, given that my thyroid stabilized at a pretty low dose, isn’t the danger of liver damage low? How can I gain further indication ?

Just wondering how bad this is? Its hard to find any info and It’s gotten me a bit worried. I took another dose instead of my propranolol. Probably time to by a pill box.

I stopped drinking at about 2am I have only slept 2 hours it’s now 9.50 am is it safe to take my medication yet or should I wait?

I recently got diagnosed for Graves and also moved to new place. Doc back at my hometown prescribed me Thyrozol 20mg per day while the doc where I'm living prescribed Carbimazole 30mg for the same blood test result.

I'm asking the doctors but before they get back to me, would anyone on either of these tablets be able to share the side effects experienced with me? (I'd like to go for the one with least side effects of course) Thank you so much in advanced.

I’ve been on carbimazole for about 1 and a half years now and my weight gain is around 12kg. I’m wondering if anyone that completed the treatment lost some of the weight after the stopped the medications? Thank you!

Has anyone experienced nightmares since starting this medication? I have been having really graphic, traumatic nightmares. I have never really experienced any dreams like the ones I’ve been having. I normally have very happy dreams, but these are making me wake up almost in tears and being very frightened. any information will be appreciated ☺️

Hi I’m 21f and have been on carbimazole since April. I do also have a goiter but it doesn’t interfere with my breathing or anything. So far carbimazole has been working great for me!! I’m contemplating staying on carbimazole or getting a thyroidectomy. I’ve heard that aft the surgery people gain loads of weight 😭 and experience loads of fatigue and brain fog. I really don’t want that, being in uni with loads of classes! And I’ve just lost the weight I gained! For people who’ve had a surgery did u experience this? And for those who’ve stayed on meds have u had any side effects? Thank you so much…. Just so confused and anxious 🥴

Hi all.

I was diagnosed in 2010 with hyperthyroidism which i took proplthouracil intermittently for a couple if years until i just decided to do without. I had a host of side effects which vanished when i stopped taking them and i felt much better.

I had a very successful intevenng period where i felt well, had a rich and fulfilling life, looked great and had no health issues whatsoever .

Fast forward to sept 2019 when on a routine check up was diagnosed t1d and hyper thyroid. I had lost some weight and waking to go bathroom so i did suspect diabetes but i was not unwell generally but did feel high cortisol fight and flight in my emotional life but tbh thats my personality always has been. Think i was in dka as asked to go to hospital to check in but i said no as i had an event to attend so went home and was given carbimazole to get on with.

Most of last year i was on 30mg which i reduced myself and also with endo ( phone consultation) and now am on 5mg a day. The all day sleeping has reduced as my doses reduced and i dont need tosleep in the day every day now.

Now i Wake up at 3.30am most days which is wiping me out Internal shaking and quivering where it feels my body is about to shut down a juddering feeling Wake up crying in the night without nightmares? Have gone from size 10 to size 16 dress size in a year feel and look awful Face swollen and looks like my features have moved and wonky Tinnitus - i dont mind this too much. So freezing cold particularly my feet Heart rate all over the place meditation seems to make it worse Getting completely 'anxious' over non events, and having uncontrolled meltdowns over nothing but then higher stress situations i handle ok, no particular rhyme or reason for what events set me off. Absolutely cant drink coffee ( even an instant one) anymore as sends my heart racing Struggle to walk very far on any kind of hill as get totally exhausted and legs feel like lead

My endo says that my figures are fine and all is normal and im euthyroid have been for about a year and to carry on with it all. None of the above are anything to so with my thyroid or its treatment. And that i need to control my t1d but my diabetes nurse said im doing 'perfect' on that front. So im confused.

Just seems a coincidence that all these things started when i took carbimazole.

If i forget to take them ( was on a 4 day worktrip when i left them at home,) i didnt cry for about a week afterwards. As soon as i started up again t

I've had my dosage of carbimzole increased from 15mg to 30mg and was told to contact them IMMEDIATELY if I get a sore throat or mouth ulcers.

Well, you know when you get those little white bumps on your tongue that are really painful? I have sort of broken out in them and thought it was because I have been eating a lot of strong salt & vinegar flavoured crisps. But my tongue is really really sore for days now.

I'm waiting for a call back from my doctor but in the meantime, to alleviate my panic I'm wondering has anyone else had a reaction to carbimazole?

TSH 142

Please remember, that although having Graves disease does not increase your chances of having corona virus, taking carbimazole does.

Please double check your medication leaflet and speak to your doctor if you are unsure of your next steps. You can also generally do this on the phone.

Hey I am newly diagnosed with Graves‘ disease (which now knowing, I know I have had it almost 10 years or more-Symptomes) and just started treatment. I take 20 mg Carbimazole a day and today was my third day. I was fine when I woke up but after a couple of hours after my tablet my bones or joints felt stiff. I feel like I am turning into a rock. I have no fever and feel totally normal. Does anyone else have this? I am a bit worried it could be serious. I called my doctor who only suggested to take 10 mg tomorrow. I dunno if I should just stick it through. Do you have any Tipps against the pain? I wish you all the best!!

I've seen two GPs and they said that I shouldn't try to conceive while on carbimazole medication as it affects the pregnancy. On the other hand, my endocrinologist said that it's ok as I'm the guy and obviously I'm not the one who is going to get pregnant. So what happened was I'd been taking the medication regularly until my wife got pregnant but unfortunately she got miscarriage.

I've seen one of the GPs again afterwards and she said that there are tons of reasons why miscarriage may occur and my medication could be one of the contributing factors. And since my thyroid levels were back to normal she said to stop taking it and try to conceive again after a few months. This was back in Nov 2020.

Fast forward to present day, I've just talked to my endo since I just recently had my monthly test and she said that my thyroid levels are high again and that I need to start taking the medication again. Told her about my dillemma about trying to conceive but she reiterated that I shouldn't be worried and gave the exact same reason as before.

Overall, not sure who to believe. I've read tons of information about carbimazole but the risk is more on women during pregnancy.

Any help is appreciated.

Has anybody experienced issues with Carbimazole? I was told to reduce my dosage drastically because of bad liver and blood cells results, (waiting for further tests to see if things have improved) and I noticed a reduction in headache and eyes aches since then (5mg, twice a week for 2 months). I still can’t focus, have issue recalling stuff and can’t get rid of random vertigo that appeared 3 months ago.

I’m very pleased that my Endo is experimenting to see if I’m ready to come off my daily 5mg Carbimazole. I’ve really struggled with my weight since I was diagnosed and I’m Wondering if anyone who’s started the remission process lost weight when they came off medication? Thanks!

Hi all. So pleased to have found this sub. I’ve been on meds for two years and my levels are stable with them, so so far the doctor is happy just keeping me on them. But from everything I’ve read it seems like people are on meds short term before getting to stop them and be in remission, or getting RAI etc. (Also this is my third time being on meds after two 6-month stints when I was a teenager and then in my early 20s.) Is it bad/dangerous/suspicious to be on meds this long? Has anyone else been on them long term?

Also I bought what I thought was my same old multi vitamin last week but just saw it has iodine in it (100% DV!!). This is a no-go, right? Are we not supposed to ingest iodine ? (I can ask my doc but my next appointment isn’t for a month.)

Lastly has anyone supplemented with herbs/ natural remedies? I fell down a rabbit hole of online articles and recommendations to take astragalus and selfheal (prunella vulgaris) and lemon balm and also read that we SHOULDN’T take elderberry syrup? Anyway it’s a lot of questions sorry but if anyone has thoughts I’d love to hear from you!

If so how was it? Just got prescribed it and having trust issues with meds since forever.

I'm a 42 year old Male and was diagnosed with Graves Disease when I was 11 years old. I had my thyroid "killed" by radioactive Iodine. I gat regular blood tests every 2 months and take 175mcg of Levothyroxine which I take only 6 days a week and skip Sunday's dose. I have never been perscribed methamizole or carbimazole in my whole life and I see a lot of posts here state they've taken or take one or the other. The only meds I have ever taken have been levothyroxine or synthroid, I am just wondering why methimazole or carbimazole have never been mentioned or perscibed?

Species:Cat

Age:13

Sex/Neuter status:Male/Neutered

Breed:Siamese Mix

Body weight: 9 lbs

History: Indoor cat, very healthy until a few months ago when started showing signs of hyperthyroidism.

Clinical signs: Before Diagnosis and Medication: Very hyper, hungry all the time, thirsty, vomiting, catawalling. After diagnosis and medication: (Transdermal Methimazole 2.5 mg 2 X a day plus 10 mg Famotidine 2 X a day) - Has almost constant nausea associated with the Methimazole even with Famotidine. Weak and not social (was very social before). Eats prescription renal diet. Eats well sometimes, sometimes not, depending upon how nauseated or weak he is. Loose stools. Thirsty. Lays around all day. Only comes around when begging for food. (Started with Methimazole pills. That was a disaster on his digestive system. Weak, constant nausea, diarrhea, very sick, even with Famotidine).

Duration: He started showing signs of hyperthyroidism at least about 9 months before diagnosis. He was diagnosed around the first part of Feb. 2017

Your general location: Southeast US

Need advise from vet or person that has experience with Carbimazole as a treatment for hyperthyroidism. My Vet has never had to use Carbimazole, so my vet and I are reaching out to others that have used Carbimazole to get their experiences. Did your cat/patient tolerate Carbimazole very well? What were/are some of the side affects using this drug. It is usually tolerated much better that Methimazole? Can you crush the pill and mix it in food, or do you have to administer the whole pill, or use transdermal? Sharing any and all experiences you have has using this drug will be greatly appreciated.

Anyone had any side effects from stopping carbimazole? I've had hives (big, mosquito bite like ones) for a few days. I didn't link it to stopping the carbimazole (was on 5mg since last year), so I took some anti-histamines which helped but the last couple of days they haven't really. This morning I've got itchy bumpy hives that haven't really calmed down with anti-histamines. Could it be a side effect from stopping carbimazole or actually its graves' disease kicking back in?

Will be seeing a doctor real soon and I've had blood tests but just wanted to hear from people who might have had something similar?

I started 5mg of Carbimazole once a day yesterday to start treating my hyperthyroidism.

I hear lots of bad stories but what are the good stories?

I have felt I guess “bad” or I mean what my normal is for nearly 20 years that being told my symptoms are actually hyperthyroidism was very sad. I am interested to hear how it has improved others lives so I can look forward to a new normal.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Hello people. I am a desperate Graves fighter 💪 I wss diagnosed with the disease on April this year and started methimazole. After a month i felt like a brand new person, i couldn't even imagine life could be so awesome! I started going into hypo so i had to reduce the dose. And then, suddenly, one day i woke up having the most severe body aches of my life! Muscles, bones, everything was hurting! After a couple of weeks doc stopped methimazole and the pain disappeared. But since i was going again hyper we had to start again. I tried everything! Methimazole again, carbimazole and now i am on ptu. Nothing! As soon as i start the medicine i feel extremely bad, everything hurt. Have done one million blood test to see if anything else is wrong, but nope nothing. Also now with 50mg of ptu, my tsh t4 and t3 seem to be normal, at least for two months but i don't feel fine. Despite the body aches, i experience hair loss, reflux, weight loss (with stable numbers, strange) and super cold. I an freezing! But no fever. Anyone had something similar? Should i go for a thyroidectomy to throw away this bastard? I would not prefer radioactive treatment because i would like to start trying to get pregnant. What do you think, people? 😭

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

He lost May

Species:Cat

Age:13

Sex/Neuter status:Male/Neutered

Breed:Siamese Mix

Body weight: 9 lbs

History: Indoor cat, very healthy until a few months ago when started showing signs of hyperthyroidism.

Clinical signs: Before Diagnosis and Medication: Very hyper, hungry all the time, thirsty, vomiting, catawalling. After diagnosis and medication: (Transdermal Methimazole 2.5 mg 2 X a day plus 10 mg Famotidine 2 X a day) - Has some nausea associated with the Methimazole even with Famotidine. Not social (was very social before). Eats wet food well. Will throw up dry food. Loose stools. Thirsty. Lays around all day. Only comes around when begging for food. (Started with Methimazole pills. That was a disaster on his digestive system. Weak, constant nausea, diarrhea, very sick, even with Famotidine).

Duration: He started showing signs of hyperthyroidism at least about 9 months before diagnosis. He was diagnosed around the first part of Feb. 2017

Your general location: Southeast US

Links to test results, X-rays, vet reports etc: