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[quote=Anonymous]I had Graves. Don't do radioactive treatment at any cost. Go see endocrynologyst (can't recommend one since I just moved to this area and seeing only general practitioner every 3 month for blood work). and take meds until your blood test stable. I don't know if paleo is the answer. I think the answer is a balanced diet. No single processed food. No boxed cereal, coffee creamers, etc. Never. Just shop for fresh produce and fresh meat/fish without hormones. No farmed raised fish. It is not that expensive if you train yourself to eat small portions. Cut on coffee as much as you can because coffee does remove iron from your body, and people with graves have law iron due to body's inability to absorb it.

I was diagnosed at the age of 37, I am 39 now, not on medication and my blood test is fine. I was also scared to death. I stopped eating at the restaurants for almost two years because I wanted to be 100% sure that I know what is in my meal. Don't focus on treating Graves, focus on healing your body. It is not thyroid, it is your body autoimmune desease that attacking your thyroid (in other people it is RA, or something else). So thyroid problems is only the consequences of your unhealthy lifestyle, not the cause. Educate yourself. I read probably around 20 books about autoimmune disorders. I can recommend Grave's desease (I can't find it on my shelf to look up the author). Also the good one In defense of food by Michael Pollan. Learn which vegetable to avoid with hyperthyroids. Eat simple meals, something that your great grandmother would cook. Paleo excludes all grains, which I don't think very healthy. Grains has a lot of amino acids that absolutely necessary for your body and can't be received from other sources. I did cut milk from my diet because I simply didn't have a source of good unpastarized milk. I do drink plain full fat kefir or yogurt. Cut as much wheat from your diet as possible. Your goal is to heal your immune system which is in your guts. Wheat can cause a lot of irritation to your guts. I went gluten free for almost a year and now slowly re-introducing wheat into my diet (in a very limited doses). One more thing: cook stock from the bones. Get a large bone and cook it for a 5-6 hours. Bone marrow is an excellent healer for the immune disorders. You can make a pot once a week, and then make soup out of it twice (which will provide you at least 4-5 days meals). Animal's liver is a great source of iron that your body will actually absorb. Yes, it was not the food that would normally eat, but I just made myself. For me it was either this or meds for the rest of my life. I chose the diet.

I went to aueverdic specialists outside US, but I didn't do anything that they suggested until my blood tests were normal. I am taking Vitamin D twice a week now, iron every other day with vitamin C, vitamin B complex, folic asid every day. I also mix grounded ginger, turmeric, and fennucreak in an equal amount and take it one teaspoon every morning on an empty stomac. Fennucreek can affect your hormons, that is why I were hesitant to take it at the beginning.

Remove all harsh chemicals from the household. Now we doing all cleaning with basic stuff like baking soda, vinegar, rosemary oil, etc. Discard any pans with teflon in it because it does affect your immune system. No plastics container. I even avoid microwave wherever I can (yes, I warm up my cereal that I cooked day before on the stove). It will take a minute or two longer in the morning, but I am worth it.

Cut extensive exercises. Anything that bring your heart rate too high is giving your body additional stress. Do walks instead runs, low impact excercises, no heavy lifting. Try yoga, it did helped me a lot because my mind were racing like crazy when my thyroid hormones were high. I did couple yoga retreats, it really helped.

The most important thing is to believe that you can do it! If you really want to do it -- you will recover. You are very young and your body is very strong. You just need to help it to heal. [/quote]

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