Melanie
If you have hyperthyroidism, get ready for a ride of a life-time. Hopefully, PTU will work for you. For me it didn't so I had to go to the next step, radioactive iodine. If you have a sexual partner listen when they tell you not to have sex. I didn't and became pregnant 2 weeks after the treatment. My pregnancy was high risk and the term lasted for 3 months and then I miscarried. After they put me on hormonal suplements I became allergic to the coloring in the pills which distinguished the dosages from one another, the blue ones made me break out into a rash and made me itch. Now I have to take 2 and one half and break them myself. My thyroid tests are irregular and since then I have not been able to become pregnant at all. I am currently seeing an infertility specialist and this is where I am at this stage of the treatment. I was diagnosed 3 years ago around January shortly after coming down with a serious case of the flu. That is what I had originally went to the Dr's for and he noticed my eyes and a goiter. I thought he was crazy. But he wasn't. Oh! The eyes too also are affected I also have exothalmic disease that is when the tissue behind the eyes begins to build up and this causes bulging. My lacrymal glands the one that cause tearing, have like these growths on them. Pull your upper eye lids up and look in the upper outer corners and see if yours are white and look irregular. If they do and you take the radio active route don't take the medicine that allegedly protects your eyes from the radiation. For me it made them worse and your eyes also produce some types of hormones and they are still in the excessive mode when they should have radiated along with the thyroid. Good luck.