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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkjkjkjkjk" data-source="post: 1882074" data-attributes="member: 133740">Hello Kerry, I can sympathise as I was in the same position as you. I was diagnosed with Type 1 10 years ago and developed Graves 5 years later. It isn’t fun. I found Carbimazole to be a fairly unpleasant drug with lots of pesky side effects. I found it affected my glucose levels in that I needed to take less insulin. It also gave me pains in my lower legs, particularly my ankle joints and whatever it is that runs up the outside of the legs from the ankle to the knee. I am a keen bootcamp-er but eventually had to give up for the time I was taking Carbimazole because it just hurt too much. When I was eventually taken off the drug (after 20 months) the pains went away within 48 hours (and happily haven’t returned).The dose you are taking is quite high, if your treatment goes the same way mine did then it is very likely to be reduced over time which will make you feel a bit better. If it gets too unpleasant there are alternatives to Carbimazole (I can’t remember the names) which your Endocrinologist should be able to provide info about. Things will settle down, but will probably be frustrating for a little while longer yet. Hang in there…(I do stress that the above is just my experience and everyone is different).</blockquote>

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