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I know I have talked previously about mental health, thyroid disease, and thyroid eye disease (TED), but thought I would take a deeper dive into it. I know for me...

“Your eyes are extremely dry. Can you feel how dry they are?” My regular eye doctor asked me during a follow-up visit with her two months after I was diagnosed...

Starting a new adventure is always the best. It is exciting and fun. On the other hand, it can also be extremely terrifying and nerve-racking. New beginnings are a mix...

I do not wear glasses all the time. I primarily need them for seeing details far away. My physical symptoms of thyroid eye disease (TED) progressed, and because I did...

When I was first diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED), I did not want to believe it. So, simply put, I just did not. In fact, I denied it. I...

The other day, I experienced a really bad migraine. It was so bad that I had to lie down in my bed for two hours because it hurt to move...

Having thyroid eye disease (TED) and a thyroid disease is really crazy. I feel like sometimes I feel really good and other times I do not. When I feel like...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) often feels very lonely. There is so much sadness and pain surrounding this disease, and it is hard for others to truly understand what individuals with...

Our need for staying connected to other human beings, and a strong social support network, is a must for good health, just like nourishing food. The ups and downs of...

After the initial shock of my thyroid eye disease (TED) diagnosis wore off, I still had a lot of questions. These questions had to deal more with the journey TED...

I generally respond to stress in two different ways: I will chat about work stress, politics, and what wild thing recently happened in the autoimmune disease community that I need...

I was recently invited to a bridal shower. I was also recently diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED). For me, these two events directly contradicted one another. For all of...

We recently asked our thyroid eye disease (TED) community members to share their preferences with us on a variety of topics. We soon realized that sometimes the answers were complex...

Is there such a thing as an ideal bedtime? Or is there an optimal quantity and quality of sleep that each person needs each night? There is no single answer...

When I was initially diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED), I was overwhelmed. There was a lot of significant change happening all at once with the onset of the symptoms...

Editor’s Note: This article originally was written by Katelyn Harlow and shared by our partner site Cystic-Fibrosis.com. It was a cool, dreary November day. My husband and I were at...

Do you sometimes, or often, feel your quality of life has been affected by thyroid eye disease (TED)? Are your days "all about your eyes"? To be transparent, I will admit...

We recently conducted the Inaugural Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) In America survey to better understand the daily experiences of people who live with this condition. The survey asked the optional...

I am tired. Deep down in my bones and in my heart, I am tired. I am tired of thinking about my eyes multiple times a day. I am tired...

From October 2018 to March 2020, I was in a constant state of worry over my eyes. Being worried was nothing new to me but suddenly I had something specific...