Is permanent remission a possibility?
I was diagnosed with Graves after the birth of my first child. I found out pretty late because all the symtoms I had, I tought were related to postpartum. At the time my free t4 was 1.96, my TSH was 0.005 and TRAB was 11. I took methimazole for about 18 months and went into remission. Then I got pregnant and during pregnancy everything was fine up until I gave birth. Remission lasted for about 3 yrs. On Jan 2026 I started having symtoms again and got checked. My free t4 was 4.13 and TSH 0.008. I was put on 60mg methimazole for 6 weeks and lowered doses eventually (60–>40–>30–>20–>10 and now 7.5 a day.) all those changes happened within 4 months. By the third month of my diagnosis I went hypo and have been hypo since, even in 10mg a day. I have labs next week to see if the 7.5 mg is enough to pull me out of hypo. But my question is… is it possible if I have no more babies and take methimazole for a couple years for me to reach life long remission? I see ppl saying they have been in remission for 20-30 yrs. But I’m not sure if I should have hope. I’m done having kids so I’m hoping the pp period is my only trigger.