Graves' Disease.. Part 2: Insanity

The funny thing about this situation is that I'm more likely to stand up for myself.
The less funny thing is that I'm more likely to use violence in doing so.

Graves' Disease.. Part 1

A few days ago, I posted about me diagnosing myself with hyperthyroidism, cause unknown as of then.
It was Graves' Disease, also called Graves-Basedow, because those two people described the disease a long time ago.

It's essentially an auto-immune disease where my body thinks something fishy is going on and decides to create antibodies to something. This 'something' isn't known yet, but the antibodies stimulate my thyroid gland so that it creates more thyroid hormone than is necessary.

When my endocrinologist called me, I already had an inkling as to why my thyroid was going into overdrive. Graves disease is the most common cause for hyperthyroidism, and since I couldn't be all too special, I had to have some common things as well, right?
We had discussed my chances of having Graves Disease during our first appointment and came to an agreement that it was.. well. Quite high. 

Med Student become Patient..

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Thyroid Gland.

Did I tell you guys how happy I get when I make the right diagnosis? I get very smug and I'll wear a smug smirk on my face for the rest of the day if I get one right.