Diagnosed With Graves' Disease Via Iodine Test. Took Methimazole. Stopped Due To High Liver Levels. Advice

Question : I eas diagnosed with Graves' disease via iodine test & blood work. Tsh was 0.01, tsi & thyrotropin receptor ab were 222 & 23 respectively. Anti top was also high. Took methimazole 5 mg 1 bid July 10-29. Stopped because of high liver levels. 10/22/13 alt 34 ggt 198 ld 119, much improved. Thyroid of 10/22 normal t3 uptake 33.84. T4 6.8 fit 2.3. But tsh is still 00.1 & my fatigue & difficulty going up the stairs & the need to continue tenormin for my rapid pulse, tells me that these are mixed messages. Graves is an auto-immune condition that affects the thyroid. I know that. My doc told me that everything was o.k. With the thyroid, when the functions (except for tsh), came back to normal. But when we did the antibodies, there is a different message. It seems that the antibodies are still busy & the graves has not cleared yet. And now that the livers have improved so much, maybe the other meds, put ( is that what it's called?) are in order for now? Please review & advise me. I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank You, XXXXXXX Rubashkin. YYYY@YYYY

So are you agreeing that the Graves' disease is a current condition, because of the antibodies, even though the other thyroid functions that were tested were normal? Also, is there any other thyroid function test that you would add to what I already took? Thank. And for curiousity's sake, is Graves a common condition in your practice? Thank you again for your time, XXXXXXX

First of all, thank for your interest. Second, I am currently only on Tenormin. I have not taken Meth since July 29. I ended up taking the med for 3weeks only, stopping on July 29. According to your opinion I still have Graves. My Dr. Claims that my thyroid functions are normal, the TSH will not go back to normal for awhile & I am confused about the antibodies which have improved, but are still a distance from normal (still high). According to him, I think he thinks I am cured. I wonder what the bottom line is. Your evaluation, please. I like to understand what is going on & I like to make educated decisions. As far as radio ablation, I would rather try PTU, if that makes sense, before I do that. Actually, my Doc did mention to me, when we were deciding on course of treatment, that since ther is less destruction with meds, he would prefer that, since I have a goiter that was aspirated via FNA that according to 1 opinion out of 4, was possibly hyper plastic; the opinion of Quest Diagnostics. The other opinions were from Mayo in Minnesota, Cornell in New York & Columbia also in N.Y.C. They did not agre with the hyper plastic diagnosis. My Doc opted for meds as treatment here, because he feels it's the best choice, because he would like me to do a regular biopsy & according to him, the iodine treatment would not allow for a proper diagnosis. What is your opinion? Thank you so much for your patience. I really need advice, so that I should make intelligent decisions.