Aa
thinking aloud..
just a thought... why is it so many people are having such a hard time with doctors anout thyroid problems ? Doctors dont act this way if you say you think you might have depression, or some other heath condition, its almost as if they fight you on it. Like they dont want you to get well. Im confused. Evey post you read its about how the doctors dont think its thyroid related ! is it a conspiracy or something LOL .. GEEZ
just had to air that out. thanks hahaha
just had to air that out. thanks hahaha
i agree totally with you . I really dont think i have depression or anxiety, my symptoms are more physical. but the doctors totally jumped to anxiety and there i was on effexor. good thing i stopped that med. i didnt like it at all. thanks for your imput. take care...
Rvrrat,
Surprise, I'm back again ahead of the time I said I would be gone. I guess I broke my word again! Actually, I've had several people asking me questions and had one e-mail me too, so I want to come back on now. Next time I go off, it'll just be for 2 or 3 days. I never go off because I'm tired of it, I love every minute and enjoy helping.
Rvrrat, there is a very definate problem with Dr.s telling patients their emotional problems are not due to their thyroid disorders, when the patient knows for fact it is. They believe a person only attibutes the emotional issues to thyroid because they don't want to admit an emotional problem. EVERYONE, has a certain degree of anxiety and depression, at times, or they are not human because these are natural emotions but thyroid disorder people develop more problematic type emotional problems and they know for a fact it came with development of their thyroid condition. The second Dr. I went to after I was diagnosed hypothyroid, I asked; "Can hypothyroidism cause anxiety & depression"? He replied; "No, only tiredness." After he told me this, I got on the internet and went to WEBSITE AFTER WEBSITE by reputable medical sources and every one of them listed "depression" as one of the most common symptoms! Many of them icluded "anxiety" as a symptom as well. Other websites, containing lots of personal stories of hypothyroid patients, commonly had them mentioning ANXIETY along with the depression that was caused by their thyroid condition.
WHY DO 'SOME' DR.s want to see the emotional symptoms as not related to the thyroid condition? Who knows for sure but I do know Dr.s are relentlessly pushed by Pharm., Cos, to mass prescribe antidepressants. Dr.s themselves admit this.
If a thyroid patient does not have adequate dose of thyroid medication and this causes symptoms to linger, why not let an optimized dose be reached and given a chance to relieve symptoms before an antidepressant is prescribed? This has always been my question. If a thyroid patient complains their symptoms haven't been relieved, the first thing a Dr. should do is check to see if they need a dosage increase because Hashimoto's patients commonly develop a need for dose increases due to the thyroid progressively dying-out (atrophy).
I just "aired out" a little myself Rvvrat, your input inspired me. Thanks.
Surprise, I'm back again ahead of the time I said I would be gone. I guess I broke my word again! Actually, I've had several people asking me questions and had one e-mail me too, so I want to come back on now. Next time I go off, it'll just be for 2 or 3 days. I never go off because I'm tired of it, I love every minute and enjoy helping.
Rvrrat, there is a very definate problem with Dr.s telling patients their emotional problems are not due to their thyroid disorders, when the patient knows for fact it is. They believe a person only attibutes the emotional issues to thyroid because they don't want to admit an emotional problem. EVERYONE, has a certain degree of anxiety and depression, at times, or they are not human because these are natural emotions but thyroid disorder people develop more problematic type emotional problems and they know for a fact it came with development of their thyroid condition. The second Dr. I went to after I was diagnosed hypothyroid, I asked; "Can hypothyroidism cause anxiety & depression"? He replied; "No, only tiredness." After he told me this, I got on the internet and went to WEBSITE AFTER WEBSITE by reputable medical sources and every one of them listed "depression" as one of the most common symptoms! Many of them icluded "anxiety" as a symptom as well. Other websites, containing lots of personal stories of hypothyroid patients, commonly had them mentioning ANXIETY along with the depression that was caused by their thyroid condition.
WHY DO 'SOME' DR.s want to see the emotional symptoms as not related to the thyroid condition? Who knows for sure but I do know Dr.s are relentlessly pushed by Pharm., Cos, to mass prescribe antidepressants. Dr.s themselves admit this.
If a thyroid patient does not have adequate dose of thyroid medication and this causes symptoms to linger, why not let an optimized dose be reached and given a chance to relieve symptoms before an antidepressant is prescribed? This has always been my question. If a thyroid patient complains their symptoms haven't been relieved, the first thing a Dr. should do is check to see if they need a dosage increase because Hashimoto's patients commonly develop a need for dose increases due to the thyroid progressively dying-out (atrophy).
I just "aired out" a little myself Rvvrat, your input inspired me. Thanks.
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