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What are the specific and descriptive mental side effects of severe hypothyroidism?
Dr. Lupo is on the expert board and your post was moved due to his "restrictions" on answering hypothyroid posts.
This community can certainly shed some light on this and try to help you get some information together.
1. You had a thyroid removal correct?
Your original question asked on how much emotional disability hypothyroid can cause. The answer is " hypoT is responsibile for almost 80% of mild to serious emotional disorders stemming from mild depression to bi polarism.
http://www.medical-library.net/hypothyroidism.html
http://www.medicalonly.com/2008/03/14/mentaleffects_thyroiddisorders
http://www.drlowe.com/geninfo/hyposymptoms.htm
There is a Dr. Richard Hall MD, also a professor of psychiatry, who has been involved in research studies at major medical universities, such as John Hopkins University and in his studies on the relationship of anxiety to endocrine disorders, it was found that in patients with “Hashimoto’s thyroiditis”, anxiety was a common symptom at the time patients were diagnosed.
There are also studies that have been published on the “PubMed” website, which is provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine, that state that anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders are associated with Hashimoto’s disease, which is also the most common cause of hypothyroidism in our nation.
It is important that your diagnosed thyroid disease be treated optimally because some Doctors believe just getting your TSH and thyroid hormone levels anywhere into the normal range is adequate treatment with thyroid hormone replacement medication, when the truth is, your better Endocrinologists and Thyroid Specialists have more targeted therapeutic treatment goals. They will for example have a TSH treatment goal of getting it to the "1.0" target range and according to symptoms, they might even go down to the lower normal with TSH of from 0.3 to 0.5, to see if a patient has better resolution of symptoms.
LOW T3 HORMONE AND BI POLAR
1. There is a clear connection between the process of thyroid hormone regulation and bipolar disorder. The problem is, this connection is only just now beginning to become evident, and how the connection works is basically a mystery. Two studies recently showed a strikingly high rate of autoimmune-caused thyroid problems in people with bipolar disorder, far more than you would expect to find.Vonk, Kupka Thyroid problems are more common in the complex forms of bipolar disorder (mixed states and rapid cycling) than in classic bipolar manic patients.Chang Signs of thyroid auto-immunity are much more common in people with anxiety and depression, particularly the forms of anxiety which don't easily fit into typical "anxiety disorder" labels.
2. Two studies have shown that people with bipolar depression were less likely to get better if they had low thyroid levels, whereas the ones with higher levels responded pretty well.Cole, Frye . The same phenomenon was recently shown even in "unipolar" depression.Gitlin. These three studies are the basis for a treatment approach you could consider, particularly if depression is your main problem: gently pushing your thyroid status over toward the "hyperthyroid" end of normal, if you happen now to be toward the hypothyroid end of normal (the lab testing we use to place you on this spectrum is explained below). Update 4/2008: this approach, using just a little bit of the standard form of thyroid hormone -- T4, explained below -- was recently tested directly. The results were very positive, but it was a preliminary test with no control group.
http://www.psycheducation.org/thyroid/introduction.htm
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.resistant-bipolar.html
This thyroid issue is probably soley responsible for even creating the addict issue you got into.
This community can certainly shed some light on this and try to help you get some information together.
1. You had a thyroid removal correct?
Your original question asked on how much emotional disability hypothyroid can cause. The answer is " hypoT is responsibile for almost 80% of mild to serious emotional disorders stemming from mild depression to bi polarism.
http://www.medical-library.net/hypothyroidism.html
http://www.medicalonly.com/2008/03/14/mentaleffects_thyroiddisorders
http://www.drlowe.com/geninfo/hyposymptoms.htm
There is a Dr. Richard Hall MD, also a professor of psychiatry, who has been involved in research studies at major medical universities, such as John Hopkins University and in his studies on the relationship of anxiety to endocrine disorders, it was found that in patients with “Hashimoto’s thyroiditis”, anxiety was a common symptom at the time patients were diagnosed.
There are also studies that have been published on the “PubMed” website, which is provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine, that state that anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders are associated with Hashimoto’s disease, which is also the most common cause of hypothyroidism in our nation.
It is important that your diagnosed thyroid disease be treated optimally because some Doctors believe just getting your TSH and thyroid hormone levels anywhere into the normal range is adequate treatment with thyroid hormone replacement medication, when the truth is, your better Endocrinologists and Thyroid Specialists have more targeted therapeutic treatment goals. They will for example have a TSH treatment goal of getting it to the "1.0" target range and according to symptoms, they might even go down to the lower normal with TSH of from 0.3 to 0.5, to see if a patient has better resolution of symptoms.
LOW T3 HORMONE AND BI POLAR
1. There is a clear connection between the process of thyroid hormone regulation and bipolar disorder. The problem is, this connection is only just now beginning to become evident, and how the connection works is basically a mystery. Two studies recently showed a strikingly high rate of autoimmune-caused thyroid problems in people with bipolar disorder, far more than you would expect to find.Vonk, Kupka Thyroid problems are more common in the complex forms of bipolar disorder (mixed states and rapid cycling) than in classic bipolar manic patients.Chang Signs of thyroid auto-immunity are much more common in people with anxiety and depression, particularly the forms of anxiety which don't easily fit into typical "anxiety disorder" labels.
2. Two studies have shown that people with bipolar depression were less likely to get better if they had low thyroid levels, whereas the ones with higher levels responded pretty well.Cole, Frye . The same phenomenon was recently shown even in "unipolar" depression.Gitlin. These three studies are the basis for a treatment approach you could consider, particularly if depression is your main problem: gently pushing your thyroid status over toward the "hyperthyroid" end of normal, if you happen now to be toward the hypothyroid end of normal (the lab testing we use to place you on this spectrum is explained below). Update 4/2008: this approach, using just a little bit of the standard form of thyroid hormone -- T4, explained below -- was recently tested directly. The results were very positive, but it was a preliminary test with no control group.
http://www.psycheducation.org/thyroid/introduction.htm
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.resistant-bipolar.html
This thyroid issue is probably soley responsible for even creating the addict issue you got into.
I just found my pathology report and the nodule was 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm in size on the right side and a 5 mm one on the left
The funny thing is about the coke use is that it worked better than my meds but ill never go back to it.. longest Bender I had was about 4 months long w/o meds and only coke
Im wondering if BC of the hypo it caused my judgement to be compromised.. my Dr know about it and by soft drugs do you mean weed? If so I hate the stuff.. I smoke figs and have a beer from time to time that's about it.. my only drugs now are nicotine, alcohol, and video gaming
I can see why your post got moved. It wasn't a cancer, nodule or related to hyperthyroidism question.
I am pleased you wrote all you did about your cocaine abuse, and the hard times you have had in the Marines. I do wonder though, have you told your treating doctor about the cocaine addiction you had? There is evidence to show that cocaine stuffs up the whole thyroid responses. It seems that could be your problem.
I don't want to be sounding harsh, but are you doing any other 'soft' drugs at the moment? The whole pituitary-hypothalamus gland interaction with the thyroid medication is a fragile thing. There are many things that can go wrong. The cocaine addiction even though a while ago, may still be interfering with your medication acting in the right way, hence you being on so much.
Are you concerned about something you might have done or thinking of doing? Or is it the cocaine issue you are concerned about. I am not here to judge, just help.
I am pleased you wrote all you did about your cocaine abuse, and the hard times you have had in the Marines. I do wonder though, have you told your treating doctor about the cocaine addiction you had? There is evidence to show that cocaine stuffs up the whole thyroid responses. It seems that could be your problem.
I don't want to be sounding harsh, but are you doing any other 'soft' drugs at the moment? The whole pituitary-hypothalamus gland interaction with the thyroid medication is a fragile thing. There are many things that can go wrong. The cocaine addiction even though a while ago, may still be interfering with your medication acting in the right way, hence you being on so much.
Are you concerned about something you might have done or thinking of doing? Or is it the cocaine issue you are concerned about. I am not here to judge, just help.
I forgot to put in there, I was seeing a psyc for depression before I got out and was on prozac..
Im trying to get my benifits back.. I know what I did was wrong.. just don't know y I stooped to drugs
Im trying to get my benifits back.. I know what I did was wrong.. just don't know y I stooped to drugs
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/120 that's where I posted it and got moved to here..
Ill just go ahead and tell my story I guess.. im a coke addict that im trying to recover from.. been clean for about a ye and a half now.. all started 10 months after my tt while I was in the marines.. right after my tt I did the 6 weeks w/o a metabolism and gained 60 lbs.. well they started me off on 75 mcg synthyroid.. at that time I was 24 extremely active 6'1" and 280 after there weight gain.. well slowly but surely they start raising my dose every month..the constant ridicule I was getting for being in the marines and way over weight(70lbs over height weight standards) and the fact that when I got back off my medical leave I couldn't fit into all of my uniforms that I had to purchase out of my pocket everything new.. when I went to my unit too get my uniforms replaced due to a medical condition I was told that the only thing that was said in the rule book was the only Med condition to get my uniforms replaced for free was if I was female and pregnant.. and it goes on.. when I started using I was up to 225 mcg and them obviously not acknowledging my claims that I feel like total **** not loosing weight and the meds aren't enough or something is going on.. well ling story short I popped twice on **** test and got thrown out w/o any benifits from the military or the VA.. lost everything.. I have no prior history of drug use before then and never interested me what so ever.. but idk wtf was going on with me back then so I've been trying to link the 2.. im now taking 900mcg synthyroid and 5mcg cytomel twice daily..
Now with that info do we all see where im coming from about the severe hypothyroidism..
Back then my test results were all over the place unstable.. I think one month they hit 1200 for tsh.. BTW if y'all are wondering tsh is all they check in the military and don't believe in t3 resistance.. I had many arguments with my navy Endo but since he out ranked me my opinion didn't matter.. but anyway I get pissed everytime I think about this festuring wound..
Ill just go ahead and tell my story I guess.. im a coke addict that im trying to recover from.. been clean for about a ye and a half now.. all started 10 months after my tt while I was in the marines.. right after my tt I did the 6 weeks w/o a metabolism and gained 60 lbs.. well they started me off on 75 mcg synthyroid.. at that time I was 24 extremely active 6'1" and 280 after there weight gain.. well slowly but surely they start raising my dose every month..the constant ridicule I was getting for being in the marines and way over weight(70lbs over height weight standards) and the fact that when I got back off my medical leave I couldn't fit into all of my uniforms that I had to purchase out of my pocket everything new.. when I went to my unit too get my uniforms replaced due to a medical condition I was told that the only thing that was said in the rule book was the only Med condition to get my uniforms replaced for free was if I was female and pregnant.. and it goes on.. when I started using I was up to 225 mcg and them obviously not acknowledging my claims that I feel like total **** not loosing weight and the meds aren't enough or something is going on.. well ling story short I popped twice on **** test and got thrown out w/o any benifits from the military or the VA.. lost everything.. I have no prior history of drug use before then and never interested me what so ever.. but idk wtf was going on with me back then so I've been trying to link the 2.. im now taking 900mcg synthyroid and 5mcg cytomel twice daily..
Now with that info do we all see where im coming from about the severe hypothyroidism..
Back then my test results were all over the place unstable.. I think one month they hit 1200 for tsh.. BTW if y'all are wondering tsh is all they check in the military and don't believe in t3 resistance.. I had many arguments with my navy Endo but since he out ranked me my opinion didn't matter.. but anyway I get pissed everytime I think about this festuring wound..
Don't worry! Try getting onto the doctor sites when you live in Australia on an entirely different time zone!
To help you get through the next 24 hours though, I can tell you, MANY people with severe criminal records, have had severe and I mean severe hypothryoidism. There are many psych wards filled with people who were left untreated for far too long and ended up with a type of psychosis. My aunt was one of them. Once treated correctly many (not all) recoup and live happy (ok, within reason) lives.
BTW your post was probably not in the Ask a Doctor forum, but elsewhere. Admin can move them to the appropriate forum but not to the doc forum. Make doubly sure you are posting it in the right place! You need to post into Dr Lupo's forum.
To help you get through the next 24 hours though, I can tell you, MANY people with severe criminal records, have had severe and I mean severe hypothryoidism. There are many psych wards filled with people who were left untreated for far too long and ended up with a type of psychosis. My aunt was one of them. Once treated correctly many (not all) recoup and live happy (ok, within reason) lives.
BTW your post was probably not in the Ask a Doctor forum, but elsewhere. Admin can move them to the appropriate forum but not to the doc forum. Make doubly sure you are posting it in the right place! You need to post into Dr Lupo's forum.
OK I wanna say wtf admin that moved my post in here from the ask a Dr side.. I was wanting an answer from a Dr hence y the post was in there.. now I gotta wait another day to be able to post in there.. u rox admin.... not
Do you think it help to contribute to doing things that you normally would do that like something that society deems bad?
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