My friend Hashimoto...or skeptic medicine

[kittynh]

I tend to trust mainstream medicine too much. I have to admit it was mainstream medicine that is going to help me deal with this immune disease, but it also took me not just nodding my head at the doctors office.

Anyway, my latest about how being a skeptic lead to an earlier diagnosis than I might have had.

http://yankeeskeptic.com/2012/10/31/my-friend-hashimoto-hes-a-horrible-friend/

 

[Puppycow]

Well, I'm glad you solved the mystery. Sorry that you've got an incurable disease though.
Hopefully the treatments will make like livable.

 

[Dancing David]

Sorry, thyroid disorders are a pain and diagnosis is tricky. They are a rule out for some mental health issues as well.

 

[lampet]

Sorry, thyroid disorders are a pain and diagnosis is tricky. They are a rule out for some mental health issues as well.

Can you elaborate? What did you mean when you said "They are a rule out for some mental health issues as well."?

 

[MortFurd]

Can you elaborate? What did you mean when you said "They are a rule out for some mental health issues as well."?

Before being treated for depression, you should be certain that there's nothing else causing the symptoms. If your thyroid is jacked up, you will feel down and sluggish and unmotivated. You don't want to start swallowing antidepressants or spend a couple of years in psychotherapy when the problem was really your thyroid all along.

 

[calebprime]

My mother's low thyroid function went undiagnosed for many years (perhaps 10 years) while a psychiatrist attempted to treat her with various drugs. After the psychiatrist died, my mother got a physical exam.