Schildklier Forum

Graves’ disease and mental disorders
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Abstract
Mental disorders merge highly with thyroid diseases. Because of its regulatory effects on serotonin and noradrenalin, T3 has been linked closely to depression and anxiety. It has known that in many cases, the mental symptoms persist even after normalization of thyroid function by treatment. Psychosocial factors including stress have been associated with mental symptoms even after thyroid function normalization in Graves’ disease and a combination of mental disorders have been related to the exacerbation of hyperthyroidism. These findings suggest that psychosomatic approaches based on the bio-psycho-social medical model are important for the treatment of mental disorders associated with Graves’ disease.

Dat heb ik aan den lijve ondervonden.

Toen ik in een megadip zat (tijdens block en replace) had ik per ongeluk 400 mc Levothyroxine in 1 keer genomen, dat was per ongeluk omdat ik dacht dat het iets anders was. Maar de volgende dag was ik al uit mijn depressie. Alsof er niets aan de hand was.