What’s the difference between clinical depression and the depression caused by an illness like hypothyroidism?
April 25, 2009 by How To Treat Depression
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Can both be treated by anti-depressants or is the depression caused by hypothyroidism treated by an adjustment to thyroid medication. I’m curious about the connection.
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Can both be treated by anti-depressants or is the depression caused by hypothyroidism treated by an adjustment to thyroid medication. I’m curious about the connection.
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It’s not just having a ‘thyroid condition’ which can be a problem. It’s being undiagnosed because of how slow the TSH lab test is in rising high enough to reveal hypothyroidism. It’s also because so many of us are put on those T4 medications like Synthroid and levothyroxine. They don’t work. I had depression while on Synthroid, and apparently I’m not alone, as I’m on several patient groups and a lot say the same thing. The only thing that took my depression away was switching to Armour. This is the patient website which really opened my eyes: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com
Depression Feedback: Usually they will adjust the thyroid medication. There’s a difference in what part of the brain passages are affected, and the majopr difference is cause– clinical depression is caused by an imbalance of dopamine in the brain, thyroid depression may also involve imbalance of dopamine but the imbalance is caused by the thyroid condition.