Posted by BarbaraCat on March 12, 2002, at 12:36:35
In reply to another question! this one re endocrinology, posted by trouble on March 9, 2002, at 1:37:51
Dear Trouble,
First of all, there is more and more evidence that T3 is necessary, especially for hypothyroid depressives. You are not getting ANY T3 in your Synthroid. Your TSH blood levels may look great, but that does not mean that you're converting the T4 into the active T3. There is an ongoing thread discussing this, contributed to by Dr. Ivan Goldberg (he's provided a link explaining the T3 factor to print and take to your physician). The link for the thyroid forum is www.thyroid.about.com. Definitely check this one out. It's loaded with great information.Now about the abuse issue. There have been some conjectures about early abuse contributing to many metabolic problems, including hypothyroid and fibromyalgia (I have both). The theory that makes the most sense to me is the connection between high stress -> high cortisol -> impaired HPA axis which from that point on takes out pituitary function which controls endocrine feedback and on and on. High stress at an early age can cause structural changes within the brain that maintains this nasty loop ad nauseum. Succesfull antidepressant therapy can supposedly reset the HPA axis, but by this time if the thyroid is fried, you're on thyroid meds for life. - Barbara
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