Posted by BarbaraCat on April 9, 2002, at 20:20:34
In reply to Re: Lithium and thyroid disorders » BarbaraCat, posted by HMK on April 9, 2002, at 8:55:11
Definitely. Do a search on this site for thyroid and depression or look at the posts from a few weeks back particularly from Dr. Ivan Goldberg. Most doctors will prescribe levoxyl or synthroid or some other form of T4. The old line theory is that the body converts T4 into T3 which is the active form that is used by cells, but that ain't necessarily true. There have been a number of respected studies recently that show that depressives respond significantly better when T3 is present. A very good web site is http://thyroid.about.com. Full of fascinating info. Sometimes it's hard to convince an unenlightentened primary care doc otherwise (the T4 thing has been like bible verse), but many are seeing the light. - Barbara
,> A quick question about thyroid treatment- all my doctor has me taking is Levoxyl. Is there something I should add to this? I was just diagnosed hypothyroid a few months ago, so I'm very new to all of this. Thanks for your imput!
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