Posted by noa on December 10, 2003, at 20:44:57
In reply to Re: hypothyroidism, posted by mags on December 10, 2003, at 18:47:40
Lithium made my hypothyroidism worse. I decided to discontinue the lithium, but my endo said I could have stayed on it and done fine, with a higher dose of thyroid hormone. The thing is that I didn't really need the lithium (no bipolar, just depression) and the lithium's worsening the hypothyroidism actually brought to the fore just how important the hypothyroidism was in my depression, and though it had been treated, it was being under-treated for a long time. But had I needed the lithium as a mood stabilizer, I would have just had to adjust the thyroid hormones accordingly. So says my endo and I trust him a lot.
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