Posted by jjjaspar on December 12, 2010, at 10:02:11
A family member with uncontrollable bipolar for years had a doctor raise her thyroid level which did wonders for her bipolar. Turns out this has been in the psychiatric textbooks for over 35 years - that some people with psych symptoms need their thyroid levels in a more optimal range in the upper third.
It's like different doctors are living on different planets. At least they approached it like it's not some emotional problem she was having, which it is NOT, of course. Ha ha, good title for a book "It's not Mental" or "It's Just Illness."
Anyway, we feel pretty frustrated it took so long for someone to prescribe a higher dose, which is what helped stabilizing her. He also switched her brand. Before she was just on a T4 (levoxyl) and she was switched to one that has the other types in it as well.
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