Posted by raisinb on August 7, 2008, at 11:19:30
In reply to Re: Thyroid problems and Head Meds » raisinb, posted by Hygieia's Bowl on August 7, 2008, at 10:36:10
You're probably right that she could benefit from a psych workup. It's my understanding that there are many physical symptoms that accompany thyroid malfunction. If those are lessening, or gone, then the remaining part might be psychological.
It isn't black and white of course. Maybe her thyroid was whack and impacted her mood for so long that she developed depressive/anxious thinking patterns/habits that remain. Or maybe it was the other way around--emotional malfunction caused less than optimal nutritional or exercise habits, which led to physical issues. Thyroid stuff is often caused or exacerbated by poor diet. I always believe depression has multiple causes and sometimes you just can't trace it to one thing; the important thing is to treat it from all angles so you have the best chance of feeling better.
I don't know anything about your SIL and I am not an expert, so take all this with a grain of salt. But to me that rigid it-has-to-be-this, I'm-not-this type of thinking sounds like a depressive symptom in itself (at least it's a common one of mine).
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