Not Only Depression but Anxiety also Present in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Patients

Submitted by JimLow on January 19, 2008 - 12:36pm.

The full title of this article is "A case control study on psychiatric disorders in Hashimoto disease and euthyroid goitre: not only depressive but also anxiety disorders are associated with thyroid autoimmunity"
This article points out that Hashimoto's thyroiditis or the type of thyroid autoimmunity that causes hypothyroidism, has the potential to cause "anxiety disorders" in addition to depression. They distinguish between hormone levels and the disease itself as a cause of emotional disorders.
Some Doctors tell patients their emotional symptoms are not related to their thyroid disease but these type research articles say differently. A number of other research articles confirm this same conclusion.

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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1308833