This is a very interesting article about serotonin and hypothyroidism

I found this article when searching for an answer to the question I posted earlier.

It's very interesting.

drnorthrup.com/womenshealth...

[rosetrees]

I had my neurotransmitters measured earlier this year. A doctor on Facebook (from the US) looked at them for me and said "these indicate that you have severe adrenal fatigue".

My serotonin and a few others were almost non-existent. I haven't pursued it with this doctor as It coincided with me starting to see someone in this country.

It's a possibility for the future, though.

[shambles in reply to rosetrees]

That's interesting roestrees. How or where do you have neurotransmitters measured?

[rosetrees in reply to shambles]

Here you go purehealthshop.co.uk/shop/a...

[shambles in reply to rosetrees]

Thanks. I've used purehealth before for a magnesium RBC test. Doh

[eeng]

The article is like most of the ones you can read online - some good bits, some dubious bits and one or two wrong bits, but interesting, as you say. It puts forward some interesting ideas as to why more women than men are hypo.

[Glynisrose]

There is no difficulty in diagnosing UAT if only doctors would LISTEN<

[greygoose]

'In many women thyroid dysfunction develops because of an energy blockage in the throat region, the result of a lifetime of "swallowing" words one is aching to say. In the name of preserving harmony, or because these women have learned to live as relatively helpless members of their families or social groups, they have learned to stifle their self-expression. These women may, in fact, have struggled to have their say, only to discover that it doesn’t make any difference — because in their closest relationships they have been defined as insignificant.'

If anyone tried to tell me this was the reason I'm hypo, they'd soon find out how wrong they were!!! Psycho-babble mumbo-jumbo!!!

'Which comes first, the depression or the low thyroid? I suspect they occur simultaneously. While one does not cause the other, per se, it appears that similar emotional or behavioral patterns—such as learned helplessness or not believing you can have your say—may predispose you to both low thyroid and depression. (On the other hand, an overdeveloped will and the exertion of one’s intellectual will without acknowledging "higher will" or "higher power" can result in hyperthyroidism; an example is the mindset, "I don’t care what my body is telling me, I’m going to do it anyway.")' Pfft! Where do I begin?!?

'This is why depression so often persists in women with thyroid disease, even after their thyroid hormone levels are corrected.' Corrected? According to whom? The so-called 'normal' ranges? Or the woman herself? Pfft again!

And if there is one word in the English language that I detest it is 'kickstart'!!!!!!!!!

Articles like this from condescending so-called 'expersts' make me soooooooo mad!

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The article was worth the long read,I disagree with some of it.

I feel stress is at the root of many of our conditions!!!

But like any article, it makes us think...........

Sooooo, thank you for sharing it with us.

Manukia