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Hashimotos & mental disorder

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hypthyroidmom states.........

Once our immune system begins destroying our own thyroid gland, this attack can then spread to other parts of the body. Every part of the body becomes fair game for attack…why not the brain!

2005 study found that subjects with Hashimoto’s disease displayed high frequencies of lifetime Depressive Episodes, Generalized Anxiety Disorders, Social Phobia, and Primary Sleep Disorders.5

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Well, I'm glad one person has finally got it! Ever since I started researching my disease about 10 years ago,, it's just seemed so obvious to me. Our hormones control everything, even down to the shape of our knees! Why would anyone think they didn't control our minds?

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