levothyroxine.

[susanhamm]

How many people have been sent to a mental health facility because of levothyroxine.

How many have nearly been sectioned

[Lalatoot]

Think it is more likely to be that thyroid hormones were very low or wrong rather than levothyroxine.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

susanhamm

As Lalatoot says, it wont be the levothyroxine that is the reason for being sent to a mental health facility, it will more likely be down to your hypothyroidism not being optimally medicated. Do you have any current test results you can share (including reference ranges) for

TSH

FT4

FT3

and if you have the following they will also be very useful:

Thyroid antibodies

Vit D

B12

Folate

Ferritin

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Previous post ...confirms autoimmune thyroid disease

Links re Hashimoto’s And mental health issues including Bi-polar

drknews.com/when-hashimotos...

holtorfmed.com/mental-illne...

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

drknews.com/when-hashimotos...

hypothyroidmom.com/miss-dia...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Has he tried strictly gluten free diet yet?

Strictly gluten free diet can significantly lower anxiety and improve gut function so that thyroid hormones work better

He already has realised dairy is an issue...gluten intolerance very common too ...

Hashimoto's affects the gut and leads to low stomach acid and then low vitamin levels

Low vitamin levels affect Thyroid hormone working

Poor gut function can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten. Dairy is second most common.

According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps, sometimes significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)

Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies

Ideally While still eating high gluten diet ask GP for coeliac blood test first or buy test online for under £20, just to rule it out first

healthcheckshop.co.uk/store...?

Assuming test is negative you can immediately go on strictly gluten free diet

(If test is positive you will need to remain on high gluten diet until endoscopy, maximum 6 weeks wait officially)

Trying gluten free diet for 3-6 months. If no noticeable improvement then reintroduce gluten and see if symptoms get worse

chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

amymyersmd.com/2018/04/3-re...

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

drknews.com/changing-your-d...

restartmed.com/hashimotos-g...

Non Coeliac Gluten sensitivity (NCGS) and autoimmune disease

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/296...

The predominance of Hashimoto thyroiditis represents an interesting finding, since it has been indirectly confirmed by an Italian study, showing that autoimmune thyroid disease is a risk factor for the evolution towards NCGS in a group of patients with minimal duodenal inflammation. On these bases, an autoimmune stigma in NCGS is strongly supported

nuclmed.gr/wp/wp-content/up...

In summary, whereas it is not yet clear whether a gluten free diet can prevent autoimmune diseases, it is worth mentioning that HT patients with or without CD benefit from a diet low in gluten as far as the progression and the potential disease complications are concerned

restartmed.com/hashimotos-g...

Despite the fact that 5-10% of patients have Celiac disease, in my experience and in the experience of many other physicians, at least 80% + of patients with Hashimoto's who go gluten-free notice a reduction in their symptoms almost immediately.

[silverfox7]

Something I’ve read but don’t take it as gospel! The first thyroid medication was NDT and started in 1892. . Can’t remember when exactly now but before that we would have died. Sometime after that a doctor asked in a mental institution if he could take blood samples to see if he could find if they really were really mental patients or was it something else. He was allowed to continue and he treated them all. I think it was 60. Only one he decided had a mental issue but the rest were hypothyroid. Sadly only a few were allowed home with medication. They hadn’t suffered through being in there for any length of time. Some others were allowed home provided someone was responsible for seeing they took their medication. They had been in the institution too long to manage anything theirselves and only one person was judged to be an imbecile. I read this I think on health unlocked but so long ago I’ve forgotten the finer details. But I think the message is clear-we need the treatment we are getting or we stand a risk of losing some mental capacity. I so wish I had kept the original so this may be more of the gist as I’ve slept a few times since then!