This paper, including a patient panel of over20 years duration, shows that with PTSD, there is a greater relationship with hypothyroid women but not hyperthyroid. Downloadable. This is another paper linking stress to thyroid activity.
Posttraumatic stress disorder and incidence of thyroid dysfunction in women
November 2018
Psychological Medicine 49(15):1-10DOI: 10.1017/S0033291718003495
Sun Jae, JungJae, H Kang, Andrea L Roberts, C. Koenen
That’s me. PTSD since 2001. Always suspected there was a link. Thanks diogenes
Been seeing a Psych whose diagnosed PTSD in me ...so now I know
Why are NHS happy to describe PTSD as something which can be brought on by unbalanced hormones (can’t remember the exact wording) and yet fail to take hypothyroidism seriously for so many sufferers? Hypothyroidism (with or without PTSD) treatment is just so cack handed. It all leads back to so many issues for the NHS and it’s funding and resource issues. Diagnose and treat us better and so much could be done for patients and save money. Whilst the whole of the NHS seems to be in deep peril, mental services must be one of the most overstretched areas. I feel like hypothyroidism is treated as if it’s something from the Dark Ages and yet there was a period where treatment was apparently more successful than it is today. Thanks for highlighting.
I was diagnosed age 56 with Graves 4 months after being attacked by my paid assistant manager who I was still working alongside as having to follow company policy and also I was anxious he would ' turn on ' my team of volunteers.
Twas all a waste of time - company was useless - there were no witnesses ( of course ) just as he planned and told me so - and just continued to discredit me in various underhand ways -
I know now I have been undiagnosed Hypo from a child and likely Graves/Hypo and my TSH never responded in the ' normal ' way - and of course the antibodies were never run :
We see so much bullying in our society now. I was once bullied at school, which I sorted out. I do not think those old tactics necessarily work these days. There were two other incidents which nowadays we just know would be court cases. One of the guys went on to rape and murder. I saw that he had finally died in prison. The other died quite young of a burst appendix. People are just too willing to push to the nth degree by any means possible. When I started work, bullying was still in evidence but mostly it was a bit more subtle. Now it’s just monstrously outrageous. I could easily have a full rant here. Apologies. It’s one of my biggest problems being hypothyroid that so-called health givers seem to have a complete blind spot on - vulnerability. I have no doubt that other illnesses make patients feel vulnerable too but I think hypothyroidism produces it in spades. Or is it the PTSD in the body which brings about the hypothyroidism? Chicken or egg? The more monstrous our society, the more the vulnerable are picked on. So much for civilisation. Wasn’t it Mahatmaghandi who was asked on a visit to the UK, “What do you think of British civilisation?” He replied “It would be a good idea”. Sorry if the quote is not absolutely word for word. Yes a pretty full rant.
