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hmmm - I wonder... does this look like a hypothyroid person to you?

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eh? a bald bloke in shorts carrying a paper? Issy please elaborate? J xx

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Issy

Syd Barrett, from Pink Floyd.

Contrast with earlier photos....

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OK he used to have hair, sang a bit, 'wish you were here' & is miserable - could be my hubby really! what am I missing? J xx

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Issy

He had schizophrenia - but maybe hypo too? Just a thought as I saw some photos on the telly recently, and he struck me as having a "hypothyroid slump".

Hypothyroidism does lead to other problems...

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Issy

he used to have eyebrows too....

He had type 2 Diabetes (died 2006) - so wouldn't be surprised if there was a thyroid problem there too..

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Louise

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I'm afraid not everything can be attributed to thyroid conditions... Syd Barrett also had a very well documented, colourful, and often experimental, drug problem in the 60s that was bound to have multiple repercussions, including the compounding of his schizophrenia... see his biography at sydbarrett.com/

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The same thought went through my brain as I heard that program. But very difficult to know anything because of his complicated history which might have included, actually did include, a huge range of "substances".

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Issy

Agreed substance abuse seems to be well documented - but just looking at him, seems a typical "hypothyroid slump" and the hypothyroid sort of weight gain?

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