Can hypothyroidism cause random depression?
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The past couple months, I've been having these random bursts of depression that ranges from 3 days to a week long at the most (so far). They come out of nowhere, and there's not really a reason behind it. I get this sense of hopelessness during the depression, and I've been having suicidal thoughts because I feel like I either won't get better, or I just feel so indifferent about my life and see no point to it. I haven't actually legitimately considered suicide, it's more of a "what if" thing. Can an underactive thyroid cause these mood shifts?
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carole1946 alyssap123
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Depression doesn't describe how I feel about my hair loss due to
thyroid issues.
I have been on thyroid pills for over 7 years, NEVER misssed
a dose and all was fine until my Doctor put me on a cholesterol
pill because my levels were too high.
I attribute the statin to be the cause of the hair loss, because
that is when I started to lose my full thick hair. I would say I
lost over 50% of my hair and can no longer style it because
it is so THIN!
I went to a thyroid specialist and she did an ultrasound of
my thryroid and it showed my thyroid was not working AT ALL !!!
Needless to say, I stopped the statin pill immediately, discussed
it with my primary care doctor and he said that was OK with him.
This all started in November, 2015.
Thank god my hair is no longer falling out. It is growing longer,
but NOT THICKER.
Also, the specialist asked me about my home life and I told her
I am unfortunately living with my husband who is constantly drunk
and stoned, and has a friend *girl" whi is 27 years younger. She
is also an alcoholic and a weed smoker. I was told stress doesn't
help with hair re-growth.
I just started using 7500 mcg. of Biotin and am using
OGX shampoo with biotin and collogen.
You can buy it for the least amount of money at Walmart.
I don't know if it helps or not, but I will continue using it.
It smells nice and when I wash with the shampoo and
conditioner version of it.
What are your issues and when did they start?
Have you had hair loss and for how long and what
are you doing about it?
Keep me posted.
Hope to "hear" from you again.
alyssap123 carole1946
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shellyC19 alyssap123
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My name is Shelly and I am a nurse in the USA. I have Hashimoto's thyroid disease since 1987.
Yes, low thyroid or HYPO, can make you feel depressed. The thyroid has a function for our energy and mood swings can happen when you go low.
So get some blood work done. TSH level and T4 and T3 and TPOA and TGab blood tests. Also mood swings can come from low levels of seritoin which is a brain chemical. They can test for that level also.
Some symptoms of Hypothyroid are: feeling cold, weight gain, sleepy, headaches, depression, bruising, low heart rate and low body temp, brittle nails and dry skin. There are more these are most common ones.
Keep us posted on how you do,
Shelly
valrae16152 alyssap123
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helena83477 alyssap123
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If it isn't too unbearable, try to put up with it but I, being one not to put up with mood swings easily, went and asked for anti depressants. They have helped a great deal and I have noticed a big change in the mood swings.
shannon93482 alyssap123
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LayneTX alyssap123
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Now that I have a worse illness, I'm learning so much about how wonderful life can be. Sad it took illness to make me really dig in, but atleast I'm feeling so much better. My last readings where pretty high for me, but I told Doctor I have no symptoms of hypothyroidism, but she called and said up my Armour anyway. Ok, I will, but will keep eye on it.
Good for you to get on forum and ask. That alone often helps.