IMPORTANT information for those suffering from depression, bi-polar, and ADHD

Have you been tested for hypothyroidism? http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/for-anyone /

I'm asking everyone I know with ongoing health issues to look into it further EVEN if they've been tested with negative results. A more complete list of symptoms is here: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/long-and-pathetic / HYPOTHYROIDISM IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY UNDIAGNOSED, UNTREATED AND MISTREATED DISEASES IN THE WORLD. A list of causes can be found at the link above. In addition to those; common toxins in the water and food supply block iodine absorption, which greatly increases hypothyroid risk to everyone.

I just got a proper diagnosis after 30 years of misdiagnosis. That's 30 years spent suffering from about 85% of the symptoms (my doctors first thought I might have it at age 14!!)Geez, but I'd like to have those 30 years back! If you know of anyone else who might benefit from this information please feel free to pass it along.

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Sadly, it didn't help the depression (though the cancer is almost gone, so there's that lol). But I do know this can affect a lot of people in a lot of ways, so your advice is excellent, and I encourage those who suffer from depression to look further into this. I only found out about the connection after reading up on it after my cancer diagnosis, so a lot of people probably have no idea about this.

and already my energy is up and my brain fog is lifting! My recall is better than it's been in years and my fibromyalgia symptoms are down. In fact, I've discovered that the "fibromyalgia" may actually just be symptoms caused by the low thyroid, progesterone and adrenal fatigue:

Since the 1970’s several new health issues and diseases have been “discovered”. In 1980, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia were first noted. High cholesterol wasn’t considered a widespread health problem until the 1970’s, and Depression has become an epidemic. In 1982, Osteoporosis also became a health issue.

In fact, all these health issues have become closely related to undiagnosed or undertreated hypothyroidism.

The TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) test was created in 1973. It is used to diagnose thyroid problems, but it measures a hormone from the pituitary gland, not the thyroid. A feedback loop exists in your body where the pituitary gland produces more or less thyroid stimulating hormone in response to the level of thyroid hormones in the bloodstream, and the thyroid produces more or less hormone based on the level of TSH. The normal range for the TSH test has been lowered several times, (the AACE, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, now recommends a range from 0.3 to 3.0), yet patients are not diagnosed until the TSH is much higher than the 3.3. In the case of autoimmune thyroid problems, the TSH can be within the normal range, yet antibodies are attacking the thyroid. Even the AACE estimates that as many as 1 in 5 Americans suffers from hypothyroidism.

A human thyroid produces T4, T3, T2, T1 and calcitonin. For nearly 100 years, hypothyroid patients were given desiccated porcine thyroid (dried thyroid gland from pigs), and doses were increased until all symptoms were gone. Synthroid became the treatment of choice for hypothyroidism by the 1970s. This new drug contains only the storage thyroid hormone known as T4, leaving patients undertreated.

Cholesterol is essential to your body. It is the precursor of pregnenolone, which Dr. Peatfield called “grandmother of the adrenal hormones”. It is needed for development of the brain and nervous system, and for fertilization and fetal health. In the skin, under sunlight, cholesterol produces vitamin D. In the 1960’s, Dr. Broda Barnes proved that when thyroid function is low, the cholesterol level in the blood rises, and when thyroid hormone is administered, the level drops again. Yet, according to Dr. Joseph Mercola, at least 12 million Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs, mostly statins.

Dr. John C. Lowe, has documented clear relationships between fibromyalgia and thyroid function. In fact, fibromyalgia patients benefit from thyroid treatment that includes the T3 hormone. Similarly, in the magazine “Alternative Medicine”, Dr. Raphael Kellman indicated that an underactive thyroid may be the cause of Chronic Fatigue.

From an article by Irene Aleger, “ The myth of osteoporosis began with the selling of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). With no evidence that HRT would even prevent or treat osteoporosis, a major promotional campaign in 1982 by the pharmaceutical company producing the synthetic hormone, suggested that it could prevent this disfiguring and disabling disease. Most disturbing, was the idea promulgated that all women are at risk for osteoporosis, after menopause.” And as for depression, is there a woman with hypothyroid symptoms who has not at least been offered an anti-depressant by her doctor?

The truth is that when hypothyroid patients are not diagnosed, or are inadequately treated with T4-only medications, the pharmaceutical companies make a fortune from the drugs prescribed to treat what are essentially hypothyroid symptoms. Abbott Labs made $541.3 million in 2000 on Synthroid alone. SSRIs are widely prescribed for depression; add in the profit the drug companies make from statins for cholesterol, pain medications for fibromyalgia, sleep aids for CFS and Fosamax for osteoporosis and the amount is staggering.

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/recent-new-disease...

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