Interesting article on depression / thyroid connection

[topsi]

interesting article

[madmouse]

I have seen more interesting and more importantly more scientific/water holding articles in my time, it is badly written full of assumptions and shortcut conclusions that don't really follow from what was said before. And it's 8 years old which is a lot in medical terms.

What do you find interesting about it? If you are concerned about your thyroid function ask your doctor to test it.

'It has been estimated that more than one third of people suffering from depression are hypothyroid. Some are in hospital. They receive, over long periods, antidepressants of one sort or another when actually the problem is deficiency of thyroid hormones. It is simply that no one thought of thyroid deficiency as a cause when their illness began; or the simplistic tests failed to reveal it.'

Really? Where does he get his statistics from? It's news to me.

His reasoning is simple depression = thyroid based = can be fixed with nutrition = buy expensive supplements and feel all well again.

As a lawyer with MH issues this type of article makes me cross to be honest.

[ThatsNotYours]

topsi - Not a lawyer but think all articles should be welcome in this space.

[madmouse]

ThatsNotYours that's a bit of an unpleasant dig isn't it

I would think my opinion is also welcome in this space?