You might find this website helpful:
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com...mental-health/
Basically, yeah.. a lot of mental disorders show up as hypothyroid or hyperthyroid symptoms for some people. Someone might be getting too much thyroid hormone whether it's their own thyroid making too much or they are on too much thyroid meds..and this gives them anxiety attacks. So doctors turn around and prescribe anti-anxiety medication. Or too low thyroid hormone makes some people depressed so instead of fixing their thyroid they're prescribed anti-depressants and therapy. It can get pretty ridiculous.
One example taken from that website -
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Low cortisol can be an additional problem
In addition to low T3 levels causing psychiatric and psychological disorders, low cortisol levels can be an additional culprit—even when you feel you are adequately treated for your thyroid. Low cortisol results in cell receptors failing to adequately receive thyroid hormones from the blood, and can explain certain emotional and behavioral symptoms even when a patient is on thyroid meds, such as the need to avoid leaving one’s house, seeking peace and quiet, unable to tolerate stress, low tolerance to loud noises, rage, emotional ups and downs similar to bi-polar, panic, obsessive compulsive tendencies, hyper sensitive to the comments of others, phobias, delusions, suicidal ideation….and more.
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