I was wondering about the relation to thyroid disorders and anxiety/panic attacks, mood swings, depression. Does anybody on here have hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism? I am going to get my thyroid tested for the first time in a few months, requested by my psychiatrist. He said he just wanted to rule it out before he changes anything to my diagnosis? I'm not sure why I was never asked to get this done before, I just now found out thyroid disorders could actually cause issues that show up as what seems to be mental health problems.

I guess I'm just surprised none of my previous psychiatrists brought this up the past years, it seems like something that should be ruled out initially years before they put you on all kinds of medications. Of course I don't know if I have issues with my thyroid or not yet but I imagine it would be frustrating finding out you have something that's been overlooked when it would seem like at least one doctor would suggest it