| Thyroid and mental illness
I'm weary, so please forgive if I ramble.
Long story short, I pitched a fit over my son's lack of progress and his unhealthy weight gain, 45 pounds in less than 3 months. So they did a lithium test, and came back with a thyroid reading that was about twice what it should be. I get that lithium can cause elevated thyroid levels after prolonged use. But he's only been on it a month and a lot of the weight gain was prior to that. I'm reading.
The handbook I was given from the treatment center today says to rule out thyroid or other metabolic disturbances before diagnosing schizophrenia, as untreated hypothyroidism can mimic mental illness.
Does anyone out there have any experience that could relate to our situation? |