Why would my thyroid need to be checked?
I suffer from depression and social anxiety and recently my therapist suggested that I have my thyroid checked. Why would that be?
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Because your symptoms are symptoms of thyroid disease.
"Social anxiety" could actually be just an excess of adrenaline, which can be caused by hyperthyroidism, which could be caused by a few thyroid diseases, the most common of which is Grave’s disease.
Depression is a symptom of both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
Check this link. Copy and paste it. I think you will find everything in there that you need to know about the thyroid gland.
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_endocrin/thygland.cfm