Does hypothyroidism affect your mental state?!


Question: Does hypothyroidism affect your mental state!?
So I've heard it can cause mental problems, is this true!? And what kinda mental problems exactly!? What if the person isn't taking the medication for their condition, will the mental problems worsen!?

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Answers:
It can do if the thyroid hormone levels are particularly low and the condition is left untreated for long periods!. This used to be called 'myxoedematous madness'!. It is a psychotic illness!. More recently described is a syndrome of subacute encephalopathy, associated with high titres of thyroid autoantibodies, raised CSF protein, EEG abnormalities, and perfusion deficits in the presence of normal structural neuroimaging!. In most cases, the encephalopathy occurs without any gross change in circulating concentrations of thyroid hormones, suggesting that an inflammatory process is responsible for the cerebral dysfunction!. In the absence of pathological data, the evidence for a specific pathogenetic mechanism is largely circumstantial: a small vessel vasculitis and immune complex deposition have both been suggested!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Hypothyroid!.!.!.

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