At our institute, we mainly treat patients who come to us for panic attacks, anxiety disorders, depression or a burnout syndrome. An above-average number of those affected also suffer from Hashimoto’s disease and therefore have to take synthetic thyroid hormones permanently. Not infrequently, however, these medications turn out to be the trigger of the psychological problems. Either because the wrong dose was taken unknowingly or because certain medications are simply not well tolerated by some patients.
Synthetic thyroid hormones, such as Levoxyl or Synthroid, are among the most prescribed medications worldwide. But unfortunately, not everyone tolerates these drugs equally well. Especially dosage errors lead to suffer from panic attacks, anxiety disorders or depression.
But even with seemingly correct dosage, psychological problems can occur, because in fact the actual thyroxine requirement varies much more than most people realize.