Your man looks aghast as the men in the white coats chase you across the room living. Finally befitting with skill a giant botanist, an attendant to catch in a big net and wrestles you to the ground. The second adds his expertise to sitting the effort, his three hundred and fifty pounds mass of directly on top of the skull. Now your rage over the fallen flapjack to consider have been about something like an overreaction.
The straitjacket of the neck chaffing, to call to her husband for help. Although his hesitation is short, you will see the fear in his eyes. He thinks you've lost your mind. They begin to tear, but in a flash, you can see that fatally wounded flapjack helplessly on the kitchen floor and the nightmarish rage overtakes you to lay again. Feel it slip away as you wear the ambulance all, make a last desperate attempt to escape the beds in Bellevue. Looking over her shoulder your local man, deeply take air and shouting: "It's not my fault - it's my thyroid!"
your thyroid? Yes indeed - a condition known as myxedema Madness many psychiatric disorders, mimics
myxedema, the medical term for hypothyroidism, is most often recognized by known physical symptoms: weight gain, swelling over , the face, dry skin, fatigue, and a general slowing down the metabolism. However, the emotional symptoms are quite often overlooked. Or, more worryingly, due to a nonexistent mental health and psychiatric disorders.
myxedema Madness is a catchall phrase, coined by Dr. Richard Asher in 1940, ranging from a wide swath of feelings of slight includes fears, doubts and worries blown panic attacks and classical psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. Myxedema Madness typically manifests as a simple bout of depression and is often treated as such, with antidepressants and counseling "Slow down -. Take it for a bit easy" Unfortunately, neither the pills nor the dogma strike at the root of the problem.
If it can be left untreated myxedema madness transferred quickly to a deadly serious condition. Smaller fears can give way to major psychosis, delusions, hallucinations and paranoia. An otherwise can grab affable person at the slightest trouble, a certain amount of anger show previously unseen. , The patient may as schizophrenic, psychotic or manic depression
The risk of misdiagnosis diagnosed women increased because hypothyroidism inordinately impact - mainly women aged forty years. As a result of the emotional difficulties are often attributed to the "natural" process of aging, possibly due to the empty nest syndrome, the onset of menopause or other adjustments and changes in life. The elderly, especially those who already home setting live in a group standing in front of a double difficult task in receiving both the proper diagnosis and treatment for this disorder.
This is the bad news. The good news is that the diagnosis is actually quite simple. A simple blood test is all that is needed to identify a thyroid problem. The best news? If they are properly treated with a daily thyroid hormone you be flat your old self in no time. No more outbursts, no more votes and no more men in white coats. What unfortunately means no more shouting, "It's not my fault - it's my thyroid."
Yes ... modern medicine is a double-edged sword, in fact
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