Posted by Phillipa on September 7, 2010, at 13:19:30
This has been on my mind for years. Does anyone think any type of mental illness could be autoimmune or the result of another autoimmune illness. As for a while quite a few posters were suffering from autoimmune issues. And I've always seen a connection to thyroid. And if you google side effects of thyroid are anxiety/depression. Does one lead to the other. Maybe someone else can word this better and please feel free to. It just seems like there is a missing link somewhere. Don't have to agree. Like why do so many also become anxious and depressed at midlife? And also anyone feel as the body ages the mind ages and any slight mental illness gets worse. My pdoc said we all have coping mechanisms and only so many and when you reach you max you have the old term nervous breakdown? Just trying to figure things out. Phillipa
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