What causes depression and tiredness in a person with thyroid disorder?

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2015

Question: I am very depressed, tired, and cry a lot. my doctor took me off thyroid 200mcg and put me on nature-sy.3throid 0.25. could this be my problem and what is normal range fo women my age 71

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
TSH around 5 at your age

Detailed Answer:
Good day
sorry to hear about your problems. Normal range of TSH for your age is around 5. What did your lady thyroid blood works reports show?
Under active thyroid can cause depression. Would appreciate if you could share the last blood report

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (6 minutes later)

getting blood test friday

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
big dose reduction

Detailed Answer:
Okay. The reduction of dose from 200 mcg to 25 mcg (0.25mg) was a big drop in dose. Why did your doc do that? Was that decision based on any blog test? ?.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar