Re: New test results/SSRI's and tsh??

[Guest guest]

What effect do antidepressants have on the tsh? And Free t-3? My husband just

got test results today.

thanks,

, Wisconsin

Re: New test results ()

Hi ,

I don't know if antidepressants effect antibodies tests - I would

suspect not. But tricyclic and some ssri antidepressants effect the

TSH. Lots of things effect TSH. This just shows how useless a

pituitary hormone test is for diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune

thyroid disease.

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> Can you explain just what that is?

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> kk

[Guest guest]

, I would think they would have an effect on T3 and subsequently

TSH. There's a link between T3 and serotonin, and SSRI's effect

serotonin levels. I know that my own levels of neurotransmitters

(dopamine and serotonin) were really low when I was first diagnosed

hypoT and supplementing with 5HTP and Tyrosine together has made a

huge difference in how my thyroid hormones work. Psychiatrist have

been using T3 to help treat depression for years and know that if

your thyroid hormones are off then often ADs just don't work,

because the ADs treat the symptom, not the underlying cause of the

problem.

This is from Peripheral thyroid hormones and response to selective

serotonin reuptake inhibitors by Gitlin, Lori L. Altshuler,

Mark A. Frye, Rita Suri, L. Huynh, Lynn Fairbanks,

Bauer, and Stanley Korenman

Objective

To examine the relation between baseline measurements of thyroid

function and response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

(SSRIs) and to consider the effect of these antidepressants on

thyroid hormone levels.

Conclusion

Baseline thyroid function, as measured by serum TSH, may predict a

patient's response to antidepressant treatment with SSRIs. Optimal

thyroid function, beyond simply being within the normal laboratory

values, may be necessary for an optimal response to antidepressants.

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