Synthroid is a simple thyroid hormone replacement pill. Low thyroid can lead to depression, and boosting thyroid levels commonly relieves that.
I’d challenge you to provide any link that suggests suicide or suicidal impulses are a side effect of Synthroid.
http://www.drugcite.com/?q=SYNTHROID
suicidal and self-injurious behaviors (1.03% or 1 out of every 100 people taking it)
As I understand the problem; Synthroid only contains T-4. T-4 is converted into the liver into T-3. Some people may have trouble with this, leaving them with a T-3 deficiency.
I found numerous links by doing a simple Google search using the terms adverse side effect synthroid. Many comments are as stated here.
I looked in the PDR and in the literature, but I couldn’t find anything like that. On the contrary, hypothyroidism (which Synthroid is intended to treat) includes depression among possible symptoms.
I think that Synthroid is a synthetic form of the thyroid hormone, and it may not work the same way as natural-sourced substance would.
I think that Synthroid is a synthetic form of the thyroid hormone, and it may not work the same way as natural-sourced substance would.
I took synthroid for over thirty years, monitored by an internists, our family doctor. I began having episodes of anxiety and panic attacks, then periods of depression. Each would last for a month or so and go away, but return later. About six years ago, it began it all over again, but this time I couldn’t function. Tests revealed nothing and the doctor said it was emotional. I saw a psychiatrist who after several sessions and thyroid discussion, told me to see a endocrinologist immediately. I did, I was diagnosed with hashitoxicosis, which is an autoimmune disease where my thyroid swings from high to low levels of hormone. When my thyroid was producing hormone, that along with the synthroid ws like an overdose to my entire system. He took me off synthroid and I haven’t had a panic attack since. I can tell you, synthroid and a bad thyroid CAN cause severe metabolism issues that act as emotional disorders. My endo guy calls the thyroid “the second brain”.