Her http://drknews.com/ fortelles det en historie om en pasient som ble feildiagnostisert som bipolar. Men hadde lavt stoffskifte. Hørt den før? Ja, desverre.

Hvorfor blir Hashimotos mistolket som bipolaritet?

It’s possible her bipolar symptoms were symptoms of Hashimoto’s, and unfortunately such a mistake is common today given the medical misunderstanding of Hashimoto’s. When autoimmune Hashimoto’s flares up, the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland. As the thyroid tissue is destroyed, it spills excess thyroid hormone into the bloodstream. This causes symptoms that can easily be confused with the manic episode of bipolar disorder, such as hyperactivity, irritability, and an inability to sleep.

When the immune attack dies down, more thyroid tissue is lost and the person returns to a hypothyroid state that frequently includes depression and fatigue, which can look like the depressive state of bipolar disorder. Also for someone who has gone a period of time without sleeping much and operating on overdrive, a crash it to be expected.