my mom is 70 and had been on sythroid. not sure when they put her on .007mcg of sythroid but after a fall in July, she entered into hosp. dr up’ed it to 1.0 , i noticed a big change of anxiety, and she has gone downhill since. she is currently being treated for depression, anxiety, psychosis . Dr says it will take 4-6 weeks for med to make a difference. no one knows what causes psychosis in elderly, but i am wondering why Dr lowered the dose immediately to .025mcg?
they did check. i can’ t tell you the exact values, but in the chart there are 3 in a row, the 1st was normal, the middle one was low, and the 3rd one was normal. i don’t know why that makes sense, but they lowered it based on some of her symptoms, Physchiatrist on a senior behavioral unit,
not sure if she had always been on .007 mcg prior, but i know the increase in July was to 1.0mcg. i know that just a little change makes a big difference. Could my mom get better, and gain her mind back? she started acting poorly then too, stopped watching tv, and would just stare, sort of gave it up, she also has had hx of depression, and chronic pain with Rhuematoid arthritis. she also has had several UTI’s this year, and i understand this causes some of the confusion, dementia in elderly.
Could the symptoms of pshycosis and confusion go away when the thyroid levels are reduced? how long should it take for this to happen? Or could it have gone to far? leaving her with dementia, pshycosis permanantly? thanks for you well wishes, this is so difficult for us to comprehend , how this change has rendered my mom so mentally challenged.

Tags: arthritis, chronic pain, confusion, dementia, depression anxiety, exact values, mcg, mom, pshycosis, psychosis, sythroid, thyroid, thyroid levels, watching tv

I posted this in mental health, but this section seems more appropriate. I for the most part want to know what this could be, or simply my psychosis that accompanies BPD. Also some advice on maybe a next step would be appreciated.

Background: Diagnosed with BPD and some other common problems that might come with (anxiety,etc). I refuse to go back on anti-psychotic/"anti-manic"s, but I have been having what I think are psychotic symptoms lately. When I first got placed in a psych hospital I was put on Anti-psychotics for hallucinations, but they subsided afterward and then after a few years i stopped taking them as they returned anyway.

: I have been having hallucinations again, similar to the old ones. Relating to ghosts, demons, and Satan. I have also been having panic attacks where the physical symptoms are strong and are very much tied to the hallucinations. Paranoia has always been there but lately it has become stronger than usual (paranoia prevents me from explaining further). I will add that the paranoia has somewhat disrupted my sleep as I have to sleep in different rooms of the house every night and it has brought back my insomnia(chronic) to an extent. Another problem is that I feel completely detached from my emotions. I know what emotions i should be feeling and in a sense i do. It is hard to explain, but it’s as though there are two people inside me, one feels the emotions and the other does not feel anything, completely logical. They SHOULD be connected but they are not, and I am not sure if this is because of my mood stabilizer or something else. And no I do not believe it to be another person, it is all me. My emotions and feelings are unable to be…felt. Lastly I can feel emotions on substances such as alcohol, but I am a sober addict and do not want to head down a path like that again.

If you read all that please tell me if my diagnosis could be wrong, as that would help persuade me to tell my psychiatrist. Or if you have taken mood stabilizers with a similar side-effect.

Real last note, I use medical terms when regarding my "issues" but in my mind I do not seem them as that, it is to make this as understandable as possible, thank you.

Tags: addict, anti psychotics, anxiety, demons, diagnosis, emotions, extent, feelings, ghosts, hallucinations, insomnia, mental health, mood stabilizer, mood stabilizers, Panic Attacks, paranoia, psychiatrist, psychosis, psychotic symptoms, satan