Quote Originally Posted by christopher leigh View Post
I just want to mention something. In the past few years a number of athletes I know have developed hypothyroidism. In each case they had depression, and the odd thing was none of them had anything to be depressed about. No problems with the spouse, money issues, or job fears. All struggled to train due to a lack of energy, and all felt a big dark cloud over their conciousness.

In one case the doctor was going to put the person on anti-depressants, wtihout even checking thyroid function. The patient knowing someone else in the family had hypothyroidism, had to suggest to the doctor that it might be thyroid related. Being an athlete the doctor just said "you don't look like you've got that."

Similar attitude actually to Egor above.
Christopher I actually do wonder sometimes. I dont want to Hijack the thread but your attitude towards Egor isnt on. He is a professional in his field and Im sure has helped many people.
How can you possibly make comment when you dont even know him ?.

Your comment above. Whereby the athletes had an odd thing , IE nothing to depressed about.
If you knew anything about depression as I do( I am not an expert, THERE ARE NONE ) Having everything is very common in people who suffer from depression.
Im sure Egor comes across this a lot in his job.
There are many people, thousands who do well on drugs such as citalopram etc. The way you have generalised the way a doctor hands them out is totally not how a GP goes about prescribing them.
Drugs are prescribed for specific conditions. Certainly not if the cat has died. Get real