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Friday, March 13, 2009 Spotter asks

Q: should my teen age daughter take prozac even when her thyroid levels are not where they should be

my 17 year old daughter had thyroid cancer when she was 11 years old and just a month ago i noticed she was not her self, she was being distant and not talking to me about the things that have been bothering and going on in her life, a week ago my daughter tryed to hurt herself by carving (hell) in her wrist, I took her to the Doctor to have her blood drawn because I noticed the distance in her additude and had a feeling her thyroid hormone levels had to be way off for her to be acting like this.

What I want to know is, should I allow her to take the Prozac the Doctor perscribed her?

Or should I wait and allow her Thyroid Medication to enter her system and ajust her hormone levels ?

Her Thyroid levels where off the chart, That was the words of her Doctor...

A Mother Concerns That Bothers Me So........

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3/13/09 6:30pm

This is something that you should definitely speak to her doctor about. I have read in some cases that thyroid problems can cause depression symptoms. Check with your doctor  or pharmacist to see if its ok to take the prozac with out of balance thyroid.

 

Pat

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By Spotter— Last Modified: 12/19/10, First Published: 03/13/09