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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: Pregnancy made me depressed and exacerbated existing anxiety… *though* There is a very good chance that panic disorder and hormone inbalance go hand and hand in certain individuals. case one was my son who at 12 had a thyroid inbalance the doctors due to problems in understanding his test results did not get his system under control.during this time. He got a bad case of panic disorder. He was placed on 3mg xanax and took it for three years. Finally the doctor got his thyroid in balance and his panic cleared up and he is off medication. He has had no more problems. When I became menopausal and my HRT were out of balance I got a serious case of panic so bad I was housebound. The doctors and my psychristrist would not beleive the two conditions were related. Alas when we got my HRT balance my panic has began to clear up and my dose of xanax has been decreased. I am looking forward to being able to come off. My panic attacks are gone but the anxiety of the trial is still with me.My psychristrst is now becoming a believer. lori
This makes sense to me. I just found out that I’m hypothyroid and also many of my "female" hormones are out of balance such that I don’t ovulate and I’m currently taking medication to try to get pregnant. I wonder if this is part of my problem and why it seems to come and go in cycles? Christine in TX
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But surely this is no longer thought to be true? The current situation appears (from what I’ve read) to be that slightly more women than men present with anxiety problems but this has been changing gradually over the years towards this current near equality. The reasoning seems to be that the social stigma of admitting to an anxiety problem has lessend for men and that the traditional male route of self-medication with alcohol is no longer as acceptable as it was.
While women *do* tend to be more forthcoming about *many* types of "weaknesses" including anxiety disorders, there are still thought to be more women suffers than men — just as there are more male heart attack patients than female, and I doubt the females are just toughing it out 
The fact that hormones (estrogen and progesterone, commonly given in birth control pills and after menopause) cause anxiety and depression in *many* women is one clue. My big clue is that I was so much better in latter pregnancy and post childbirth — and I don’t think it was coincidental, I could literally *feel* the protection from PD fading away over this course of time. Hormones are longer lasting and farther reaching than neurotransmitters. Thus, if hormones play a significant role in PD and we are merely trying to regulate PD through neurotransmitter regulation, then perhaps that is why treatment for panic is often only partially successful. — For more information about this service, send e-mail to:
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writes: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – But surely this is no longer thought to be true? The current situation appears (from what I’ve read) to be that slightly more women than men present with anxiety problems but this has been changing gradually over the years towards this current near equality. The reasoning seems to be that the social stigma of admitting to an anxiety problem has lessend for men and that the traditional male route of self-medication with alcohol is no longer as acceptable as it was. While women *do* tend to be more forthcoming about *many* types of "weaknesses" including anxiety disorders, there are still thought to be more women suffers than men — just as there are more male heart attack patients than female, and I doubt the females are just toughing it out The fact that hormones (estrogen and progesterone, commonly given in birth control pills and after menopause) cause anxiety and depression in *many* women is one clue. My big clue is that I was so much better in latter pregnancy and post childbirth — and I don’t think it was coincidental, I could literally *feel* the protection from PD fading away over this course of time. Hormones are longer lasting and farther reaching than neurotransmitters. Thus, if hormones play a significant role in PD and we are merely trying to regulate PD through neurotransmitter regulation, then perhaps that is why treatment for panic is often only partially successful. — For more information about this service, send e-mail to:
I think you need to review the functions of the endocrine system. This system has a great deal to do with the whole chemical makeup of the human body. Don’t try to simplify the probility that an endocrine gland not funtioning properly cannot cause a problem like panic disorder. Hormonal inbalance is still not understood, and the symptoms they can bring on a system when out of balance is the new medicine. lori
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writes: Pregnancy made me depressed and exacerbated existing anxiety…
*though* There is a very good chance that panic disorder and hormone inbalance go hand and hand in certain individuals. case one was my son who at 12 had a thyroid inbalance the doctors due to problems in understanding his test results did not get his system under control.during this time. He got a bad case of panic disorder. He was placed on 3mg xanax and took it for three years. Finally the doctor got his thyroid in balance and his panic cleared up and he is off medication. He has had no more problems. When I became menopausal and my HRT were out of balance I got a serious case of panic so bad I was housebound. The doctors and my psychristrist would not beleive the two conditions were related. Alas when we got my HRT balance my panic has began to clear up and my dose of xanax has been decreased. I am looking forward to being able to come off. My panic attacks are gone but the anxiety of the trial is still with me.My psychristrst is now becoming a believer. lori
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Pregnancy made me depressed and exacerbated existing anxiety… *though* oddly enough for the second and third trimesters and for a year post partum I had *NO* depression or anxiety (I could fly anywhere, something unheard of now, and before I had my daughter). Estrogen and progesterone are just two of the female sex hormones; the latter can make you depressed; the former puts you at risk of higher blood pressure. But there are many many others such as HCG (pregnancy hormone) and especially I am thinking that perhaps prolactin played a role in my "honeymoon." I’m with you, I think PD in general deserves more study and because the majority of its sufferers are female special attention ought to be paid to the role of hormonal cycles in women. — For more information about this service, send e-mail to:
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<snipped to save space I’m with you, I think PD in general deserves more study and because
the majority of its sufferers are female special attention ought to be paid to the role of hormonal cycles in women.
But surely this is no longer thought to be true? The current situation appears (from what I’ve read) to be that slightly more women than men present with anxiety problems but this has been changing gradually over the years towards this current near equality. The reasoning seems to be that the social stigma of admitting to an anxiety problem has lessend for me and that the traditional male route of self-medication with alcohol is no longer as acceptable as it was. — Gary Cooper
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