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Can anxiety be treated through hormone therapy ?

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Anxiety/hormones: If hormone imbalance is cause of anxiety symptoms.

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Generally not: Anxiety may be due to hormonal abnormalities, like excessive thyroid hormone or deficient estrogen - but there are many more likely possibilities, such as psychologic disorders. Hormone therapy will only help if it was the cause, which is unlikely.

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