A 22-year-old female asked:
can your thyroid cause pseudoseizures?
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Dr. Dan Fisher answered
27 years experience Internal Medicine
No.: Thyroid disease creates many physical symptoms but not pseudoseizure. Pseudoseizures are seizure like activity produced by emotional / mental factors. Since thyroid disease is so common I am sure there are some with pseudoseizure and thyroid disease but there is no causal relationship.
Answered on Sep 26, 2018
Dr. Jovita Anyanwu answered
30 years experience Internal Medicine
Not directly: However thyroid disease can worsen mental illness like anxiety and mania that theoretically can increase chances of psuedoseizures.
Answered on Sep 26, 2018
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