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In this section, I'm going to cover thyroid disorders. So first off, the most common

thyroid disorder is hypothyroidism. Just give you a little bit of background about diagnosis and

some of the labs that are assessed here. Hypothyroidism is typically defined or most commonly defined as an elevated T-SH and a low T-4.

From a clinical standpoint, this can often mimic some of the signs and symptoms of depression,

you know, fatigue, tired, but also can have

some clinical symptoms, I guess, if you will, as well, where patients always feel cold,

they might have weight gain, might have constipation, hair loss, dry skin. But again, that lethargy, lack of energy, just low motivation,

it can certainly mimic some of the signs and symptoms of depression there,

and then maybe they've got some other clinical symptoms with that.

TSA should be considered a differential diagnosis in patients who are experiencing

lethargy fatigue, those type of things.

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