Dr. Diane Mueller explains how hidden infections like Lyme disease, mold illness, Bartonella, and babesia can damage your thyroid and trigger depression and anxiety. These pathogens disrupt the hypothalamus, which controls thyroid production. Treating the underlying infection may restore thyroid function and reduce medication needs.
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So Lyme disease, mold illness, Bartonella, babesia. Other hidden toxins can be huge causes of things like depression and anxiety. And furthermore, a lot of things can cause thyroid disorders. You know, toxins can get into the thyroid, and the thyroid will not produce thyroid as well. Certain microorganisms will get into the hypothalamus of the brain. And this is the upper regulatory part of our system, meaning when the hypothalamus is working correctly, correctly, it sends the signal to the thyroid to work correctly. So that's really important. So part of it is like of getting somebody off thyroid medication, for example, getting rid of the infections so that the hypothalamus, the brain, is sending the right signal to the thyroid.