Do Synthetic Thyroid Hormones Work?

Women are especially susceptable to an underperforming thyroid, which can lead to them being treated for depression that can result from the condition. Roman Samborsky/Shutterstock

If you walk into a doctor’s office and tell a conventional doctor that you’re depressed, gaining weight, fatigued, having trouble concentrating, cold, and constipated, chances are that the doctor would tell you that it’s depression, aging, or just stress, and that’s why you’re feeling the way you do.

They might prescribe you some medication and off you go.