Q. I suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder which in my opinion is greatly aggravated by my hypothyroidism. Plus I'm forty and my other hormones are starting to flare as well. I take 150/T-4 replacement. However I took myself off paxil/prozac because they were costly and aggravating to my TSH blood levels. I wish to pursue medical marijuana as I live in Washington state where this alternative is legal. When I go off on an emotional frenzy I need something now, again oral drugs failed me here. Please give me some feedback on your experience with herbal alternatives to synthetics.
A. Paxil and Prozac have no interaction with either thyroid or TSH. Never. You stopped them for your own reasons, but not because they effected your thyroid, so do not spread falsehoods like this. You can lie to yourself if you want, but not to others.
As far as your alternative to synthetics, getting stoned does not work. It gets you high, but is in no way palliative for BPD other than to dope one up. Period. I have seen no data that marijuana does much at all except decrease cognition and increase weight. It is a bad thing. If you can afford to smoke pot, you can probably afford appropriate medicinal treatment that has been shown to work.
