From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	[OT] Emotional Conditions
Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:08:50 +1000

Starrngr writes:
> That truly would be a real nifty piece of bio engineering, since its the
> PANCREAS that produces insulin, not the thyroid. I know, I had to take
> thyroid supplelments when I was growing up. the worst part about
> it was the
> fact that the Dr alway had a zillion different blood tests he had to take
> before each visit, and his lab had just about THE most incopetent
> lab tech's
> ever. Net result... a very severe dislike of needles.

You sure?? *shrug* I dunno... I'm not diabetic, I don't know any diabetics
personally, and I'm not really interested. But I did believe that it was the
thyroid gland that produced insulin.

Hmm... yep, it's the pancreas that produces insulin. So what does the
thyroid gland do that got me mixed up? Hmm... growth hormones (was that your
problem, Star?), bodily function regulators, including heart beat (which is
why there's the super-thyroid gland in SR). Ah, here it is... iodine! It
creates radioactive iodine as a self-regulator, and problems with
over-active thyroid glands (which are serious health problems, apparently)
can be treated with radioactive iodine.

And to link it all back in... an over active thyroid gland can cause severe
depression! :)

So, for the ObSR: are runners with superthyroid glands more likely to be
depressed?

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