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<amit.karandikar.2008(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/365277.html
>
> In 2007 he announced his retirement from international
> cricket and now
> he has described how the depression set in during the
> India trip. "I
> was petrified. I started sweating heavily and shaking. My
> mind was
> racing. And I could hear a loud thumping noise - like
> someone banging
> a big drum. I couldn't work it out. Then I realised it was
> my heart.
>
> Symptoms sound familiar? Personally, I think he was
> hypothyroid.
>
> Just my 2 cents worth.
>
> -Amit

More likely hyperthyroid, but it could also be angina, an
anxiety attack, one of several infections, a food allergy, a
previously undiagnosed heart condition, food poisoning, etc.

The human body is quite complex. Rushing to one favorite
diagnosis is not appropriate.

Michael