Stop the Thyroid Madness II: How Thyroid Experts Are Challenging Ineffective Treatments and Improving the Lives of Patients

This is an excellent book for anyone who has hypothyroid. There is a lot to learn. Need to read it many times as thyroid issues can be difficult to understand. Author has many years of experience and only one I have found who is credible. Highly recommend

Even though this book was interesting and made some good points, I am one that Armour did not help. After my second son was born in 1999, I was able to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. A year and a half later all hell broke loose. I packed on 20 pounds. I felt like crap. My mom had Hashimoto's and said your symptoms sound like mine before I was diagnosed... it also runs in her family. I was put on Levothyroxine. It didn't stop my symptoms. So, in 2003 I was put on Armour up to 90 mg. I was doing alright for a while, then my weight started creeping up and having all the symptoms again. I was watching what I eat and strength training three days a week. Was put up to 15 extra mg. Did okay for a year then started having bad palpitations. I was put back down to 90 mg. My full panel was up with good levels, then down, then up, then down. My cholesterol is horrible also though. Next came menopause, the symptoms got even worst. I can't go any higher than 90 mg still without having palpitations, but it is NOT helping me at all. Even on this, my free T3 is still low. I can't take estrogen because of the female cancers in my family and also, if you research, taking Estrogen can interfere with Thyroid function. These doctors on here say the stories about it Armour not having issues with not regulating, well it isn't true for me! Not everyone is the same. What is good for one person may not be for another. So now my doctors will try T3 (liothyronine) compounded. Also, low dose naltrexone. My sister has Hashimoto's, and she does fine on Synthroid. So again, it all depends on the individual.

I was hopeful that this book would answer some questions for me, and in the end - I am pretty much as confused as ever regarding specific aspects of my hypo-thyroid condition. Case in point, all information about the varying reference ranges for TSH still leaves me asking: What is the best reference range for me based on my age and situation? That question is not answered.Much of the controvery in the book is about how TSH should not be the sole measure for thyroid function. I know that - but TSH is still a measure that my doctor will insist on so providing a lot of evidence about why not to use the TSH test and showing me that labs have a wide difference in their reference ranges just creates more confusion. There are no real answers here.This book in a nutshell is really about pointing out all the conflicting data and theory on correcting thyroid insufficiency.It's a bit of good chaos - the book I mean.Who this book is for: anyone who wants to understand the complexities of getting thyroid regulated.Who is this book NOT for: anyone who is looking for clear guidance and answers that will set you on a direct path to improving your thyroid condition. .As background, I am an educated woman who has been on natural thyroid replacement for 15 years (synthetic forms for 15 years prior to the natural form) I am pretty much just wanting to ensure my T3 / T4 levels are appropriate for myself. Recent TSH test results have got my current endocrinologist wanting to put me on a synthetic form of thyroid (that will not happen). I bought this book hoping it might help me to understand how to get the best blood test results for TSH levels and free T3/T4 based on timing of tests, food intake, and then understand my TSH range against free T3 levels. I also wanted to know specifically which nutrients have a negative impact on someone like myself who is on a lifetime prescription of natural thyroid. I want to ensure my health (which is excellent) remains excellent even though I will always be on thyroid meds. This belief is, by the way, one that I have made peace with and accept. For a lot of people on thyroid meds they want to get off them and get their thyroid correct again. I was there 20 and 30 years ago. At this point, as I stated, I just want the right medication, the right dosage, the right information about how to get the best results, how to talk to my doctor about reference ranges, and basically just balance all the nutrients and other aspects of my life to remain healthy for the long-term.

This book is SO GOOD it needs to be on Kindle. I bought three copies, one for me, one for my endocrinologist and one for another friend with hypo-active thyroid issues. I also bought the other Janie Bowthorpe book, which is not duplicative. (I did wonder at first.) They are both fascinating and worth the price. Her first book is more an important personal story and that of others similarly situated. I had a total thyroidectomy a few weeks ago, so I would be in that group. Her emotional support in her writing and her story is invaluable to anyone concerned with their thyroid and what it is doing, or not doing.Most interesting, and I agree, are countless women told they have "fibromyalgia" and other "mystery illnesses" when many can simply be traced back to the thyroid performance or under performance. After my own thyroidectomy I can see how the symptoms are easily confused or blurred. And solutions to what seem to be overwhelming issues, can be within an arms reach!PART II is more a medical perspective and some case studies - but of much more importance to someone in the medical profession (why I bought this book for my Doctor) and important as well for a person who really needs to grasp all the tests and what they mean. Like me. So both books are my base reference materials and were the most thorough I could find on the general consumer market for this subject.Beyond correct diagnoses comes an entirely different situation, and that situation has to do with what "go to" meds are being used to treat it overall - in the States...with no good reason why except for profit - at the expense of the patient. If you do not want to be a "Stepford Wife" or "Levothyroxine Brain" consider the arguments and philosophies of both books. So many people profit off Synthroid [Levothyroxine] I can be sure they will not let two books like this get all high ratings. Opinion type books rarely get low ratings because readers usually know the content going in. But this confronts opportunists at big pharma, and will be interesting.

This book is brilliant. I particularly was interested in learning how the TSH reference range is arrived at, which shattered any illusions I might have had left about the objectivity of the medical profession. Buy it, read it, ponder on the knowledge it brings. Being edited by Janie Bowthorpe, M.Ed., who brought Stop the Thyroid Madness to the world, it cannot be anything other than thought-provoking.

Excellent resource - those who insist that the medical profession in the UK remain restricted by the current outdated thyroid testing protocols should all be made to read this book.

There was too much information to take in about this condition.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU dear Janie Bowthorpe for all your work and effort!!! Loved the first book, love this too - highly recomended!!!

Very informative if you have a Thyroid problem. I have learned a great deal since reading it and can now do battle with my Doctor on the subject.