Stop the Thyroid Madness: A Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Treatment (Paperback)

~ Janie A. Bowthorpe (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Grape Publishing (April 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615144314
• ISBN-13: 978-0615144313
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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87 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have book for all thyroid patients, June 8, 2008

By	VA Mom - See all my reviews

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This book is the most comprehensive book, that I've read, out there that gives patients who've just been diagnosed with thyorid problems or who have been under treated with Synthroid by their doctors for years, because according to their "labs" everything looks fine. There is a revolution underway. Thyroid patients are getting fed up being under treated with Synthroid and re-discovering Armour.

If you are trying to make the switch from Synthroid to Armour, tried once before and assumed you reacted badly (when the symptoms might have been due to adrenal fatigue) and are ready to try again, or are already on Armour and being under treated, this book will guide you through it.

The author's website www.stopthethyroidmadness.com is a good place to start. This book will become your Thyroid "bible" to help you determine which tests you need to ask for, and finding a doctor who will work with you and treat you according to symptoms and not by "perfect labs". This book will help you explain to your doctor why treating according to the labs is going to leave you under treated.

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important book which will influence medical care of the low thyroid condition., February 6, 2009

By	Jeffrey Dach MD (Hollywood, FL USA) - See all my reviews

Stop the Thyroid Madness: a Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Thyroid Treatment by Janie Bowthorpe review by Jeffrey Dach MD

Written by a non-professional, this is the most important thyroid book to come out in the last few years. The book is timely because of two factors:

Number one) For decades, mainstream medicine has been guilty of mismanaging the low thyroid condition.

Number two) Patients are now empowered by the internet to collectively share notes and devise their own strategies for thyroid testing and treatment.

Empowered E-Patients

One of these empowered e-patients is Janie Bowthorpe, owner of the Stop-the-thyroid-Madness-blog. In her book, Janie describes her ordeal with years of crippling fatigue, all the while her doctors told her "the labs were normal", and insisting she was adequately treated with Synthroid, the mainstream T4 thyroid medication. Apparently she was not adequately treated.

Switched from Synthroid to Armour

Eventually after many years of needless suffering, Janie visited an internet thyroid message board and discovered information about natural thyroid medication called Armour. Empowered with this new information, Janie switched over from the Synthroid to the Armour, and experienced a dramatic recovery, and has been well ever since.

Janie's Amazing Journey

The first section of her book chronicles this amazing journey, and later sections are the condensed wisdom from her blog and message boards. Important chapters in the book deal with the superior clinical results of Armour natural thyroid compared to Synthroid, the unreliability of the TSH test, and the issue of adrenal fatigue in relation to the low thyroid condition. Also discussed are the role of Ferritin and Iodine.

A Very Important Book

Stop the Thyroid Madness is unquestionably a very important book which will influence mainstream medical treatment for the low thyroid condition. Jamie's activism has galvanized a revolution in medical care, with thousands of patients demanding superior thyroid care described in her book. I applaud Janie Bowthorpe's book, and wish her strength and good fortune in her continuing efforts to reform the mainstream medical system.

Other Books Recommended:

Hypothyroidism the Unsuspected Illness, by Broda Barnes MD

Iodine, Why You Need It and Why You Cant Live Without It by David Brownstein MD

Hypothyroidism, Type Two by Mark Starr MD

Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by Wilson

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THANK GOD FOR THIS BOOK & THE WEB SITE !!!!!, July 14, 2008

By	A. Abbott (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have thyroid issues, you HAVE to read this book. It truly is the Thyroid bible and if you care at all about actually getting better this is the way to do. Doctors will leave you sick based on your blood work. This book lets you know in no uncertain terms that if you still feel sick, you still ARE sick. Listen to your body and not a rediculous and meaningless number on a sheet of paper.