Screaming to be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect, and Doctors Still Ignore, Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

by Elizabeth Vliet (Author)

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Vliet, the founder and medical director of a women's health care center, believes that hormones play a significant role in women's health, especially in the perimenopausal and menopausal years. Varying levels of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone can be linked to depression, chronic fatigue, migraines, fibromylagia, bladder problems, heart disease, and cancer. Vliet convincingly defends hormone replacement therapy, although controversial, as a corrective and preventive treatment, providing it is individualized and integrated with alternative therapies. It is unfortunate that Vliet's book is aimed at health care professionals and informed lay readers, because the medical jargon can be arduous for general readers, yet its detailed information could help women make informed decisions. A broad overview can be found in Susan M. Lark's The Estrogen Decision: A Self-Help Program (National Nursing Consortium, 1994). Highly recommended for medical collections. (Index and illustrations not seen.)?Lisa A. Errico-Cox, Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
In this book, Dr.Vliet continues her crusade to debunk myths and misinformation on women's health.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 639 pages
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company, Inc.; Rev Exp edition (December 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871319144
• ISBN-13: 978-0871319142
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,403 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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87 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic, but now there are new top choices, including ones by Dr. Vliet, April 6, 2002

By A Customer

Review update 11/2008: Six years have gone by, and there are now two books I recommend that together are more immediately useful, and less overwhelming, for making the hormone decision: "Perfect Balance" (Greene, 2005) and "The Perimenopause & Menopause Workbook" (Simpson, 2006). See the guide "So you want to... Pick safe, not risky, hormones for peri/menopause" for comparisons and pros and cons of these and other books, as well as of Dr. Vliet's newer works.

2002 review: As other reviewers have pointed out, this book addresses almost any question you might have about hormonal issues for women. Even better is that Dr. Vliet has no axe to grind: she won't be a cheerleader for either the "everything must be natural" or the "traditional medical establishment" camp. She forms her opinions carefully: she is completely tuned into women's experiences of their symptoms, but at the same time, she won't promote "natural" hormones unless her experience and the scientific data back up their effectiveness. For example, she points out how "natural" thyroid replacement hormones don't have the ideal combination of T3 and T4, while at the same time acknowledging that T3 can be crucial to wellness (which many doctors don't realize, insisting on giving only T4) and explaining how to get T3 in a more biocompatible form.

This book is jam-packed with information and may be heavy reading for someone who doesn't have an intellectual bent. Once you've read it, you'll likely know more about hormones than your doctor does (which is sad!). However, if you're looking for a book that will teach you everything you'll need to know to be your own patient advocate, you'll be in seventh heaven.

For more in-depth coverage of thyroid issues, I highly recommend "Living Well With Hypothyroidism" by Mary Shomon. "Listening to Your Hormones" and "The Thyroid Solution" are good too, but not the first place I turn.

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Women 35 And Over, January 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Screaming to Be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect and Doctors Ignore (Hardcover)

If you think you are going crazy, you are not. You feel rundown, you are not interested in sex, you need more sleep, your mind handles information like an Intel 80386. This book is the answer. I have bought copies for my family and friends. I have recommended it to my business school class, and the MEN referred it to other women they know. Vliet gave me the ammunition to say, "No, it's not just that I'm getting older, and it's not just that I have young children, it's that something is wrong." I had my hormones tested, and despite lab results showing them to be "normal," they were all BELOW NORMAL for optimal function according to Vliet's clinical experience. This book is the best money you can spend on women's health. A literal lifesaver.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has ALL of the answers you've been looking for!!, January 14, 2001

By A Customer

If you are a woman and looking for answers then this book is for you. Dr. Vliet covers everything imaginable for women's health. I HAD to be seen at her clinic after reading her book and finding answers to all of my questions that no other doctors had been able to answer. I had been previously misdiagnosed with so many things, I was beginning to lose all hope of ever feeling good again after I had a hysterectomy. Now, just 6 months after first visiting Her Place, I feel great, have more energy than I have since I was 20, weigh 115 pounds, and my sex life is now awesome! Don't miss an opportunity to change your life. Read this book and find confirmation for what you have suspected all along. This book can truly change your life!