Site Map
Those site map pages below with an asterisk are patient-written.
Please note that all information on this website, and shown on this site map, is LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED by Stop the Thyroid Madness, LLC, aka STTM. It also represents information, not direct medical advice.
**LIVE ZOOM WEBINARS or **ONE-ON-ONE PREMIER COACHING CALLS
- Register for a paid live Zoom webinars here. A minimum of three registrants is required since you benefit from others, besides the info that Janie Bowthorpe will be providing. Being in a webinar with others saves you money.
- One-on-one Coaching Calls also have a link to request one on the above page here.
STTM BOOKS
- Updated revision Stop the Thyroid Madness: A Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Thyroid Treatment (blue gray cover)
- Hashimoto’s: Taming the Beast book
- About BOTH of the newest books
- Order here (plus more to read about the books)
HOME PAGE AND STORIES
ABOUT HYPOTHYROIDISM
CAUSES OF HYPOTHYROIDISM, SYMPTOMS, etc
- Causes of Hypothyroid
- Hyper-like symptoms
- The best list of hypothyroid symptoms on the net!! They can occur even on Synthroid or Levo, sadly.
- Enlarged Thyroid aka Goiters, causes, treatment
- Issues related to being hypothyroid
AGING AND HYPOTHYROID
- Things to be aware of concerning aging
- T3 discrimination for the aging and what to do (this can be commented on)
- 7 things to know about aging thyroid patients
HASHIMOTO’S
- Hashimotos-the autoimmune attack on your thyroid summary!
- About the informative **new** book Hashimoto’s: Taming the beast
- Seronegative Hashimoto’s
- Inflammation
- Thyroiditis: the umbrella over Hashimoto’s and other types of thyroiditis
- Hypothyroid vs Hashimotos
- About Hashimotos Encephalopathy (HE)
- The use of LDN to control antibodies
- All about iodine (because many patients say it lowered antibodies)
- 10 Gut Health Questions to ask yourself
- How Hashi’s can cause hyper-like symptoms
ABOUT T4 MEDS
- Synthroid
- T4-Only Meds Do Not Work
- How T4 meds raise the risk of liver problems
- T4-only meds vs other hypothyroid medications
- T4 and T3
ABOUT NATURAL DESICCATED THYROID (NDT) or T4/T3
- Natural Thyroid 101 Some of the treatment goals can also apply to T4/T3
- Armour vs. Other Brands plus natural thyroid supplements
- The history of desiccated thyroid as a grandfathered yet unapproved drug
- All best options for thyroid treatment
- Transitioning from T3-only to NDT
- NDT or T3 doesn’t work for me!
- NDT vs other hypothyroid medications
- T4 and T3
REASONS FOR THYROID MED PROBLEMS
- The problem of Synthroid or other T4-only meds, etc.
- Why NDT or T3 seems to NOT work/causes problems
- The importance of iron and cortisol
- Suppressing more than replacing-the feedback loop
LAB WORK
MORE CONCERNING LABWORK
- Recommended Labwork
- TSH “Why It’s Useless
- Optimal Lab Values—i.e. how to interpret your results and to share with your doc
- Order a Lab Values wide bookmark here.
- Why you should test your RBC potassium levels
- Why you may need another Vitamin D test (i.e if you have the VDR mutation)
- What is pooling?
- Not directly thyroid related, but about the Organic Acids Test
THYROID NODULES
THYROID CANCER
- Thyroid Cancer and the use of NDT after removal (this one has contributed patient stories)
- Words of Wisdom to a Thyroid Cancer patient
- Thyroid Cancer is an Easy Cancer?? Nope.
- Thyroid Cancer patients look back
- Overview of all the above
THYROIDLESS
ADRENAL INFORMATION
- Those durn Adrenals!! All about adrenal stress and Cortisol, plus how to discern if you have a problem
- All about Saliva cortisol testing
- Here’s some wisdom we learned about results, treating, etc.
- Women and doing DATS to find right amount of cortisol
- All about FOUR kinds of adrenal insufficiency (includes mention of Addison’s, Hypopituitary, etc)
- Common misconceptions about adrenals and treatment
- Using the CT3M/T3CM for low cortisol — how some may not have to use HC or cortex
- What is “pooling”?
- Symptoms of Stressed Adrenals (some low cortisol, some high, some low aldosterone)
- 7 Stages of Adrenal Fatigue
- Supplements and Meds Affecting Adrenals & Which Can Skew Saliva Results
- Aldosterone can be just as important as Cortisol
- Licorice Root
- Adrenal Cocktail
- Phosphatidyl Serine to lower high cortisol levels
- Janie’s blog on her high cortisol levels
- * ACTH Stimulatory Test explanation
- Reasons you may need Adaptogens
- Summary about adrenal testing, saliva results, adrenal meds, mistakes
- Potassium
- Cortisol and Iron—why they are so important
- Primary vs Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency
- ADRENALS FAQ-the most frequently asked questions
- STRESSED ADRENALS WEBINARS via ZOOM, Live! (Introductory and Advanced)
IRON
IODINE
- All sorts of iodine information
- Companion Nutrients with iodine (can be commented on)
- Iodine at different doses by Dr. Malcolm Maclean (can be commented on)
- Iodine and Hashimoto’s (there’s a section on this page)
HOW TO DO IT ALL
- Things We Have Learned — PERFECT for NEWBIES TO STTM, or if you have brain fog
- Mistakes Patients Make (or their Doctors make for them!)
- Sublingual —a way to take your desiccated thyroid
- Take your temp!
- Ducks in a Row—what you need to work on, and what’s next if you still have issues
- Transitioning from T3-only to NDT
- The Gray Areas of Patient Experience
DOWN SYNDROME and HYPOTHYROIDISM
PREGNANCY, BREASTFEEDING and HYPOTHYROIDISM
FEMALE SEX HORMONES
WEIGHT LOSS AND HYPOTHYROID
* How Pam lost weight when it didn’t happen naturally
DIGESTION and GUT
- Stomach acid
- Seven reasons to have low levels of nutrients
- * H-Pylori bacteria
- Constipation
- Celiac Disease, aka Gluten Intolerance, and your Thyroid
- 10 Gut Health Questions to ask yourself
- * Candida
MENTAL HEALTH
- Thyroid, Depression and Mental Health
- Inspiring Stories of Depression That Went Away on Desiccated Thyroid
- Thyroid and Mental Health links to articles
- *Information about being on Benzos (Valium, Xanax, etc)
HEAVY METALS
HEART HEALTH or BLOOD PRESSURE
- AFib and hypothyroidism
- Heart health: is T3 dangerous, or not?
- Blood Pressure and Hypothyroidism Can Go Hand-in-hand
LIVER, BONES, HEALTH
- Why being on T4-only can be a problem for your liver
- Bones: do they get worse with NDT or a low TSH?
ISSUES RELATED TO BEING HYPOTHYROID
- Absorption issues such as low Vit D, low iron, low B12 and more
- Fibromyalgia and hypothyroidism
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and hypothyroidism
- Inflammation
- Hair Loss is Common!
- Goitrogens—foods to avoid eating in excess, which includes SOY
- *Fluoride and Your Thyroid—a Dangerous Connection
- *Candida and Hypothyroidism
- Low adrenal and hypothyroid signs in childhood that no one caught (this one contains patient contributed stories)
*Tracy’s experience with Radioactive Iodine (RAI) treatment - PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and Hypothyroidism
- Iodine: a collection of information
- *Recent Diseases and Hypothyroid (aka CFS, Fibromyalgia, etc)
- *Lyme Disease and it’s connection to Thyroid/Adrenal Issues
- Celiac Disease, aka Gluten Intolerance, and your Thyroid
- *A mother’s description of the variety of celiac symptoms
- A compilation of most of the above on one page
- See Adrenals heading above–very related
VITAMINS, MINERALS and ELECTROLYTES
- B12 issues with hypothyroid
- Pernicious Anemia of B12
- *Vitamin D
- Zinc
- *Selenium
- Potassium
- All about electrolytes and minerals
- How aldosterone can lower sodium and potassium
T3-ONLY, REVERSE T3, FT3/RT3 RATIO
- About Reverse T3
- Online RT3 Ratio Calculator
- How to use T3-only, plus numerous questions about its use
- Transitioning from T3-only to Natural Desiccated Thyroid
- T3 vs other hypothyroid medications
- T3 vs T4
GRAVES‘
- All about hyperthyroidism, aka Graves
- Radioactive iodine—all about it
- Top Reasons Not to Have RAI — this is one opinion only.
RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF PORK/ANIMAL IN DESICCATED THYROID
- Being Jewish, dietary law, and using Natural Desiccated Thyroid
- Being Vegetarian and the use of Natural Desiccated Thyroid (and more links on this page to others)
COPPER
MOLD
CONCERNING DOCTORS
- Doctors Need to Rethink
- 15 things to Teach your Doctor (if you can)
- Give Me a Break!! aka Doctor’s Hall of Shame
- Dear Doctor- a template letter to use before seeing your doctor
- How to Find a Good Doc
- Medical Research or Consensus which supports what patients already know
- 20 ways Thyroid Patients are Gaslighted
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
FAQ’s—FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS with answers as we have learned them
- ADRENALS FAQ-the most frequently asked questions
- HYPOPITUITARY FAQ-the most frequently asked questions
- COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS about the topics of this site
MISCELLANEOUS pages
- For Anyone Who Thinks This Site Doesn’t Apply to You
- Definition of Thyroid Treatment Madness
- WHAT’S NEW ON STTM**
- Thyroid Funnies
- Medical Research, Articles & Consensus Which Supports What We Already Know
- References on Thyroid Hormone Usefulness — the Big Daddy of references
- Supplements That We Take
- Smoking blog post with a lot of replies
- *Deborah’s story on ceasing smoking while hypo/adrenal fatigue
- Stop the Thyroid Madness Flyer to put in your community
- Pregnancy and Hypothyroidism
- A cautionary tale of eating high oxalate foods
- *A cautionary tale about Benzos (Valium, Xanax, etc)
- Parathyroid gland and problems
- The use of Low Dose Naltrexone
- Inspiring article by a doctor
- What is a Thyroid Storm?
- Rotten Tomatoes—criticisms of STTM
UK and INTERNATIONAL THYROID
- UK and Around the World Thyroid Happenings
- *To All UK Thyroid Doctors
- UK-TPA’s 2009 response to the Royal College of Physicians
- Relationship between Royal College of Physicians and the MHRA
- Testimonial Article from “The Mail”
INTERACTIVE
- Talk to Others
- Janie’s Blog–CHECK OUT NEW POSTS!!
- Writing a Guest Blog Post on STTM’s blog
- What others are saying about the STTM website and book
- Page to send your friends or loved ones to when they don’t understand all this
SURVEYS/POLL
BOOKS AND WEBSITES
- Order the **newest** UPDATED REVISION of the patient-to-patient STTM book—the most complete resource book out there
- STTM II book, chapters written by medical professionals
- Comparing the revised STTM book (STTM I) to the STTM II book
- Recommended Websites
- Thyroid Extract excerpts from Old Medical Books
- LOOK!! Spread the word! T-shirts, Keychains, business cards, and more!!
AUDIO
VISUAL
- Image of what your Road to Recovery will look like.
- See BEFORE and AFTER photos of good thyroid treament!
- FLAT STTM—see patients around the world with their STTM signs (not active anymore, but still fun!)
IMPORTANT TO READ
- Disclaimer—understand your risks and responsibility when you read or use this website
- Conditions of Use—how you need to use this site
- Acronyms
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Important note: STTM is an information-only site based on what many patients worldwide have reported in their treatment and wisdom over the years. This is not to be taken as personal medical advice, nor to replace a relationship with your doctor. By reading this information-only website, you take full responsibility for what you choose to do with this website's information or outcomes. See the Disclaimer and Terms of Use.