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Month: January 2013

Speak your truth to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE)!

megaphoneA grass-roots campaign has been started by thyroid patients after the glorious AACE comment that “the TSH is best in most cases”. From ThyroidChange:

THYROID FRIENDS, TELL THE PROMOTERS OF TSH TESTING AND LEVOTHYROXINE (T4) TREATMENT WHAT YOU THINK!!!

PLEASE tell the ATA and AACE how YOU feel about their treatment guidelines that encourage TSH only testing and treatment with Levothyroxine (T4) only.

WE NEED CHANGE NOW!

Please write something that explains how their emphasis on the TSH test and Levothyroxine (T4) only treatment has impacted your life and health. Write as LITTLE or AS MUCH as you want. JUST WRITE!

Tell these organizations the consequences of their guidelines.

The way to do this is to post your comment on the first link and then copy & paste it on the other 3 links:

ATA FB post regarding their 2012 guidelines:https://www.facebook.com/ThyroidAssociation/posts/228435853958522

ATA main wall:
https://www.facebook.com/ThyroidAssociation

AACE FB post regarding TSH supremacy:
https://www.facebook.com/TheAACE/posts/757086797712215?comment_id=2587944&notif_t=like

AACE main wall:
https://www.facebook.com/TheAACE

POST THE COMMENT YOU MADE ON ANY OF THE ABOVE…also as a comment below. Let’s share what we are posting.

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SEND A VISUAL MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT THIS THYROID TREATMENT MADNESS TO STOP!!

See the new campaign here: flatsttm.com  Just have a photo taken of you in front of some kind of landmark where you live, holding your STOP THE THYROID MADNESS sign!

You can also add under the STTM name: THE TSH LAB TEST FAILS US! Or T4-ONLY IS NOT THE BEST TREATMENT!!  Or I SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THE TSH LAB TEST AND T4-ONLY. etc

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Depression? High blood pressure? Weight gain? Need a nap? On a T4-only med like Synthroid? TEN RESULTS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

(This page was updated in 2015. Enjoy!)

STTM Thyroid Awareness MonthJanuary is THYROID AWARENESS MONTH, but no matter what month you are in, it pays to be an informed patient!

A healthy thyroid, or the right treatment, will create the following TEN RESULTS: 

 

1) Bodily warmth

Because the active thyroid hormone T3 stimulates your metabolism is the right way, patients find themselves getting close to or at 98.6 F/ 37 C in the afternoons, plus warmer hands and feet.

2) Better mood

The right thyroid hormones increase neurotransmitter responsiveness in your brain (like serotonin), meaning it’s your natural anti-depressive…and depression is kicked to the wind.

3) The ability to concentrate 

Just as they are anti-depressive, thyroid hormones promote better thought processing in your brain.

4) A healthy heart and blood pressure 

Thyroid hormones play a strong role in the health of your cardiovascular system

5) Softer skin and better hair

The right thyroid hormones keep you moister, so you don’t have problems with dry hands, dry hair, eyebrow loss, hair thinning….etc.

6) Better weight maintenance

Your metabolism stays at a point where it’s easier to maintain your goal weight with healthy eating habits and exercise.

7) The ability to avoid naps 

The right metabolism from the right thyroid hormones (after a good night’s sleep) keeps you awake and feeling fabulous even in the afternoons.

8) Healthy cholesterol 

Thyroid hormones appear to have both an indirect and direct relationship to healthy cholesterol levels.

9) Easier and more regular bowel movements

Because of the extra moisture that the right amount of thyroid hormones give you, bowel movements are better, and constipation and hard stools belong to someone else.

10) A stronger immune system

Thyroid hormones play a direct role in the strength of your body’s ability to withstand infections and disease, or at the least, fight them quicker and more stronger if you do get sick.

So my friends, if anything above seems off to you, there are important things you need to do:

  1. Find a doctor who will do the Free T3 and Free T4, NOT just the TSH. Just using the TSH lab test has kept many folks UNdiagnosed, or UNDERtreated. 
  2. Learn how to read those lab results here. Lab results have NOTHING do with just “falling in the range”.
  3. Look into natural desiccated thyroid (NDT). It gives you all FIVE thyroid hormones, not just one left to depend upon like T4-only (aka Synthroid, Tirosent, Levothyroxine, Eltroxine, etc).
  4. Find out about all problems associated with being left undiagnosed due to the TSH and undertreated due to T4-only meds, such as non-optimal levels of iron, high or low cortisol, low B12, depression and mental health issues, low Vitamin D and other problems. Any of these can also contribute to problems with the above ten results.
  5. Order the revised STTM book. This is a compilation of successful patient experience and wisdom to help you achieve the above ten results. Learn from patients! Right now, it’s in ENGLISH, GERMAN, SPANISH AND SWEDISH.

**The above graphic was lovingly created by thyroid patient Marivia Gonzalez of Panama.

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* ADD A BLUE THYROID AWARENESS RIBBON to your Facebook profile pic here. It will end up on the lower right….

* Did you know there’s a STTM II book? Every chapter is written by medical practitioners! A great followup to the revised STTM book! 

* Join the STTM Facebook page to get daily tips and inspiration!

 

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2013 presents the INTERNATIONAL FLAT STTM campaign! Come join the fun…and serious message!

739736_10151336286077170_1389100373_oHAPPY NEW YEAR 2013, THYROID PATIENTS AND FRIENDS FAR AND WIDE!

Stop the Thyroid Madness is pleased to present the FLAT STTM campaign–a way to have fun while sending a serious message from all over the world. 

Here’s how it works…

THE FUN PART: You’ll need to create a flat representation of the words STOP THE THYROID MADNESS. It can be on a poster board, or the back of a pizza box, or even on your hand. Then put yourself and the “Flat STTM” in front of a landmark anywhere around the world. You could be standing in front of the Eiffel Tower, or in the middle of the Arizona crater, or in front of the Greek Parthenon, or standing next to the Kremlin, or in front of the the Statue of Liberty, or next to Prince Charles in the Wax Museum, or by your state monument, or to the side of your town sign, or in Times Square in New York City,  or on top of a particular mountain…you name it. Just make it something recognizable to confirm where you are.

You will then upload your photo here: http://flatsttm.com  REMEMBER to include your location details, plus your name.  This URL will be spread all over the Stop the Thyroid Madness website–a site visited by hundreds of thousands of individual hits monthly (seriously)…including doctors!

THE SERIOUS PART:  This new visual campaign by thyroid patients worldwide will send a strong message that patients are sick and tired of decades of the poor use of the TSH lab test, inadequate treatment with the wrong thyroid medications, ignorance about the problems associated with adrenals, low iron and more….and want medical professionals to be more open-minded about the efficacy of natural desiccated thyroid or T3, better labwork and how to read it, and successful patient experiences which just may go against what was taught in medical school.

JOIN US IN THE SERIOUS FUN WITH THE NEW “TWENTY THIRTEEN” CAMPAIGN, FLAT STTM!

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