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WELCOME TO THE SITE MAP OF ANYTHING STOP THE THYROID MADNESS–the Mothership of reported patient experiences and wisdom worldwide! 

Those site map pages below with an asterisk are patient-written.

You will also find extremely pertinent information on the STTM blog. 

Please note that all information on this website, and shown on this site map, is COPYRIGHTED by Stop the Thyroid Madness, LLC. It also represents information, not direct medical advice.

Need help with acronyms you can see in discussion groups/websites? Here you go: https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/acronyms/

Want to keep up with changes or additions to STTM? Here you go: https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/whats-new

STTM books

• Updated revision Stop the Thyroid Madness: A Patient Revolution Against Decades of Inferior Thyroid Treatment
• Hashimoto’s: Taming the Beast book
• About BOTH of the newest books
• Order here (plus more to read about the books)

ABOUT HYPOTHYROIDISM

• All about hypothyroidism

HOME PAGE AND STORIES

• Home
• My Story
• Janie’s Favorite Supplements etc
• Stories of Others

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

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

REASONS FOR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THYROID MEDS

• 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

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

HASHIMOTO’S

• Hashimoto’s–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 Hashimoto’s 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

LAB WORK

• Where your lab results should fall
• All about optimal for thyroid meds
• Graphics for optimal labs

THYROID NODULES

*How she removed them

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

• What it’s like having no thyroid

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
• Graphics showing optimal results
• 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

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 Low Cortisol
• 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

IRON

• Iron, ferritin and hypothyroid
• High iron
• The importance of iron and cortisol

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

• How natural desiccated thyroid helps children with Downs

PREGNANCY, BREASTFEEDING and HYPOTHYROIDISM

• All about thyroid and your pregnancy
• Nursing and the hypothyroid mom

FEMALE SEX HORMONES

• Excellent info on when to test/what to test

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

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

• High copper
• MTHFR – a genetic defect you may need to learn about

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

VITAMINS, MINERALS and ELECTROLYTES

• B12 issues with hypothyroid
  *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

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

• About having high copper, aka Janie Bowthorpe–the High Copper Queen

MOLD

• 15 points about mold and mold illness

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

• What you wish friends and family understood about you
• Dear Family or Friends (another version)

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

• How Patients View their Doctors

BOOKS AND WEBSITE:

• Order the **new** UPDATED REVISION of the patient-to-patient STTM book–the most complete resource book out there
• Swedish, Spanish and German versions of the revised STTM book from 2012.
• 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:

• Five audio shorts to help understand what STTM is all about

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:

• Disclaimer–understand your risks and responsibility when you read or use this website
• Conditions of Use–how you need to use this site
• Acronyms

Want to order your own labwork?? These lab facilities have created a body of labwork that fits information on STTM, and you can take the results to your doctor for discussion. Go here.