Just fell over StatPearls - a fairly accessible source for various "learning" materials. I have posted a link to their Thyroid-related topics below.
They have material to read/study and quizzes to see how you are doing.
You do have to sign-up - the free option allows access to enough material to make it potentially worth doing so. You can have a wander round some without signing up - you can see the questions, but not complete, the quizzes.
Thank you. Will definitively read it later. It will certainly be interesting and hopefully useful.
Seems reflective of conventional practice... and this sort of approach: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl.... There is not much reference to testing T3 in literature I have read. I have been trying to better understand this. I don’t suppose you can point me in the direction of any info providing a rationale for more thorough testing? Thanks!
Some of the most common resources loved/used by patients will probably have that as a starting point:
Dr Durrant-Peatfield (he has a book, I think the subtitle is 'the great thyroid scandal', should find it with just his name)
Dr Skinner - His book is something like treatment of fibromyalgia, but is a rare expensive book, there are lots of resources online. He personally took a mega-dose of T3 at night to overcome thyroid hormone resistance.
Stop the Thyroid Madness - Book and website, they prefer NDT, but I'm sure critique T4-mono
Dr Myhill - substantial online wiki, but may not mention T3 as its focus is chronic fatigue so better for vits and adrenals.
Paul Robinson - Up to date books, one purely about T3.
Less of a greatest hit on the forum, but v much advocating T3, a former forum member put together an eBook collating the research on thyroid hormone resistance. Name of Hugh A.. Hamilton, the book is 'Impaired Sensitivity to Thyroid Hormone'.
And of course, last but not least, our very own Diogenes, anything written by him and his team gives a very nuanced view of thyroid treatment. Not all is about T3, but when they look into T4-mono they are usually finding inadequacies in it. His name is John Midgley, so you can search in Google scholar, etc.
I have some kind of hormone resistance myself, so have an interest in that. Of course the conventional treatment has nothing at all to offer people like me, we're left to rot at home very unwell. I couldn't even shower and dress myself, and was in bed unmoving all day until I started self medicating. Just adding that as a note because a lot of the current guidelines will sweep out of the story people like me. Some in this world are lucky to do well on any dose of T4 handed to them, but it's the minority of thyroid patients (who may still be a large number in absolute terms), who will be left disabled by it.
Improved, but not completely better! Did recently pass the line where I can potter in the house and do a few gentle activities without having to rest the whole week to recover, which is a huge huge improvement in quality of life. I'd love to be able to work again one day and have that security (I'm 39).
Is this intended for doctors and medics? Almost immediately found a section that explained secondary hypothyroid - something many GPs swear doesn't exist - so could be very handy to bring in to appointments.
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Research and resources into bio chem of needing T3 to convert T 4?
