Where to talk to other patients

Need others to talk to who unders­tand being hypothy­roid, having adre­nal fati­gue, or other issues rela­ted? The follo­wing sites are those where you can inte­ract with other patients. For myself, as owner of this site (as well as for most of my hypothy­roid friends) it was other patients who stee­red me towards Armour and set me on the path to find a MUCH bet­ter doc­tor and fee­ling won­der­ful again!!

PLEASE NOTE: by refe­rring you to these patient talk sites, unders­tand that these are run by patients, for patients. And though you are going to get some exce­llent feed­back, com­ments, sup­port or infor­ma­tion, use your own inte­lli­gence and intui­tion, and don’t hesi­tate to find a good doc­tor to work with who will res­pect your own intelligence.

STTM is not recom­men­ding these sites as a subs­ti­tute for a rela­tionship with a good doc­tor. Thus, STTM takes no res­pon­si­bi­lity for your deci­sions in using these sites – that is your res­pon­si­bi­lity, or bet­ween you and your doc­tor. Also, the list below is not in any order. You just need to find the one that you like the best…for YOU! Enjoy! And let them know that STTM sent you.

realthyroidhelp.com This is a web­site of forums based on being hypothy­roid and rela­ted issues. Crea­ted by Debo­rah, and assis­ted with seve­ral inte­lli­gent mode­ra­tors. You will need to regis­ter before you can post.

Natu­ral Thy­roid Hor­mone Users Yahoo group: This yahoo group was star­ted by Janie and has been in exis­tence since 2002, and focu­ses on the use of desic­ca­ted thy­roid like Armour, Natu­reth­roid and other brands. You have to request mem­bership and give infor­ma­tion about yourself.

NTH Europe:  This is a new NTH group star­ted in 2010 and spe­ci­fi­cally for Euro­peans only to dis­cuss fin­ding good doc­tors, good cli­nics and the use of natu­ral desic­ca­ted thyroid.

NTH Adre­nals Group: This is a sis­ter group to the above, but it focu­ses on adre­nal fati­gue. Run by Vale­rie, a thyroid/adrenal patient who is quite know­led­gea­ble about adre­nal fati­gue, and she has mem­bers who are know­led­gea­ble as well. You will need to request mem­bership and give infor­ma­tion about your­self. Group is mode­ra­ted and clo­ses one week out of the month to give the mods a rest.

Low Carb Friends Thy­roid forum: This is a great forum where nonstickpam107 gives good sup­port and feed­back. She’s been hel­ping patients a long time and knows her stuff.

Inter­na­tio­nal Hor­mone Society forums As of August 2007, these forums address hypothy­roid and adre­nal issues, and have an inter­na­tio­nal touch.

T3 Resistance/Reverse T3 group This group is for those who have a high Reverse T3 lab, and/or don’t seem to be get­ting enough free T3 no mat­ter how high their desic­ca­ted thy­roid is. Run by Vale­rie and Nick.

Iodine group Run by thy­roid can­cer patient Stepha­nie who beat can­cer, this is a group that focu­ses on the use of iodine for good health.

Thy­roid­less group For those com­ple­tely without a thy­roid, whether through RAI, sur­gi­cal remo­val or other issues, this group is run by the viva­cious Sam who has regai­ned her health and well-being with desic­ca­ted thy­roid and sup­port of her adrenals.

For Phy­si­cians and Medi­cal Pro­fes­sio­nals Only This is a dis­cus­sion group where medi­cal pro­fes­sio­nals can talk to other medi­cal pro­fes­sio­nals about desic­ca­ted thy­roid & adre­nal fati­gue treat­ment. Spe­ci­fi­cally limi­ted to legally qua­li­fied and licen­sed prac­ti­tio­ners of medi­cine, or health­care pro­fes­sio­nals who deli­ver health care in a sys­te­ma­tic way, inc­lu­ding men­tal health.  Not for patients.

Janie’s Blog Here is a place where you can read what’s on Janie’s mind, and can com­ment!  This is not a place for ques­tions, just com­ments. But you can read what others are saying.  Sign up with the News­let­ter noti­fi­ca­tion, which will send you an email when Janie posts.  (Look on the left of any page on the bot­tom of the links to sign up)

STTM Face­book Join STTM’s very own Face­book page.  There is a Dis­cus­sion Board where you can ask ques­tions or ans­wer others. Be care­ful with this group, since I occa­sio­nally see some replies which are not good.

P.S. The above is only a few of seve­ral groups which may talk about good thy­roid treat­ment on the net.

LAB WORK pac­ka­ges desig­ned spe­ci­fi­cally for rea­ders of Stop the Thy­roid Mad­ness with good pri­ces–STTM Thy­roid and Adre­nal Lab Packages