Conditions where the circadian T3 method will not work?

[Elbeth]

My method? Well actually I have first to clarify that my book 'Recovering with T3' is about hypothyroidism and about communicating how the thyroid hormones actually work. Many people think they understand this but they really don't. So, many people put their lives in the hands of doctors who manage their thyroid treatment based entirely on blood test results. This is just the most terrible way of managing thyroid disease treatment. My book explains how thyroid hormones really work and why blood tests can be very misleading.

In terms of thyroid hormone problems my book acknowledges that most people can get well on T4/T3 or natural desiccated thyroid (NDT) and many people are left unwell on T4 alone. Only some people need T3 only treatment and because no book exists to explain how to use T3 on its own then this is why I mainly wrote 'Recovering with T3'.

I have been a thyroid patient for nearly 23 years now and I've been using T3 for nearly 15 years. My method in the book is an overall method for proper laboratory tests to find problems with iron, cortisol, B12 etc. It also recommends many supplements that are important to take to ensure that all the chemical pathways for thyroid and adrenal hormones have enough vitamins and minerals available. A deficiency of vitamin B1 for example can cause heart issues and high heart rates - this is very confusing if someone begins thyroid hormone treatment. So, my method eliminates most of the silly mistakes.

The book includes a dosage management process for T3 which starts with stopping T4 and continues. Part of this process is the Circadian T3 Method (CT3M). The CT3M can be used to correct adrenal function. However, it only has a chance of working if the patient has not got Addison's disease or hypopituitarism. It will NOT be dangerous even if they have - but it just won't work. The way to test for Addison's is to have a SYnacthen test (ACTH Stimulation test). Hypopituitarism is quite rare.

Most patients respond to the CT3M - probably 70-80% get normal adrenal function back. It works with NDT also and my book explains this too.

So, you don't have to be on T3 to get value from 'Recovering with T3' - it complements the STTM book very well.

My background was initially physics and then computer science. I spent my short career in applied research and I am very factual and scientific in my approach. The book is technical but also quite easy to read.

I hope this helps.

Hi Paul

I look forward to get to read your book that i just ordered yesterday. Dr. Richard K. Bernstein born in 1934 had to take it one step further from being an Engineer, to go to medical school at age 46 just to be heard.
Bernstein had found the solution to Diabetes by measuring blood sugar and avoid the blood sugar rollercoaster in swinging up and down and wrote The diabetes solution.
He is now known for the words: " If I can't beat them - join them!"

In my mind a patient is a better doctor for him- and herself, than any doctor who never have had the specific problem themselves.

That's why I find it hard not being taken seriously by doctors and their regime in T4 only treatment, and their not even interested in adrenal fatigue.