Hyperthyroidism Books

When my symptoms lead to a hyperactive thyroid, I purchased this book. As the tests came back, I was diagnosed with Graves disease. Every person diagnosed should have this book! The information is comprehensive, and is broken down to make the complicated information easily understandable. EXCELLENT! Reading it prior to my first appt. with an endocrinologist, helped me understand what he was saying, and helped me prepare for the appointment and arrive with a list of questions.

I was diagnosed in June 2007 with hyperthyroidism/Graves disease. I immediately started researching, reading everything I could get my hands on. Mary Shoman is a leading patient advocate when it comes to thyroid disease and she is very knowledgable. This book helped educate me about my disease and helped me to know what questions to ask my endocrinologist so that I would have a better understanding of graves disease and how to best treat it. I had my throid removed in November 2007 and now am on thyroid replacement hormone because now I'm hypoththyroid. I bought Mary Shoman's book on hypothyroidism as well as The Thyroid Diet. If you or someone you love has graves disease, I would highly recommend this book.

I gave this book as a gift to a friend who
was recently diagnosed with Graves. She told
me it is saving her from having tons of Med's,
surgery, or radiation. She is so glad I gave
it to her and she is feeling so much better.
Her doctor was shocked at how much better she
looked just 5 weeks after her being in horrible
pain and exhausted.

I didn't find this book terribly useful. I was recently diagnosed with Grave's disease, and it's not something I had come in contact professionally. That meant, I wanted a lot of info, quickly.

I started with the internet, and then was recommended this book. I found the book had a definite bias against RAI. That's all well and good. Some folks don't have that heavy of symptoms, and don't need it. Unfortunately, the author does not spare a chance to rail against the use of RAI, in every section of the book. After a while, it is tiresome to read about it.

If you know nothing about hyperthyroidism, and it's various flavors, this book is good in describing that. It will help you sort your symptoms, and help you ask your doc questions.

The author spends a lot of time on holistic methods. I have to state I have a bias against a lot of natural treatment options. If it helps you, that's great. I have seen a lot of patients spend money and time on things that didn't, though. I suppose it's a good section if you are looking for that, but it wasn't that useful to me, with my very severe symptoms.

There was also a large theme on pregnancy and fertility. That could be useful to folks in that situation, but not something I will ever be worrying about. I can't imagine everyone that has this is on the road to motherhood.

In all, the book is okay, but there is nothing in there you can't google up. If you are already medically savvy, I would say skip it, because there will be nothing in there you don't already know. It is not an unbiased source.

Was a bit disappointed with this book as the content does not cover a whole lot on "living well". This book is more for people who suspect they might have hyperthyroidism and would like to know more about it or who have been recently diagnosed but know little about it. If you are like me and have had this condition for quite sometime, then you already know the signs, symptoms and typical treatments which can all be found for free on the internet. What I had hoped it would cover were in-depth methods on how to control hyperthyroidism using alternative methods. It barely touches the surface. There is a section on the Johnson Nutritional Protocol and the theory of hyperthyroidism being a nutritional disease. Again, better off going to the ithyroid website for free to read about this. I also agree with another reviewer - too much information on hypothyroidism in a hyperthyroidism book.