Jean Strother

This book was written for people like me who have learned from Paul Robinson’s other excellent books that they need “T3” only medication to treat their hypothyroidism and that their morning cortisol is low. These are issues that conventional medicine practitioners basically ignore or are completely unaware of. This book helps readers to learn what the Circadian T3 Method is and how to determine the proper timing and dose of their T3 medication in order to raise their morning cortisol. Granted, not every hypothyroid person needs this book. However, if you are like me, this book can save your life!

I wish I had this book back in 2007 when I was first diagnosed as hypothyroid. It would have saved me ten years of ineffective treatment, ten years of fatigue and depression. I would have learned that my adrenal glands needed to be assessed before starting thyroid treatment. I would have known why treating hypothyroidism according to the results of a TSH lab test was inaccurate. I would have probably known more about my thyroid than my doctor learned in medical school! But better late than never! I have all three of Paul Robinson’s excellent books. "The Thyroid Patient’s Manual" is for anyone with thyroid issues. "Recovering with T3" is for the many of us who don’t do well on the commonly prescribed “T4” medications (Levothyroxine, Synthroid, etc). "The CT3M Handbook" is for those of us who’s adrenal glands are under functioning (due in part to years of ineffective hypothyroid treatment). With the help of Paul Robinson’s personal experience and exhaustive research I now know enough that I can advocate for myself and get what I need from my doctor.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who has been told they are hypothyroid. I was diagnosed as hypothyroid in 2007 and put on with Levothyroxine, a “T4” only medication. Once my TSH level was “within normal range” I was pronounced “fine”. But I wasn’t fine, I was still tired and depressed. After 10 years of this ineffective treatment I was desperate for help and realized conventional medicine was useless to me. Fortunately, I found Paul Robinson’s books and from his personal experience and his exhaustive research I learned how to determine what I needed to know. For example, through this process I learned I had a gene mutation which interfered with my body’s ability to convert “T4” to the active “T3” that the cells in my body needed. It was instead being converted to the inactive “reverse T3”. I started ordering my own lab work and verified I had low “free T3” and extremely high “reverse T3”. I learned from Paul that what I needed was to take Liothyronine, a “T3” only medication. I started it nearly 18 months ago and it has been a lifesaver! Thank you Paul Robinson!