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http://lesswrong.com/lw/nhs/the_thyroid_madness_two_apparently_contradictory/
This is an odd article, written on the rationalist forum/site lesswrong, which I don't always like as a community. But this comes across as a really important article, tying together cfs and hypothyroid conditions.
I hate when people try and tie cfs into their grand theory, but hypothyroidism is possibly a tricky to diagnose issue, and the medical establishment very well may be wrong about it. I've seen broda barnes' work dismissed as quackery but I've literally never seen any secondary lit that discusses why he was wrong. This article discusses in great detail the conditions of thyroid hormone resistance that mean that your blood tests could show up normal and still you effectively have hypothyroid.
see also: http://lesswrong.com/lw/nbm/thyroid_hormones_chronic_fatigue_and_fibromyalgia/
and :
http://lesswrong.com/lw/n8u/a_medical_mystery_thyroid_hormones_chronic/
sorry if my post is scattered. I'm trying to do too much, it's above my activity threshold rn.
But I think other people may have a field day with looking through these writings. These aren't primary studies, but are writings by someone in the rationalist community proposing a theory of hypothyroidism that explains many chronic illness states
@Hip @Learner1 @pattismith @necessary8 think you all may be interested
This is an odd article, written on the rationalist forum/site lesswrong, which I don't always like as a community. But this comes across as a really important article, tying together cfs and hypothyroid conditions.
I hate when people try and tie cfs into their grand theory, but hypothyroidism is possibly a tricky to diagnose issue, and the medical establishment very well may be wrong about it. I've seen broda barnes' work dismissed as quackery but I've literally never seen any secondary lit that discusses why he was wrong. This article discusses in great detail the conditions of thyroid hormone resistance that mean that your blood tests could show up normal and still you effectively have hypothyroid.
see also: http://lesswrong.com/lw/nbm/thyroid_hormones_chronic_fatigue_and_fibromyalgia/
and :
http://lesswrong.com/lw/n8u/a_medical_mystery_thyroid_hormones_chronic/
sorry if my post is scattered. I'm trying to do too much, it's above my activity threshold rn.
But I think other people may have a field day with looking through these writings. These aren't primary studies, but are writings by someone in the rationalist community proposing a theory of hypothyroidism that explains many chronic illness states
@Hip @Learner1 @pattismith @necessary8 think you all may be interested