Thyroid.about.com is actually a pretty solid place to start.  It has all the
usual medicalized stuff, but then a very broad range of info, because the
"guide" who wrote much of it was one of those people who are not well-served
by synthetic replacement of T4 only, and she had to do some major work to
get good treatment.    Lots and lots of links to follow from there!

I actually trust "my" doctor, so I read extremely broadly, from mainstream
to some people I don't really respect much, and everywhere in between, and
then with my brain quite full, I went to the doc and we sorted through it
all together.

My particular trouble was caused by pretty serious fear-based stress for
about three years.  Yep, you can kill off your own thyroid.  After seeing
the multiple effects of bad stress in my own life as a rational adult, it
makes me even more upset about people who continually stress their helpless
babies for the sake of convenience.

Lynn Carter SFO IBCLC LLLL
Missouri, USA

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