Doctor Experiences

“Doctors and patients shouldn’t even try to do T3 therapy without having first read the Doctor’s Manual. When patients read the Manual I have very little difficulty with the treatment. When they do get their temperatures up they feel great!”

Dr. Timothy J. Smith, MD
Berkeley, CA
Author of Renewal: The Anti-Aging Revolution

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“I know that T3 benefits fibromyalgia patients. 50% of my fibromyalgia patients improve with T3 therapy. Brain fog (foggy mental function) and Fibro fog (brain fog typical of fibromyalgia) often respond the best to T3 therapy. Conventional medicine seems preoccupied with simply treating symptoms without carefully investigating the underlying causes of those symptoms. 40% or more of the population could benefit from thyroid treatment. The thyroid system regulates energy and energy is important in healing and in how well the body functions.”

Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD
Wichita, KS

“I was introduced to this syndrome by a patient who was referred to me because of my reputation for being open-minded.  I called her back and thanked her for bringing the Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome my way.

In this particular area of the medical literature there is nothing.  An understanding of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome has filled a big void in my clinical experience.

T3 therapy for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is wonderful, I’m really enjoying it. I can say from my own experience, from just using it, it’s wonderful. It makes you see changes in people’s lives. It’s beautiful.”

Dr. Steven Ayre, MD

Burr Ridge, IL

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“90 to 100% percent of patients I treat for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome improve. When there aren’t a lot of complicating factors patients are amazed because it’s wonderful. It just explains 17 years of misery.”

Dr. Ian Nesbitt, ND

Billings, MT

I have been using time release liothyronine for at least 12 years and have been extremely pleased with the results. Although giving instructions and finding the optimal dose can be a bit time-consuming initially, the rewards of seeing the often dramatic improvements in the patient are well worth the effort. Although I use a lot of T3/T4 combination therapy with various natural thyroid preparations with good success and resolution of many low thyroid symptoms, I’m not able to discontinue the therapy as I often am using the time release form of T3. It my opinion, the major advantage of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is to “reset” the system to work on its own instead of taking over the work of the thyroid gland and having to take medication the rest of your life.

Dr. Sandra Denton, MD

Anchorage, AK

“I always knew there was a missing piece to thyroid understanding”

-Steven Ayre, MD

Burr Ridge, IL

Issues covered in the account below:

• Open-minded
• Clinical experience

I have managed to get into the doctor’s book, and I find the whole concept to be really a wonderful piece of work. It has actually served to clarify some of the deep mystery and dissatisfaction I have always felt about “thyroid stuff.” Dr. Wilson’s discovery of this syndrome will answer a lot of questions for a lot of physicians, I am sure.

I have a reputation for being open-minded. A patient looking for help was referred to me by someone who knew of me. She came in and gave me the Doctor’s Manual. I looked it over and it made sense to me because I always knew there was a missing piece to thyroid understanding.

She actually knew more about it than me because she had read it chapter and verse but I followed her along and we learned together.

She did fine, went on her merry way, and keeps sending people. I called her back and thanked her for bringing the Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome my way.

T3 therapy for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is wonderful, I’m really enjoying it. I can say from my own experience, from just using it, it’s just wonderful. It makes you see changes in people’s lives. It’s beautiful.

In this particular area (good understanding of thyroid system function) of the medical literature, there is nothing. Understanding Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome has filled a big void in my clinical experience.

“Now 8 and a half years later it is an integral part of my practice”

-Sandra Denton, MD

Anchorage, AK

Issues covered in the account below:

• Resetting the Thyroid system
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Thyroid tests
• Sustained release T3
• Classic hypothyroid symptoms
• Compounding pharmacies

I have been using time release liothyronine for at least 8 1/2 years and have been extremely pleased with the results. Although giving instructions and finding the optimal dose can be a bit time-consuming initially, the rewards of seeing the often-dramatic improvements in the patient are well worth the effort. Although I use a lot of T3/T4 combination therapy with various natural thyroid preparations with good success and resolution of many low thyroid symptoms, I’m not able to discontinue the therapy as I often am using the time release form of T3. It my opinion, the major advantage of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is to ” reset” the system to work on its own instead of taking over the work of the thyroid gland and having to take medication the rest of your life.

In our practice after getting the thyroid condition stable, we focus on determining the possible cause of damage to the thyroid system, such as Epstein Barton or Cytomegalo virus, Mycoplasma infections, radiation exposure, or mercury from dental fillings, etc. In such cases, our patients are able to discontinue thyroid therapy more quickly and regain their health when an underlying cause has been corrected. Each provider has a different approach to treating these conditions weather it be with antibiotics, anti-virals, and chelating agents to remove heavy metals along with the removal of toxic dental materials, thus enabling the thyroid gland (as well as the rest of the body) to repair and heal.

I was attracted to investigate Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome and therapy with time release T3 because of the stories a trusted colleague in Colorado Springs kept telling me. He even suggested it might be beneficial in treating my own Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Because of classic hypothyroid symptoms, I had had numerous thyroid tests performed, all of which had been “normal.” When indeed it was a crucial key in my own recovery, I started using it with my patients. Now 8 1/2 years later it is an integral part of my practice. Patients come to me by word of mouth from satisfied patients. After reading the book or logging onto the Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome web site, they are eager to get started on “something that seems to be the first thing that makes sense in a long time.” I find it extremely important for the patient to be educated as much as possible and this often increases their motivation to comply with the somewhat complicated instructions.

I have also found some differences between compounding pharmacies and how they prepare the T3. One pharmacist expressed surprise when I explained to him the time release factor was supposed to be for 12 hours. He had been using a different grade of methycellulose and it was only 8 hours. Another pharmacist insisted on putting dye in the T3 and others insist on putting the T3 in color capsules to differentiate doses. This is not good for my allergic patients and may explain why some doctors are not getting the desired results with their patients on Wilson Thyroid Syndrome treatment.

“Even in medical school thyroid was kind of a mystery”

-Ron Hunninghake, MD

Wichita, KS

Issues covered in the account below:

• Fibromyalgia
• Adrenal fatigue

Conventional medicine is preoccupied with simply treating symptoms without carefully investigating the underlying causes of those symptoms.

The thyroid system regulates energy and energy is important in healing and in how well the body functions.

Even in medical school thyroid was kind of a mystery. The tests were confusing. There was nothing practical, they were over-complicated and hard to get a grasp on. For me, Dr. Wilson’s book was the first book that explained thyroid physiology in a practical and usable way in terms patients can also understand.

The book was the first to explain what was really going on physiologically. It reminds me of the saying I heard from a professor while in medical school he said that when it comes to lab tests, “Don’t let the tail wag the dog.

The big thing was T4 to T3 conversion.

Dr. Wilson’s work is a big part of what I do every day.

I know that T3 benefits fibromyalgia patients. 50% of my fibromyalgia patients improve with T3 therapy. Brain fog (foggy mental function) and Fibro fog (brain fog typical of fibromyalgia) often respond the best to T3 therapy.

To me, when patients don’t do well on thyroid treatment that’s almost diagnostic of adrenal fatigue.

In addition, I’m often less interested in very fast results and in being able to reset people’s system so that they’ll be able to remain off T3 therapy than I am with wanting to help people feel better as safely and conveniently as possible. Therefore I often start patients on 1/2 grain of Armour thyroid, which contains T4. But if the 1/2 grain is not enough, instead of increasing the Armour, I’ll add low dose sustained-release T3. I’m kind of giving them a low dose T3 therapy, with Armour as the stabilizing influence. I pay attention to their adrenal systems as well. A lot of the people who have trouble with thyroid treatment can’t handle it because they’re so adrenally depleted. However, on low dose hydrocortisone such patients almost never have side effects to the thyroid. They start much more smoothly on the thyroid when they already have adrenal support going. I often give patients a cortrosyn challenge test and give them cortisol as described in the book, Safe Uses of Cortisol by William Jefferies, MD.”

By the same token, low doses of thyroid can sometimes improve adrenal function (as reflected in adrenal saliva testing).

Although the results may take longer, many patients can still benefit from a conservative low dose T3 therapy approach. Though there are some patients who feel better fairly soon with such an approach it’s normally a longer haul, which is characteristic of a more naturalistic approach. In some patients I use a “mini cycling” approach where I give them a 7.5 mcg dose of sustained release T3 once a day. In a sense, they “wean on” during the day, and “wean off” at night. I have seen several patients who have seemed to do quite well with that over time.

“50 percent seem to recover fully with only one cycle of T3 therapy and are able to wean off and be done”

-Stephen Leighton, MD

Winston-Salem, NC

Issues covered in the account below:

• 500+ patients
• Clinical Picture

Around 85 to 90% of the patients that I treat for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome respond to the treatment, to some degree. Of those about 50 percent seem to recover fully with only one cycle of T3 therapy and are able to wean off and be done. Of the other 50 percent about half respond temporarily, but the symptoms recur rapidly, apparently because of the continued personal stress or lifestyle instability. For the remainder of those who respond, we find that for some the response is only a partial response and reveals that there is something else involved (ie yeast overgrowth, etc.) for which the Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is actually an adaptive response. By eliminating the Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome component, the underlying problem is more evident, leading to further investigation.

Over the last 8 years, since the first person came to be asking for assistance in working through this protocol, I have been repeatedly impressed that this therapy worked where multiple other attempts, from anti-depressants to standard thyroid replacement therapy, have not.

The strongest rationale for doing this can be found in these points:

1. It is simple. This is not a complex process. It takes a little time to educate the patient in the process of tapering up, identifying the plateau dose, self-monitoring, and then tapering back off. The rest is logical and intuitive.
2. It is safe. We are using a hormone identical to active human T3. The dosages are well within a safe range and can be monitored easily.
3. It is inexpensive. A full course of treatment, a single 6 – 7 week cycle, costs only about $100. This is far below the cost of therapy for most other chronic conditions.
4. If it doesn’t work, little is lost … AND, it might reveal the next step to be taken.

I would think that doctors would be a lot more interested in learning about T3 therapy for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome especially when some of their patients who have been suffering for years recover quickly with the treatment under the care of another physician. I find it quite surprising when they don’t seem to be. Even though the literature shows that the traditional measures of thyroid function are clinically based, meaning that our “normal values” are based on the clinical picture, most physicians seem to rely upon the numbers even when the patient in front of them is stating unambiguously that the symptoms have not cleared up.

It is not as though this is a “secret” therapy. It doesn’t rely on some “secret” formula or bizarre concoction, but is based simply on a solid understanding of basic physiology. Initially, I also thought Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome was rather strange, until I saw the changes that were taking place. Then, investigating the logic behind the treatment, a logic based on biochemistry and physiology, I found it made sense … AND worked! The fact that T3 therapy has such a huge impact on the lives of some of my patients, has a big impact on me, so I keep treating it.

I have seen some 500+ patients, all self-referred, for this condition in the last 8 years. The strongest testimony to the efficacy of this treatment is that I have never advertised or promoted this, patients have found their way to my office solely based on the recommendations of others that have been treated successfully. Once the stream of patients began, it has never stopped.

I have seen many patients treated by doctors for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome with poor results. Often, it appears that these patients have been treated with T3 in a way that’s doesn’t seem fully logical. The approach taken doesn’t seem to reflect an understanding of known thyroid physiology and/or the principles outlined in the Doctor’s Manual. In my experience, the results people experience clearly depend on the way the T3 is used.

“The better informed the patient is, the better the results”

-Neil Nathan, MD

Issues covered in the account below:

• Hundreds and hundreds of patients
• low body temperatures
• Nomal thyroid tests

I have been treating Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome for almost 7 years now, and it has become an increasingly significant part of my practice. When I first started, I used cytomel, but found that in its usual form it gave variable results. For some time now I’ve used exclusively compounded long-acting T3 with much better improvement. I have found a significant percentage of patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue (I’d estimate at 50%) have Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome and respond dramatically to treatment.

I have also noted that the better informed the patient is, the better the results and the easier it is to treat them. I encourage all to read Dr. Wilson’s book and many have read the Physician’s Manual as well. While not everyone who comes to me gets treated for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome (some never took their temperatures and when they do, their symptoms are not compatible with thryoid deficiency), the vast majority do get treated as a component of a program that reflects their needs.

Other concurrent deficiencies which I measure and treat which are very common with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome, include magnesium deficiency, estrogen and progesterone deficiency, B-12 deficiency, chronic candidiasis, food allergy, and mercury toxicity. I have treated hundreds and hundreds of patients who have normal thryoid blood tests and low tempertures, and it is my impression, that without thyroid supplementation as outlined by Dr. Wilson, most of them would have remained ill for years.

There is no question in my mind that Dr. Wilson has identified a significant metabolic problem (mostly unrecognized by conventional physicians) and that by treating it, we have alleviated a great deal of suffering.

“90 to 100% percent of patients I treat for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome improve”

-Ian Nesbit, ND

Issues covered in the account below:

• Candida
• Immune System

I believe that low metabolism can adversely affect the immune system, contributing to problems such as Candida overgrowth. The symptoms of Candida overgrowth are very similar to hypometabolism. I feel T3 therapy is very helpful in overcoming Candida, in conjunction with diet, anti-fungals, and replenishing the gut with normal flora.

90 to 100% percent of patients I treat for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome improve. When there aren’t a lot of complicating factors patients are amazed because it’s wonderful. It just explains 17 years of misery.

I think Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome is the number one health issue in America today.

“I have treated well over 500 patients with amazingly good results”

-Charles Resseger, DO

Norwalk, OH
President-elect, American Academy of Environmental Medicine

Issues covered in the account below:

• Hypothyroidism
• Normal lab tests
• Allergies
• Chronic fatigue syndrome

I was first introduced to Wilson’s Thyroid Syndrome approximately 7-8 years ago by a patient who had a number of problems and who reads profusely. She piqued my interest and I began researching. I read the Doctor’s Manual and have probably at this point in time, treated well over 500 patients with amazingly good results.

I have found that there are patients with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome everywhere. I have found them in my own family practice that I was not previously aware of. I have known for many years that there was a patient with all the symptoms of hypothyroidism with normal lab tests. I could never explain it until Dr. Wilson’s wonderful discovery. It now makes so much sense to me.

I absolutely do see a strong correlation between how well the patients follow the instructions in therapy and how well they do. I learned a long time ago that you cannot help people who do not want to help themselves. I’m so busy but as long as the patients will follow my instructions I will do everything in my power to get them well.

I have yet to find a patient with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome who did not have significant allergies. I have found almost no patients with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome who did not also have chronic fatigue syndrome.

One frustration has been that about 5 percent of patients do get symptoms of hyperthyroidism in order to get their body temperatures normal. The symptoms include rapid pulse and elevated body temperatures. In these people, what I’ve done is dropped to just below the toxic level and stayed there for 6-8 weeks and then tapered them off. Most of these patients will maintain their normal temperature as you taper them off. I have had a few patients that I have left on T3 and I have combined this amount to one daily dose because they do so much better on the sustained T3 than they do on any other method of treatment.

“To my surprise, my wife was cured from her Migraine at a [low] dose”

-M. Shaalan, MD, Ph.D

Corinth, MS

Issues covered in the account below:

• Migraine
• Hysterectomy, heavy bleeding

I firmly believe in Wilson’s Thyroid Syndrome. I have the book, Manual & patient forms. I have treated myself, my wife & several patients with different symptoms. To my surprise, my wife was cured from her Migraine at a [low] dose………several patients did too. Thanks a lot to Dr Wilson & all your efforts to publicize this MAGICAL cure for almost a thousand serious symptoms. I see many who had Hysterectomy for heavy bleeding caused by undiagnosed Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome……..! .

I was born in Egypt, and live here since 1967. I live in NE corner of Mississippi (Corinth). Certified Clinical & Anatomic Pathologist, & switched to Public Health in 1993. I see about 25 patients a day, mostly females for family planning. At least 2 or 3 cases of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome I diagnose daily…& they all respond beautifully & promptly.

…..I Am very appreciative & wish you Godspeed in your humanitarian efforts.

“When patients read the doctors manual I have very little difficulty with the treatment”

-Timothy Smith, MD

Sebastopol, CA

Issues covered in the account below:

• T4-containing medicine
• Case studies in Doctor’s Manual

When they do manage to get their temperatures up they feel great!

I insist that every patient read the Doctor’s Manual before I treat them with T3. And for the patients who are on T4 containing medicine I insist that they read the doctors manual before they wean off of it.

It’s only when I read the doctors manual that I saw that this was real and that there was scientific reasoning behind it and it made sense. The patient brought me the manual and asked me to read it and thank goodness she did. If you have patients that you haven’t been able to help with other treatments in any other way and you’d like to know of something you can try that has a good chance of helping than I’d recommend that you read the doctors manual for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome.

However you must be ahead of the curve. If you’re the kind of doctor that must wait for ten years until everything is spelled out in the medical literature before being willing to try something that makes sense and that may help your patients then this may not be for you. If you are going to trying this treatment you and the patients need to be ready to invest time in learning it and following the treatment protocol carefully which requires some organization and record-keeping. In this day and age with the Internet patients have a great deal of access to a lot of information. They often have the time and interest to do a great deal of research on their symptoms and the possible causes. In my practice, patients often bring me information relating to diagnosis and treatment of their symptoms. I consider what they bring me and have often learned of valuable information that I find very useful in my patients. In this way, patients have been very important and helpful to my practice. They bring what they have found and I show them what I have found and we work together as a team to help them get better. Patients have a lot of time to research their problems and are very motivated to do so.

Doctors and patients shouldn’t even try to do T3 therapy without having first read the doctors manual. When patients read the doctors manual I have very little difficulty with the treatment. I’ve had the most trouble in patients who haven’t taken the time to read the doctors manual. Patients really need to buy the doctors manual because it’s a very small and very important investment in their health-care. I think it would be impossible for a doctor to implement this treatment in his practice without insisting that every patient read the Doctor’s Manual first. It makes it so much easier.

I had a patient tell me, “I think I need a T4 test dose.” He showed me in the Manual what that was, and he was right. One patient told me, “Will you read case study No. 5? I think that’s what’s going on with me.” These pointers from patients can be extremely helpful. They have time to study the Doctor’s Manual carefully and see how it applies to them.

“One must feel sad that this information is not only widely unknown, but also ignored”

– James Webber, MD

San Diego, CA

Issues covered in the account below:

• T4 – T3 conversion
• Knowledgeable patients
• Armour thyroid

#1: Reliable T3 SR has made a significant impact on my effective treatment regimes for impaired/suboptimal thyroid function. The titration scheme utilizing body temperature as a reflection of T3’s impact on a trillion or more of the patient’s cells is extraordinary and extremely practical (not to mention cost-effective and patient involving)! The correlation between rising body temperature to optimum and massive reduction in symptoms is nearly astounding! The philosophy of correcting the underlying deficiency rather than merely addressing the symptoms (with pharmaceuticals or even health foods) is particularly refreshing!

#2: Usually adding T3 is helpful in those patients who have a problem with T4-T3 conversion. I would venture to guess that at least a third of all hypothyroid patients have this problem, here or at the cellular receptor site. In this population, at least 80% of my patients at least benefit.

#3: Since probably 40% of the American population has suboptimal thyroid function, and a third of these patients have a T4-T3 difficulty, possibly 13% of the population could benefit. That is 13% of 250 million people=32.5 million people, just in this country!! When one ponders how much people spend in the health food industry to improve energy, mood, sexuality, skin and hair, immunity, etc. when the underlying cause is a flawed thyroid system, one must feel sad that this information is not only widely unknown, but also ignored. My guess is that 95% of doctors do not know enough about Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome to even try the treatment. Probably less that 75% have even heard of it.

#4: If a patient also has adrenal, ovarian/gonal dysfunction as well as thyroid difficulties, I am not optimistic these patients will experience a “cure” using the protocol. However, they all can usually benefit from Sustained Release T3 as a continuous treatment (Oftener that not these type of patients have a identified or unidentified autoimmune problem).

#5: The more knowledgeable patients always do better and are easier to treat than those who do not interact with the knowledge base.

#6: I favor the Doctor’s Manual over the patient book, because most doctors are rookies themselves, and are learning about Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome as they treat the patient. It’s easier for both patient and doctor if they are reading the same pages! Also the Doctor’s Manual’s format and illustrations are better. There is also a trend for the patient to be on an equal footing with the doctor, or that the doctor give the patient a little more credit/respect that in the past. I have found that patients interested in Wilson’s treatment are frustrated with “conventional” treatment, and in general, have self-educated themselves to a larger degree than other patient groups through necessity (because they have learned if they are mere sheep, they do not progress).

#7: T3 therapy has helped many of my patients fell better. Importantly, it has also worked for me personally. I thought I had made a huge jump forward some years ago by incorporating T4-T3 containing Armour Thyroid in my practice. This was a quantum leap from simple T4 preparations. I noticed though, that I had a fair percentage of treatment failures—about a third. Getting fluent with T3 therapy has made a tremendous difference for those “hard” patients. I would encourage my colleagues to embrace the frontier and step over it! The rewards are impressive!

Jim

“We endocrinologists realize that there may be better ways of using thyroid hormone and we’re still looking for those ways”

-Endocrinologist

Anchorage, Alaska

Issues covered in the account below:

• Improvement
• T3

The alternative medicine community for some time has felt there may be better ways of using thyroid hormone. And not being constrained by double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective studies they go ahead and help patients using their intuition and common sense. We endocrinologists realize that there may be better ways of using thyroid hormone and we’re still looking for those ways and we’re probably going to find some answers in what you guys have been doing all along.

I have patients in common with an alternative medicine doctor in town. The main thing that I’ve seen working with this doctor is the skillful manner in which T3 is used so that the patients do not get hyperthyroid symptoms. When some careless doctors think they can fix the world’s problems of tiredness, sleepiness, depression, achiness and obesity by using T3, they tend to use it carelessly. They end up with patients with insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, and shakiness. Yes, maybe they feel a little less tired but they’re also feeling funny in a different way. They’re getting over-stimulated. The doctor I enjoy working with doesn’t do that. Even though this doctor’s way of looking at thyroid is more empiric [based more on experience than studies] than mine, I have always liked working with this doctor because I don’t see sick, thyrotoxic patients coming into my office. And the patients say that they have an improvement in many of the things one would expect to improve with T3.

Some people have symptoms which don’t quite fit into a diagnostic category. When they aren’t getting diagnosed with anything that is helping them when they go to see traditional doctors such as myself; and when an alternative medicine doctor will come in and say, “Well let’s try some thyroid;” and when it’s done skillfully; I think some patients have benefited.

I’m a board certified endocrinologist. I’m a hard science kind of guy. When I run into an alternative medicine doctor using alternative diagnoses and methods, but using them with the appropriate caution and skill then I’m generally happy with their care.

I have managed to get into the Doctor’s Manual, and I find the whole concept to be really a wonderful piece of work. It has actually served to clarify some of the deep mystery and dissatisfaction I have always felt about the thyroid system. Dr. Wilson’s discovery of this syndrome will answer a lot of questions for a lot of physicians, I am sure.
Dr. Steven Ayre, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Chicago Medical School
Burr Ridge, IL

I have found that there are patients with Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome everywhere. I have found them in my own family practice that I was not previously aware of. I have known for many years that there was a patient with all the symptoms of hypothyroidism with normal lab tests. I could never explain it until Dr. Wilson’s wonderful discovery. It now makes so much sense to me.
Dr. Charles Resseger, DO
President-elect, American Academy of Environmental Medicine
Norwalk, OH

The fact that T3 therapy has such a huge impact on the lives of some of my patients, has a big impact on me, so I keep treating it. Initially, I thought it was rather strange also, until I saw the changes that were taking place. Then, investigating the logic behind the treatment, a logic based on biochemistry and physiology, I found it made sense … AND worked!
Dr. Stephen L. Leighton, MD
Winston-Salem, NC

It’s only when I read the Doctor’s Manual that I saw that this was real and that there was scientific reasoning behind it and it made sense.
Dr. Timothy J. Smith, MD
Author of Renewal: The Anti-Aging Revolution
Berkeley, CA

Even in medical school thyroid was kind of a mystery. The tests were confusing. There was nothing practical, they were over-complicated and hard to get a grasp on. For me, Dr. Wilson’s book was the first book that explained thyroid physiology in a practical and usable way, and in terms patients can also understand. The big thing was T4 to T3 conversion. Your book was the first to explain what was really going on physiologically. It reminds me of the saying I heard from a professor while in medical school. He said that when it comes to lab tests, “Don’t let the tail wag the dog.”
Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD
Wichita, KS

I have a reputation for being open-minded. A patient looking for help was referred to me by someone who knew of me. She came in and gave me the Doctor’s Manual. I looked it over and it made sense to me because I always knew there was a missing piece to thyroid understanding. She actually knew more about it than me because she had read it chapter and verse but I supervised her and we learned together. She did fine, went on her merry way, and keeps sending people. In this particular area (usable understanding of the thyroid system) of the medical literature, there is nothing. Understanding of Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome has filled a big void in my clinical experience.
Dr. Steven Ayre, MD
Burr Ridge, IL

“I would think that doctors would be a lot more interested in learning about T3 therapy for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome especially when some of their patients who have been suffering for years recover quickly with the treatment under the care of another physician. I find it quite surprising when they don’t seem to be. Even though the literature shows that the traditional measures of thyroid function are clinically based, meaning that our “normal values” are based on the clinical picture. Most physicians seem to rely upon the numbers even when the patient in front of them is stating unambiguously that the symptoms have not cleared up. It is not as though this is a “secret” therapy. It doesn’t rely on some “secret” formula or bizarre concoction, but is based simply on a solid understanding of basic physiology.”
Dr. Stephen L. Leighton, MD
Winston-Salem, NC

Clearly there are people who benefit emotionally, physically and metabolically from T3 even though it has been shown clearly and unequivocally that they do not have a problem with diminished production of thyroid hormone. For years Gynecologists have treated infertility empirically with T3 when failures occurred. And they often saw good results even though I know very well that those were not hypothyroid people.
Endocrinologist
Los Angeles, CA

The alternative medicine community for some time has felt there may be better ways of using thyroid hormone. And not being constrained by double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective studies they go ahead and help patients using their intuition and common sense. We endocrinologists realize that there may be better ways of using thyroid hormone and we’re still looking for those ways and we’re probably going to find some answers in what you guys have been doing all along. Some people have symptoms which don’t quite fit into a diagnostic category. When they aren’t getting diagnosed with anything that is helping them when they go to see traditional doctors such as myself; and when an alternative medicine doctor will come in and say, “Well let’s try some thyroid;” and when it’s done skillfully; I think some patients have benefited. I’m a board-certified endocrinologist. I’m a hard science kind of guy. When I run into an alternative medicine doctor using alternative diagnoses and methods, but using them with the appropriate caution and skill then I’m generally happy with their care. I have patients in common with an alternative medicine doctor in town. The main thing that I’ve seen working with this doctor is the skillful manner in which T3 is used so that the patients do not get hyperthyroid symptoms. When some careless doctors think they can fix the world’s problems of tiredness, sleepiness, depression, achiness and obesity by using T3, they tend to use it carelessly. They end up with patients with insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, and shakiness. Yes, maybe they feel a little less tired but they’re also feeling funny in a different way. They’re getting over-stimulated. The doctor I enjoy working with doesn’t do that. Even though this doctor’s way of looking at thyroid is more empiric [based more on experience than studies] than mine, I have always liked working with this doctor because I don’t see sick, thyrotoxic patients coming into my office. And the patients say that they have an improvement in many of the things one would expect to improve with T3.
Endocrinologist
Anchorage, AK