Dr. Northrup & the thyroid

Really? Based on this Article, I'd call "moron", but it's only fair to look into her more before labeling her so.

Whilst searching, I found this: A patients story

I can't say that I'm in agreement with this patient's efforts to go after Dr. Northrup legally. Doctors are not omniscient. But the tale does illustrate that sometimes the holistic approach isn't a good idea. When it's not working, you have to acknowledge that. I will say that the way Dr. Northrup treated the patient after the patient sent her information about vitamin A was interesting.

I found an interview with her as well about menopause- I'll not bother linking it- I'll just say, I was not overly impressed. Her statements were just short of ridiculous.

I actually had decided not to publish this post until I read more about this Doctor, and I have not the time to do so. But I'm going to go ahead and publish this post now, with the addition of this article link about Oprah's own weight problems.

I'm sorry, but eating nearly nothing in an effort to slim down is not a diet one can maintain throughout the years. And soy? Soy is not a good diet plan for someone with a thyroid problem! Here is a link to an article about soy and the thyroid.

This is starting to tie in with something my mother said to me once. She praised me for researching my symptoms and taking myself to an endocrinologist. She said, she would have just prayed.

I'm no stranger to the desire... to avoid doctors and hope something gets better. Maybe you've gotten fed up, after encountering a few bad doctors. But some things actually do need medical treatment, and no amount of prayer is going to fix it. Sometimes even the medical treatment won't magically make you better. But at least you are actually getting help.

I'm not a religious person. But as my mother says now: prayer it 10%, your own action to resolve the issue is 90%. As in, god will only help if you are also willing to help yourself.

Or one could look at it in a more atheistic fashion as that some times you get lucky, but most of the time, it would be best to move off the train tracks when you here a horn in the distance.

It's hard to get through to people who are hell-bent on some sort of "holistic" approach though... they are convinced that it's the better way to help themselves, and probably feel like they are taking action. I'm not saying that things like "holistic" approaches are the devil, but people need to acknowledge when their current course isn't working, and then try something else. It doesn't hurt to try something new- but it does hurt to keep trying it with blind faith when it isn't working, and it really hurts if you convince yourself it is working when it isn't.

There is some speculation that Oprah has the same autoimmune disease I do, which has led to her hypothyroidism. If that is the case, It's concerning that Oprah would refuse medical treatment. (I read somewhere, that she was preferring the "holistic" approach to the extent of refusing medical treatment- this may or may not be true).

Oh, I got sidetracked: based on Northrop's comments, I'm fairly certain that she must have felt very repressed as a woman, and that has led to some interesting non-medical theories about medical issues. I can understand that. It's unfortunate that Oprah has lent her more publicity, though.

I found yet another article here that tells me I'm not the only one who has... noticed Dr. Northrop.