STTM is a very useful website, and doctors' ignorance about thyroid issues scares me, but as with everything in life, you have to tailor it to yourself. The 3-5 grains replacement dose did not work for me - it simply made me more tired. I found that I have settled ond around 1 1/2 - 2 grains, and more T3. I think I must convert T4 to T3 very badly (typically mercury toxic person) and so taking 3 grains of Armour simply gave me too much T4 which I couldn't do anything with. The site does not believe strongly in mercury as a cause of thyroid issues - you have to take from the site what is relevant to you, and the same goes for the chelation websites, and somehow piece it together for yourself.

As for adrenal support, this was not a choice for me. My adrenals crashed on a low dose of T4 only meds, having been in a state of exhaustion for years already, and I then became seriously ill. Maybe they will come back after the mercury is gone. I think it is unlikely.

STTM was a major part of my thyroid / adrenal education, and they do advocate testing before going on adrenal and thyroid meds. I think it is a pioneering website, and I just wish the doctors would read it and stop telling us hypothyroid people that we are 'anxious' and need antidepresssants.

My two cents...

Nicola