What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Autoimmune Disorders: The Revolutionary Drug-free Treatments for Thyroid Disease, Lupus, MS, IBD, Chronic ... Doctor May Not Tell You About...(Paperback)) Paperback – March 1, 2003

I learned the answers to so many questions. There'll be times when the doctor doesn't have the time or he's called out of the office. The book is a must read, it's filled with answers to your questions. I'm so glad I ordered books concerning my syndromes and diseases and read them. It keeps me ahead of my illness, it helps keep my mind at better ease because I know a little more each time I read the book. A patient needs to keep up with the doctor's on their illnesses. The doctor's can't memorize all that the patient has wrong with them, the patient must keep up with their own health, too. She must ask pertinent questions and have a pad ready when the doctor answers the question. Reading the book will keep the patient informed and the doctors will be glad they did so.

I started reading this about 2 years after I had already worked with a doctor who helped me become symptom-free of my RA. I have done probably half of the recommendations in the book through my doctor & I am comfortable with where I am at. I will hold it for reference if I start to regress.This book is very comprehensive. It can be overwhelming for someone who has been eating fast foods or boxed processed foods & who has only been to a conventional doctor who writes Rx's all day. Not to discount any of the info in the book -- it is all great. But I believe people have to want to truly heal & get out of the mentality that "there is a pill for every ill." You have to take control of your own health.The author explains the common issues behind autoimmune disorders & how to work through the symptoms. I know I couldn't have recovered by myself, I did it with the help of an out of state doctor, Dr. Richard Brouse.The author promotes his wellness center, which I think is fine. It's a starting place. But there may be adequate local doctors that can help. The author provides a list of questions to ask them when interviewing them for treating you.Overall, very good reference book. Just try not to get overwhelmed with all of the protocol recommendations. [...] & [...] are good starting points as well.

If you have an autoimmune disorder or know someone who does, you should read this book! It covers the most promenent autoimmune disorders, there was even a whole chapter on "Hashimoto's Thyroiditis", not just a line or two! The book covers: symptoms, causes, treatment, detox & diet. There is plenty of food for thought, read it with a highlighter & post-it tabs!

{Note: The various prior reviews and the synopsis provided gives a fair and accurate description of what the book is about so I'll not repeat those details here.}My opinion: I found that a good portion of the ideas presented for drug-free treatment of AI disease *did* make sense to me; in fact, at one point I have been through some seemingly medically unsound means of getting off all prescriptions for treatment of my diagnosis with Systemic Lupus.The rapid taper and detoxification process I went through was similar in ways to certain methods described in the book. This outside the box thinking I imagine could get a medical professional in trouble with either his colleagues, big drug companies, or even patients that are very ingrained in a specific type of doctor/patient process that they cannot move past.The reasons why there are lawsuits, closed medical centers, and disciplinary actions taken against the author definitely concerns me though. I have seen other outside the box thinkers not have this amount of legal trouble; frankly I think where there is smoke there's usually fire so I have trouble trusting the author and ideas in this book as a result.Bottomline: I would say that I can recommend examining the ideas in the book and then weighing and investigating what you feel comfortable with, along with consultation and advice from your doctor.

Good, sound, easily applied information, well cited, one of the better books out there. I am considering getting the hardcopy for the library.

Even if you don't have an alternative provider, this book gives you a checklist of tests and treatments that you can request from any medical practitioner. Not all medical professionals are aware of the connection between autoimmunity and allergies and toxins. This book gives you the knowledge and confidence to take control of your own health and get yourself back on track.

In general it is very informative on how to avoid, or make yourself better if you have an autoimmune disorder. Anyone who is taking prescription meds for this needs to read this book! You will benefit more from getting off the meds and doing it naturally. It is awesome!

Don't waste your time. This book is a history of "conventional" treatments of autoimmune disorders and a synopsis of "my treatment" , hence the author's treatment. I lost count how many times he mentioned his own medical center and how he treats patients with chelation and detoxification from our our environmental chemicals we find in our lives that cause us to be sick.Nothing new here at all and it reads like a big, fat commercial for his center. You will not feel empowered by reading this only bored or mostly annoyed.I was NOT impressed.