Screaming to Be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect and Doctors Still Ignore

by Elizabeth Lee Vliet

Book Overview

A physician describes how women should and can make their doctors take seriously their physical and emotional problems which are often dismissed. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871317842
• ISBN13: 9780871317841
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 503 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A classic, but now there are new top choices, including ones by Dr. Vliet

Review update 11/2008: Six years have gone by, and there are now two books I recommend that together are more immediately useful, and less overwhelming, for making the hormone decision: "Perfect Balance" (Greene, 2005) and "The Perimenopause & Menopause Workbook" (Simpson, 2006). See the guide "So you want to... Pick safe, not risky, hormones for peri/menopause" for comparisons and pros and cons of these and other books, as well as of Dr. Vliet's newer works. 2002 review: As other reviewers have pointed out, this book addresses almost any question you might have about hormonal issues for women. Even better is that Dr. Vliet has no axe to grind: she won't be a cheerleader for either the "everything must be natural" or the "traditional medical establishment" camp. She forms her opinions carefully: she is completely tuned into women's experiences of their symptoms, but at the same time, she won't promote "natural" hormones unless her experience and the scientific data back up their effectiveness. For example, she points out how "natural" thyroid replacement hormones don't have the ideal combination of T3 and T4, while at the same time acknowledging that T3 can be crucial to wellness (which many doctors don't realize, insisting on giving only T4) and explaining how to get T3 in a more biocompatible form. This book is jam-packed with information and may be heavy reading for someone who doesn't have an intellectual bent. Once you've read it, you'll likely know more about hormones than your doctor does (which is sad!). However, if you're looking for a book that will teach you everything you'll need to know to be your own patient advocate, you'll be in seventh heaven. For more in-depth coverage of thyroid issues, I highly recommend "Living Well With Hypothyroidism" by Mary Shomon. "Listening to Your Hormones" and "The Thyroid Solution" are good too, but not the first place I turn.

This book has ALL of the answers you've been looking for!!

If you are a woman and looking for answers then this book is for you. Dr. Vliet covers everything imaginable for women's health. I HAD to be seen at her clinic after reading her book and finding answers to all of my questions that no other doctors had been able to answer. I had been previously misdiagnosed with so many things, I was beginning to lose all hope of ever feeling good again after I had a hysterectomy. Now, just 6 months after first visiting Her Place, I feel great, have more energy than I have since I was 20, weigh 115 pounds, and my sex life is now awesome! Don't miss an opportunity to change your life. Read this book and find confirmation for what you have suspected all along. This book can truly change your life!

Hope for the second half of my life

For about 25 years I have searched for an answer to PMS and now menopausal depression. No doctor has been able to help me. I have been constantly told to see psychologists and psychiatrists and that I need to take antidepressants which has never solved my problem. I have long suspected hormones in some way to be responsible and now I do know they are after reading "Screaming to Be Heard". I am in the process of scheduling an appointment with Dr. Vliet in Tucson as my last ditch effort, so to speak, to get to the bottom of this horrible problem. I want to have a better second half of my life than the first.

the best book available regarding hormone function for women

Dr. Vliet has performed an invaluable service to women and men by writing this detailed account of what is known regarding hormones and their function over a lifetime. This is essential reading for any woman who thinks she has an emotional problem. Dr. Vliet carefully and accurately distinguishes the symptoms of hormonal imbalance from the symptoms of mental disorders. These distinctions are often not acknowledged within the medical community therefore women must educate themselves about their symptoms in order to receive appropriate treatment. In addition Dr. Vliet gives detailed information regarding the benefits and drawbacks of various treatments recommended to women for the treatment of PMS, menopause, perimenopause, thyroid problems and a myriad of other difficult conditions affecting women. Please check this book out. You will be amazed at the important information that Dr. Vliet offers in simple, easy-to-read chapters.

A Must Read for Women 35 And Over

If you think you are going crazy, you are not. You feel rundown, you are not interested in sex, you need more sleep, your mind handles information like an Intel 80386. This book is the answer. I have bought copies for my family and friends. I have recommended it to my business school class, and the MEN referred it to other women they know. Vliet gave me the ammunition to say, "No, it's not just that I'm getting older, and it's not just that I have young children, it's that something is wrong." I had my hormones tested, and despite lab results showing them to be "normal," they were all BELOW NORMAL for optimal function according to Vliet's clinical experience. This book is the best money you can spend on women's health. A literal lifesaver.