The Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome/Dysautonomia Survival Guide

Rating:
Summary: Speculation
Review: As a psychologist who has MVPS, I was surprised by the comments about personalities. This is my area of expertise and research. To date there are no studies to support any particular personality with MVP. As the book states, chest pain can be fearful-that goes for anyone with any type of chest pain. Nothing new learned there. Authors have lots of speculation. Stories of others with MVP will help you learn that you are not alone. However, most other MVP books help with this. On a positive note, we can always use books on MVPS to increase the visibility of this syndrome. Only wish this was more medically based. I agree with a previous commentary that references are to a newsletter-not evidenced based medicine!

Rating:
Summary: Book OK
Review: As an educated person I find that the book is not bad. I agree with previous reviewer about a comfort book. Also agree with others who were looking for more concrete evidence. I'm another one who is interested in seeing a third edition of Dr. Scordo's book. There are so many of us participating in her worldwide research. Her book is still so valuable. I believe the rest of these books have followed her lead, which is commendable.

Rating:
Summary: OK book
Review: I agree with "same stuff". As a long time suffer of MVP I too was excited to see another book on MVP. But it's true, nothing new in this one. Was hoping for more research on the topic-didn't see anything. I sure hope Dr. Scordo comes out with a new edition when she gets done with her big MVP study. That's the one I'm waiting for! But this book is OK-got to give the authors (people with MVP) credit for doing this.

Rating:
Summary: Something new!
Review: I learned a lot from this book. Chapter 5 was my favorite chapter. I knew that anxiety and depression went with MVP Syndrome. However, I never read anything before that talked about the specific personality characteristics that can also go along with the syndrome like perfectionisim and specific fears. I never realized that these things are part of MVPS. The whole book was just filled with tons of little tidbits that made you go Wow! This is me!
Kelly

Rating:
Summary: Good book
Review: I recently book all the books on Amazon.com on MVP. The best one out of all of them is Taking Control--the latest edition. This book is good, but lacks some credibility. It's written by patients with a forward by a cardiologist. I believe some of the advice is helpful and will benefit MVP people.

Rating:
Summary: Great reassurance for people with this syndrome!
Review: Of course the psychologist reviewer who said the book is mostly speculation is correct. Until there is more research done on the syndrome there has to be a lot of speculation. However, the speculation is educated because the people who wrote the book either have the syndrome or have spoken with thousands of others who also have it. I found the book to be very reassuring about my condition. It also made me realize that someone needs to do much more research about MVPS.

Rating:
Summary: Great reassurance for people with this syndrome!
Review: Of course the psychologist reviewer who said the book is mostly speculation is correct. Until there is more research done on the syndrome there has to be a lot of speculation. However, the speculation is educated because the people who wrote the book either have the syndrome or have spoken with thousands of others who also have it. I found the book to be very reassuring about my condition. It also made me realize that someone needs to do much more research about MVPS.

Rating:
Summary: This book is my new "Bible"
Review: This book talks about everything that other books do not talk about. Yes, "The Propalspe Personality". Another reviewer asked for "facts" unfortunately, MVPS has not been researched so there are very few small studies. If you have MVPS you will understand everything said in this book and finally you will understand that you are not crazy!

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read
Review: This is a must read for anyone who has the syndrome, or knows someone with the syndrome. It is packed with great information to use when you suffer from this syndrome. It has very good stories written by people who have Mitral Valve Prolapse. It also helps the people that are around the ones who have MVP. I enjoyed the parts of this book that listed ways for you to cope better everyday of your life, and the medications you can take to have control of your life.

Rating:
Summary: Full of helpful ideas
Review: Unlike a few others, I found that there was some good concrete evidence in this book. I have found that the kind of evidence a researcher looks for is quite hard to find on the topic of Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome. The original writer and researcher in this field, Lyn Frederickson, wrote the first and definitive book on this topic back in 1988. I would disagree with another reviewer and say that Ms. Scordo's book (rather than leading the way) basically restates Ms. Frederickson's work while discounting the need for medication and relies totally on exercise , meditation and alternative therapies. This new book delves more deeply while crediting Ms. Frederickson and gives the latest information including biological, physical and medicational aspects of the syndrome. Although Ms.Frederickson's book is now out of print I think it only proper to give her the credit she deserves.