Help w/iodine and Hashimotos

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Hi Gracia,

> well I am sure you will figure it out and feel better soon. If

you are labeled hyper however, doc will want to put you on iodine

blocker! or destroy your thyroid gland! Do you feel better on

cortef?

Here is what the doc suggested:

Alpha lipoic acid 300mg/2x

Bugleweed

Rx PTU only if needed.

I'm not sure what I am going to do. I had a cold last week and

started the Cortef at 5mg/4x. I got through two doses and nothing

was different so as the book suggested for colds I doubled. A few

hours after the first 10mg I felt fine. Still with the cold, but

fine and normal. Hallelujah. Better than I felt in a long time. I am

back down to 5mg/4x, still getting rid of the cold, still feeling

fine.

I need to pay more attention to my BP, pulse and reflexes to see how

hyper I think I still am. I have not noticed nearly as many problems

since the Cortef. But based on my own reassessment, I will think

about taking the Alpha lipoic acid and also some low dose lithium.

Not sure I'll need more. Not sure about the Bugleweed unless it

specifically acts on the antibodies, not just hormones. Absolutely

not the PTU unless I'm about to die.

And I am definitely getting a new doc - have an appointment in 2

weeks. I spoke with him on the phone and told him I had put myself

back on Cortef and he seemed supportive. Time for a new direction.

Thanks much & take care,

Sharon

[Guest guest]

>From: " Gracia " <circe@...>

> hmmmm

> I would blame low cholesterol on low adrenals (I have low cholesterol

>too). Maybe I would blame my low adrenals on low iodine. I have taken

>other minerals for years and years, since I saw Carl Pfeiffer MD at Brain

>Bio Center in Princeton NJ. You know he was a fan of dolomite.

> Gracia

Whereas I 've heard doctors say the same, the fact is that cholesterol is

produced by the liver. If cholesterol is low, how would adrenals produce

adequate hormones as they are all manufactured from cholesterol? No

cholesterol = No adrenal hormones. The question is how low does cholesterol

have to be in order to cause adrenal problems? Mercola says that only 10%

of the population have total cholesterol below 180. Therefore, I doubt

anywhere under that is a good place to be.

Another factor is that thalassemia (an inhertied anemia) can cause low

cholesterol. I've read it's common with Mediterranean heritage, my English

and ish ancestry doesn't seem to fit that, but I had them take our

hemoglobin A2 and we seemed to be in the range for it. Which explains my

wife's borderline anemia, as well as my son's and also my low cholesterol.

The low cholesterol explains the low adrenal production.

skipper

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[Guest guest]

How much iodine were you taking and also were you on thyroid hormones?

>

> Gracia & ,

> I tend to agree with you both! I'm on Cortef now and am waiting for

> my RBC analysis. But as I don't think I'm that unusual in my adrenal

> and mineral status, my comments still stand - iodine is not risk

> free. Which is not to say that I'm against it - far from it. Even

> with my current problems I have benefited tremendously. But I do

> think it is best that we all go at this with our eyes open,

> acknowledging the problems as they come about so hopefully others

> can benefit.

> Thanks both for your always interesting suggestions and postings.

> Sharon

>

>

[Guest guest]

50mg iodine. No.

> How much iodine were you taking and also were you on thyroid

hormones?