Re: advice needed please - Bump....... and bumping again

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> > Hi A,

> > That zinc of 30mg sounds a bit too much- zinc is usually

recommended at 15mg with 1 mg copper- they both work together and need to be

balanced. Your T's in the first test results are a bit on the low side and if

your adrenals can't cope with the additional ERFA then that would explain why

you reacted adversly to a dose increase. Your iron isn't brilliant so you may

like to consider trying to increase that a little remember we say go for 90, but

that is a mimimum

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> > > Hi all,

> > > could someone advise me on these blood results please? I was on 2 grains

erfa daily when these were done:

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> > > TSH 0.09 (0.35-5.50)

> > > FT4 11 (10-24)

> > > FT£ 4.2 (3.5-6.5)

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> > > As I was starting to feel hypo in increased by half a grain, but started

to feel angry, upset and generally out of sorts, thought I might be a bit hyper,

so reduced again to 2grains.

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> > > My ferritin is 85 (22-322)

> > > Serum Iron 12 (12-26)

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> > > zinc 30 mg

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> > > Had an adrenal stress profile last summer, which showed a degree of

adrenal hypofunction with decreased adaptive response, and elevated DHEA (not

taking DHEA, but using progesterone cream)

> > > - Total daily cortisol 25.2 (range 21 - 41)

> > > DHEA cortisol ratio 3.33 (0.6-3.0)

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> > > Serum cortisol by NHS - 268 (200-650)

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> > > I realise my cortisol is on the low side, but don't know whether it would

be appropriate to supplement with Nutri adrenal, as my bp is high 170/100,

(don't take hypotensives at the moment, but think perhaps I should start them

again).

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> > > Would Dr Theodora or anyone else have any comments on the above?

> > > I'm feeling really unwell again at the moment - when I explained to my GP

the other day that I hardly even get out, just sit in a chair or lie in bed

exhuasted, his reply was that he couldn't imagine how awful it would be, just

awful - and that was it.

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> > > Also, Sheila, I wrote to you a couple of weeks ago about seeing Dr P,

> > > you sent me your phone no to make an appointment, but somehow I've lost

it. Are there any appointments left for first timers in April?

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> > > Thanks again,

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> > > A

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