Worst I've been for ages - Hair fall, heart pounding, fatigue

January 4, 2010

Hi all,

I have just got settled in the USA (we moved from Bristol in November) and I'm

suffering some symptoms.

I must admit to being quite stupid and trying to reduce my HC from 30mg to 25mg

or less at the same time as moving overseas.

I realise now that I should have been stress dosing not trying to reduce.

The reason I was trying to cut down on HC was because of the thrush which was

bad, even though I was treating it.

I have read that flourishing candida can cause low thyroid. I thought the

candida could be causing as much illness as the HC was helping.

So, with this dichotomy in mind, I reduced my HC. The candida does seem to have

subsided. That might be due to my new environment as well, though.

Unfortunately my hair has begun to fall again (it had pretty much stopped

falling a few months ago) and it is falling in bigger quantities than ever.

I feel fatigued and unable to do very much during the day. I also had a bout of

flu just before Christmas which must have depleted me further (I stress dosed a

little for that).

With the disruption of moving I stopped taking my supplements regularly and I

have just managed to get back into a routine of taking them.

I was finding it hard to raise ferritin back home and I am assuming it is still

low so I have ordered some of the ferrous bis-glycinate tablets that were

recommended on here. I'm taking the ferrous fumarate tablets I brought with me

and plenty of vitamin C. I hope the hair fall will respond to the ferritin.

So, I am finding I often need 5mg of HC when I wake up in the night, heart

pounding, as well as my 30mg throughout the day. I have ordered some 'Calm'

magnesium in the hope that it will help with the palpitations at night.

I suppose I will just keep taking 30-35mg HC until I feel a bit more stable. I

have just had to switch from Cortef to as it is not possible to order

Cortef in the US (I had no idea!).

I feel a bit better after writing this. I don't know if any of you have any

comments but thanks for reading this far anyway.

CJ

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