RE: Cortisol test, help please :)

[Guest guest]

Hi Helen - your cortisol level should be at it's highest in the

morning to help you get through the physical and emotional stresses during the

day, and it remains pretty low throughout the day until the night level, when

it rises, but at that time, it should be at it's lowest in the range. Do you

have difficulty sleeping.

If this was me, I would order the Nutri Adrenal Extra from Nutri

Ltd and start yourself on a course to help boost your adrenal function. You

should start by taking 1 tablet with breakfast, and in around 10 days, increase

this by taking another tablet with your lunch. Never take any after 1.00p.m.

otherwise you may experience disturbed sleep. You can increase the Nutri

Adrenal Extra (NAE) in another 10 days by taking another tablet with breakfast

and see how you feel. You can take up to 6 tablets daily, but if your symptoms

are not helped then you may need a short course of hydrocortisone, but we can meet

that problem when and if it arises.

You should also take high doses of vitamin C, i.e. 4/5000 (or to

bowel tolerance) to help with absorption of the NAE. You should also take

200mcgs Selenium daily with food. Because of your low DHEA level, you could

benefit from 25mgs DHEA.

If you go to thyroid treatment

and in the Menu, click on FILES and on the Page that opens, scroll down to the

FOLDER entitled 'Discounts on Tests and Supplements. In that folder, click on

'Nutri Ltd. where you can buy your Nutri Adrenal Extra. Complete your order in

the way it states and give them the reference number there when you order and

you will be allowed 33% discount as a member of TPA.

Luv - Sheila

Sample 1: (range 12 - 22): 9.9

Sample 2: (range 5.0 - 9.0): 6.6

Sample 3: (range 3.0 - 7.0): 3.6

Sample 4: (range 1.0 - 3.0): 2.7

Total daily cortisol: 22.8

DHEA:

a.m: (range 0.30 - 1.00): 0.25

p.m: (range 0.30 - 1.00): 0.23

DHEA / Cortisol Ratio: (range 1.0 - 4.0): 1.05

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[Guest guest]

Sheila - thank you, thank you! I'm so grateful for guidance on this. I wonder if

I've had this problem a long time? I *always* feel deathly in the morning...

I'll order the NAX right away.

x Helen

> If this was me, I would order the Nutri Adrenal Extra from Nutri Ltd and

> start yourself on a course to help boost your adrenal function.

[Guest guest]

Yes, I do have difficulty sleeping - not in getting to sleep (though I'm not

ready to do that until after 1am or even 2am usually, though I try and try to

get my body clock onto an earlier schedule) - but the latter half of the night

is usually very broken. I always feel exhausted when it's time to get up.

> Do you

> have difficulty sleeping.

[Guest guest]

Have you considered trying Melatonin 3mgs taken half an hour

before you go to bed, but being absolutely sure that you have a thoroughly

darkened room. Again, a case of getting your sleep rhythm back to where it

should be - and Melatonin is a natural hormone.

Luv - Sheila

Yes, I do have difficulty sleeping - not in

getting to sleep (though I'm not ready to do that until after 1am or even 2am

usually, though I try and try to get my body clock onto an earlier schedule) -

but the latter half of the night is usually very broken. I always feel

exhausted when it's time to get up.

.._,___

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sheila, I may give that a try. My husband says melatonin worked for him

really well when he had CFS, and was about the only thing that did. I've always

been nervous of taking it precisely because it IS a natural hormone and I didn't

know how it might affect/react with other hormones. But I'm so sleep-deprived at

the moment that I think it's time I tried it. Plus, I've heard so many

recommendations for it now.

I use a blackout blind, but light does seep round the edges and when it gets

light, I put on a light mask as well - a special one made by me, that works

better than the ones you can buy. Only problem is when I'm too groggy to

realise what I need to do, so I lie there half asleep, half awake, without

putting the mask on. (If I put it on when I go to bed, it's normally slipped off

by the early hours).

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> Have you considered trying Melatonin 3mgs taken half an hour before you go

> to bed, but being absolutely sure that you have a thoroughly darkened room.

> Again, a case of getting your sleep rhythm back to where it should be - and

> Melatonin is a natural hormone.

[Guest guest]

I would add a different suggestion for dosage/delivery

0.2mg sublingual melatonin - works really well for me, it's more of a

physiological dosage, and is what Dr Hertoghe suggested I take

http://www.eurohealthproject.com/hormones/biotonin.html

Initially I felt hungover once or twice but now I have no problems and it helps

me sleep a lot better - I had problems on the 'big' dose of melatonin - 0.2 mg

is closer to what the body produces.

I use one of those eye masks to sleep (that reminds me of

Hargreaves off Hi De Hi!) . Have you looked into sunset/sunrise simulators to

help your body clock?

>

> Thanks Sheila, I may give that a try. My husband says melatonin worked for him

really well when he had CFS, and was about the only thing that did. I've always

been nervous of taking it precisely because it IS a natural hormone and I didn't

know how it might affect/react with other hormones. But I'm so sleep-deprived at

the moment that I think it's time I tried it. Plus, I've heard so many

recommendations for it now.

[Guest guest]

Snip>>>>>>> Yes, I do have difficulty sleeping - not in getting to sleep (though I'm not ready to do that until after 1am or even 2am usually, though I try and try to get my body clock onto an earlier schedule) - but the latter half of the night is usually very broken. I always feel exhausted when it's time to get up.

OMG, that sounds like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Caz x

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the tip, Chris. I'll look into that.

My home-made mask is a double width of soft black stretchy cotton (it used to be

a vest) with a sheet of light proof curtain liner inbetween, which I wrap around

my head and secure with a safety pin (I tried velco but that was a bit

disastrous). It's brilliant, though I'm sure having a safety pin anywhere near

your eyes is not absolutely recommended...

I don't like most ordinary eye masks because they squish your eyelids and the

straps are uncomfortable, and they're often made of cheap sweaty fabrics. I

bought one of these on a friend's recommendation:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/40-Blinks-Sprigs-Sleep-Mask/dp/B003MRAALW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=\

UTF8 & qid=1322422900 & sr=8-3

- and it IS good, but tends to shift about. It's moulded foam so it doesn't

press your eyes, but it's not as soft and close-fitting as my own mask is.

Oh, and I use ear-plugs at night, too!

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> I would add a different suggestion for dosage/delivery

[Guest guest]

I wonder if we have the same cortisol profile?!

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> OMG, that sounds like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> Caz x

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