Guest guest Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Hi, I started back on Armour middle of March. I went and saw a naturopath last Wed. with the thought that he could test my adrenals w/saliva test as I had done before back where I used to live. His angle seemed to be a bit different and I'm not sure what to make of his recommendations. He took a urine and saliva sample and gave me recommendations based on what his little system said about them. One recommendation he gave to assist w/thyroid problems along w/taking Armour was Iodoral, which is a combo of iodine and potassium iodide. Anyone have any thought about this? I figure you'd need to be sure you were low on iodine b4 using it. I tested myself using liquid iodine -- two years ago, it stayed on my skin like 48 hours. Now after using Synthroid for 20 months, it soaked in w/in 8 hours, which I was told by old ND would mean deficient in iodine. So maybe OK to use for awhile? He also did not think there was any problem with my adrenals. I haven't had any blood work done yet, will soon of course, since I've been back on the Armour and don't know how well that is working, but based on how I'm feeling, I would think there are adrenal problems, since I had them in 05 and feel similar now. I'm thinking I will do the Diagnostech's 24 hour saliva adrenal test. Do you just register with this Canary Club organization to get a good rate? also this ND said I could use progesterone suppl. Well, I just had that tested no more than a year ago by old ND and she said all the reproductive hormones were great, even tho adrenals weren't. IOW, seems like he's telling me exactly the opposite of what she did. Is it possible for things to switch in one year?? I'm just feeling extremely cautious of these results,...or any really that don't match up with what I physically feel, ha! I am feeling emotionally better than before I went back to Armour, and that's encouraging, but things are NOT super yet. Thanks a bunch for any help you can give. -- Jamison Griebenow, skookie@... Blessed with husband Greg, Zachary c/s 8/95, Helena Joy HBAC 8/00, and Beren Gustav HB 4/04 ~~~~~~~ Learn more about recovery from a difficult birth here: http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/healing_trauma.asp ~~~~~~~ April is Cesarean Awareness Month! See http://www.ican-online.org/ for more info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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