Re: Sam/Adrenals

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It would help to have that lab ranges.

Let me tell you what I know, which is more on thyroid/adrenal. Morning

cortesol should be high, evening cortesol should be low. If that varies,

there's a problem (low in morning, high in evening, low all the time, high

all the time, etc).

With the Canary club Salivas, one would like to see the TSH at the lowest.

The FREES high normal, TPO neg. If looking at saliva tests vs blood or

serum tests, I would hold more value in the saliva tests.

Have you not had an Iodine Loading test yet? I think this would be one of

the most important tests since there's a thyroid thingy apparently

happening. I firmly believe that one shoud regulate the thyroid propely

first, and then the other hormones can be more easily dealt with.

Since starting 50mg Iodoral, I've needed to lower my Armour thyroid AND my

estradiol. My age spots are skinning over and disappering as well, plus I

appear to be regrowing some more hair. I'm not relying on tests for my

BHRT, I'm going by symptoms. I almost started the WP, but thought it was

better to listen what my body told me it needed. That's what has been

wokign for me, but not sure it woul work for others...

Sam

(thyroidless and ovaryless)

> Hi Sam,

>

> Here's the interesting thing for me. I did a cortisol test (saliva) over a

> year ago. Cortisol all 4 times over the top (this was during my highest

> anxiety before I was on meds for to long, different lab no other testing

> done.). Then I did the Canary Club saliva test last March, Cortisol tanked

> to the bottom. My adrenals looked like I should have been dead. DHEA - 4

> FT4 0.18, FT3 0.41, TSH 96 (borderline high). E over the top >99, P- 944

> T-

> 32 (all elevated and I was only using OOE at the time). Neg TPO.

>

> Just did anther test Aug 22, 06.- All my Cortisol levels are normal except

> my 4-5pm, it's depressed. DHEA -4, TSH-53 (normal it says) FT4-.015 (says

> low) FT3 .66 (says normal) TPO- positive.

> E>99 was on .1mg vivelle dot, P-149 (yipee, if I can believe this test and

> it's going down), T- 8 (normal it says)

>

> I just got the blood results of my day 12 test from being on HRT cream

> Estridiol. I made a mistake and used 12mg of E 4 hours before the test

> (should have used 8 if I were folllowing the protocol correctly) My E was

> 82, P .07. So, as I can still see IF I were to go by blood testing, I can

> still use gobs of Transdermal E in HRT cream and my numbers are staying

> low..

> I was getting a little better numbers with the OOE but I needed to put it

> on

> so often.

>

> Two things, how can I have a neg TPO on one test and then positive on the

> next? ( I have had this done in blood a couple of times and it's always

> <32)

> And how did my adrenals get better when I have done nothing but change

> from

> xanex to valium? And used different forms of E? Did the valium relax my

> body

> enough to support my adrenals? I have changed my diet some but I have just

> added more raw dairy and tons of fruit and fruit juice. No more salt than

> I

> was using before, no cortisol, no thyroid. So, either something that I'm

> doing is supporting my adrenals better or the tests are unreliable

>

> I am going to do one more experiment which I said I wasn't going to do but

> I've changed my mind and that is the pellet therapy. Well, I'm going to go

> to the appointment and ask TONS of questions before I let them inject me

> with anything. And then once off the valium, I will add some thyroid

> support. I can't do that now as I don't want to rock the boat with my

> withdrawel process.

>

> Whewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, how's that for a long rambling email.

>

> Liz

>

>

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>

> Hmmm, have you had your adrenals tested?

> Why not do some of the adrenal self tests at:

> www.stopthethyroidm <http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/adrenal-info>

> adness.com/adrenal-info

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