Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Val, Woke up this morning and my heart was racing...pulse was 136 (my " normal " pulse these days is 100). I switched out an additional grain of Armour yesterday for Cytomel...so I took 1 1/4 grains Armour and 75mcg Cytomel. Yesterday was the first time I took a nighttime dose (slept great). I think my adrenals must be stressed...I had a really tough day yesterday...woke up and walked on the treadmill 30 minutes, then cleaned my house, then did grocery shopping, then prepared food for guests coming over, then when the guests were over drank too much wine and am now probably hungover (headache, shaky, dry mouth). I know you're not supposed to drink with weak adrenals, and on top of all the uncommon activity yesterday, plus the increase in Cytomel, I'm thinking maybe this high pulse this morning is adrenal stress...would you agree? I take 35mg HC, dosed 10mg wakeup, 10mg 3hours later, 5mg 3hours later, 5mg 3hours later then 5mg at bedtime. Yesterday in the middle of cleaning my eyes started to black over...like I was going to faint, except I didn't FEEL faint, it was just the eyes thing...so I took an extra 10 mg HC with my second dose of the day. Rest of the day felt fine. I'm freaking out...keep having panic attacks, because I need so badly for Cytomel to work for me...haven't felt good in 8 years now...do you think this high pulse could be adrenal stress, and if so, what would you suggest I do? I took my 10mg when I woke up, but I didn't want to take more and shut down my adrenals...I don't really know how to stress dose or how much to take...especially since my normal dose is already 35mg and I'm not sure how much higher I can/should go! Sorry for the long message, I wanted to make sure you had all the info and I am freaking out and I'm just wordy in general anyway. Thanks so much, Teressa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Perhaps oyu need to slow down. Lower the Cytomel a bit today adn drink EXTRA sea salt water. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://www.seewell4less.com/Valspage.htm Medical Alert Bracelets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Sorry to bother you again, Val. I'm headed for an emotional meltdown. Pulse is still up to 136...tried laying down to rest and could just feel my whole body twitching with each heartbeat. So far today, I've taken normal HC dosing (20mg so far...10 at wakeup and 10 3 hours later) and my normal morning dose of thyroid meds (1 1/4 grains Armour, 25mcg cytomel). I haven't yet taken my 1pm Cytomel dose. My temp is 98.6 (and that might be a little elevated because I had been walking around before I took that temp). I've already had 1/2 teaspoon sea salt in water and am working on a second serving of 1/2 teaspoon. I was thinking maybe this is due to the RT3 (and adrenal stress)...since January my heart rate has steadily been getting higher and I have noticed that after more strenuous activity, my heart rate will stay high for several hours before finally calming down. I was wondering if maybe tomorrow I should or could just cut out the rest of the Armour, and just take the 75 mcg Cytomel I'm up to now? I noticed on this forum there are several people who switched " cold turkey " from Armour to Cytomel, but I don't know if you would recommend this or not. Yesterday I decreased the Armour from 2 1/2 grains down to 1 1/4 grains...not sure how stressful it would be on the adrenals to now just cut it completely and stay at the current 75 mcg Cytomel, to remove that last T4 that I'm putting into my body? What are your thoughts? I'm sorry, I'm just so scared about this... Thanks, Teressa > > Perhaps oyu need to slow down. Lower the Cytomel a bit today adn drink > EXTRA sea salt water. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://www.seewell4less.com/Valspage.htm Medical Alert Bracelets > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 And what would you do with the Armour I'm still on? 1 1/4 grains? > > I would cut the Cytomel for a few days to zilch till your pulse ois > normal again then reintroduce it slowly. I htink some receptors cleared > adn you are gettign a thyroid dump and may be not need any higher > cytomel fdose. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://www.seewell4less.com/Valspage.htm Medical Alert Bracelets > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Ok, thanks again for being there, Val, and for the advice. Man, it's just one step forward and 2 back with this thyroid thing, isn't it? > > I would hold thta dose for now and get things calmed down. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://www.seewell4less.com/Valspage.htm Medical Alert Bracelets > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 Quick update, Val...I was having the worst panic attacks yesterday thinking that maybe T3 wasn't going to work for me, either. It was a very scary day, but I wanted you to know it helped SO MUCH to be able to write to you and hear back your thoughts. That being said, I ended up not following your advice...LOL. I was so worried about having to start over again on the T3 that I thought I would take my second dose of Cytomel and see what happened to my heart rate. It remained the same...about 126 throughout the afternoon. I fell asleep in the recliner and when I woke up, my heart rate had gone down to 106. I think the activity I had gone through, and the alcohol, from the day before really stressed out my adrenals. I think my panicking and freaking out about the heart rate only made matters worse. I did take a third dose of Cytomel, but instead of the 25mcg at night I took on Saturday, I took just 12.5mcg. I think I probably could have gone for the full 25mcg, but I figured since my adrenals were such a mess, I'd play it safer with the lower dose and increase by another 12.5mcg next week. The good thing is that this is the last week I'll be taking Armour, so maybe things will calm down a bit with my adrenals. So, after what I thought would be a major roadblock, I'm back on track today. Feeling very tired after the stress of the last few days, but I'm drinking my sea salt water and trying to take things easy and not switch up anything for a while. Thanks so much for your help...even if I didn't do what you had suggested, it's really by reading all of your advice and recommendations on this site that I'd even be able to consider I'd be ok trying what I did. Teressa > > > > I would hold thta dose for now and get things calmed down. > > > > -- > > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > > http://www.seewell4less.com/Valspage.htm Medical Alert Bracelets > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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