Re: sorry... confused today

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>>(1) Is adrenal insuffiency the same thing as 's? If I have all the

symptoms of 's EXCEPT hyperpigmentation, including low aldosterone,

how can this be 's? (I'm stage 5 of adrenal fatigue, according to

this group's definition.)<<

NO. IN ;'s you have NO cortisol production of your own. In adrenal

fatigue you have some but not enoguh and certainyl no reserve for times when you

need more.

>>(2) I took synthroid (112 mcg) for one month, then switched to Naturethroid

(1 grain). I think I've been having several adrenal crises since then. I'm

on 25 mg of hydrocortisone daily, and it's helping, but not totally. <<

You may need even more HC than that. SOme folks do and some alos need Florinef

with it. The healthy adrenals make 40-60MG of cortisol daily (according to

Peatfield) and in times of stress can make up to 200MG a day! So you would not

be at full replacement till you were at 40MG and even then you may not be

absorbing it well.

No this is not gonna be the rest of your life! You do need to take enough HC

and/or HC & Florinef to support your adrenals well and slowly build your thyroid

dose up once you get the adrenals well supported, then in 6-8 weeks after that

you should be able to start slowly reducing the HC. Getting the thyroid optimal

while on the HC is paramount to your adrenals being able to heal and function

normally again. You also need to reduce as much stress in your life as possible,

cut exercise to very light only and sleep regular hours. In bed by 10PM and

sleep in as much as you can. Sea salt may well help you as wil viotamin C and

the B vitamins.

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>> NO. IN ;'s you have NO cortisol production of your own. In adrenal

>> fatigue you have some but not enoguh and certainyl no reserve for times

>> when you need more.

So, am I right that the thyroid is what helps build my reserves? Or is it

keeping my life low-stress enough that my adrenals heal? Or both? (By the

way, I ordered Peatfield's book. I can't wait for it to arrive.)

>> You may need even more HC than that. SOme folks do and some alos need

>> Florinef with it. The healthy adrenals make 40-60MG of cortisol daily

>> (according to Peatfield) and in times of stress can make up to 200MG a

>> day! So you would not be at full replacement till you were at 40MG and

>> even then you may not be absorbing it well.

Okay, so if I'm at one grain of naturethroid and 25 mg of cortisol, and

still having some low blood pressure and hypoglycemia, I should slowly keep

increasing the hc until these symptoms are stable before adding even more

thyroid? If so, what would happen if I added more thyroid at how I'm

feeling now? Would I have another thyroid storm in a few days? Don't want

one of those ever, ever again! :-)

I'm sorry if I'm being repetitive. Do you ever get tired of answering

everyone's questions? You are such a huge blessing to everyone. I hope you

realize that! :-)

~Anne

[Guest guest]

You bring up a very good point that I have also been dealing with in

the last week or so. I have increased my HC slightly 5mg from 2.5,

and added a wee bit of T4. I feel fine, but mostly calm, not really

tired but not the energy I should. From what I understand HC

(cortisol) uses up more Thyroid hormones, so it is an essential

balance we must keep in order not be hypo nor hyper. When I added

Armour without HC I had serious hyper symptoms, when I take HC

without Armour I have serious hypo symptoms. Val has given some

wonderful explanations on this, I think I'm finally getting it. I

will try Armour 1/4 grain and then follow with HC shortly their

after, hopefully this will be just right. I will let you know....

Blessings,

Duane

>

> >> NO. IN ;'s you have NO cortisol production of your own.

In adrenal

> >> fatigue you have some but not enoguh and certainyl no reserve

for times

> >> when you need more.

>

> So, am I right that the thyroid is what helps build my reserves?

Or is it

> keeping my life low-stress enough that my adrenals heal? Or

both? (By the

> way, I ordered Peatfield's book. I can't wait for it to arrive.)

>

>

> >> You may need even more HC than that. SOme folks do and some

alos need

> >> Florinef with it. The healthy adrenals make 40-60MG of cortisol

daily

> >> (according to Peatfield) and in times of stress can make up to

200MG a

> >> day! So you would not be at full replacement till you were at

40MG and

> >> even then you may not be absorbing it well.

>

> Okay, so if I'm at one grain of naturethroid and 25 mg of

cortisol, and

> still having some low blood pressure and hypoglycemia, I should

slowly keep

> increasing the hc until these symptoms are stable before adding

even more

> thyroid? If so, what would happen if I added more thyroid at how

I'm

> feeling now? Would I have another thyroid storm in a few days?

Don't want

> one of those ever, ever again! :-)

>

> I'm sorry if I'm being repetitive. Do you ever get tired of

answering

> everyone's questions? You are such a huge blessing to everyone.

I hope you

> realize that! :-)

>

> ~Anne

>