my 7yodd, recap plus more questions

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Below is an earlier post in which I talked about my daughters adrenals. I now

have her

thyroid blood tests plus other test results. Maybe someone can give me more

comments,

taking into account not just adrenals but also thyroid.

FT4 17.6 (12.9 - 21.2)

FT3 (grrrrrr!!, not done even though I requested!!!)

TSH 2.9 (0.35 - 5.0) outdated or what???

added note: subclinical hypoT possible

TPO 43 (<60)

Her blood was tested for other things, most were in the mid range but a few

stuck out as

being borderline:

white blood cells 6.1 (5 - 12)

haemoglobin 14 (10-14)

MCV 85.6 (84-96)

So would you say her thyroid is effecting her adrenals or the other way around.

I realize in

either case it is mild and her symtpoms are also mild but I don't think sitting

on my butt is

the best way forward. Where might her haemoglobin fit into all of this? I find

this rather

strange since she doesn't like eating meat.

Symptoms: dry skin (not extreme), strong sugar cravings (learned or hormonal?),

pain in

the butt to wake in the morning yet too wound up at night to go to sleep, she

seems hyper

at times during the day yet her teacher doesn't feel this effects her learning,

she's almost 8

yet she has only lost 3 teeth and there is almost no room for these 3 new adult

teeth,

weight is not an issue, hair is thin but doesn't appear to be falling out.

>

> My daughter has been testing off and on with low and then normal thyroid

function. So

> we tested her adrenals - 24 hr saliva.

> morning 13.8 (3-8)

> noon 2.2 (2-4)

> evening 1.8 (1.2)

> night 0.6 (0.5-1.5)

>

> DHEA 2.5 (3-10)

>

> So, as you can see, things are a bit out of whack. I want to get her adrenals

back in line

> before thinking about her thyroid. I suspect her adrenals are the real and

only problem.

>

> She's been on vit. c, about 2000, per day. But I can't say as I've see a

difference. The

> biggest problem right now is that at bedtime she has this huge burst of energy

and

wants

> to clean her room at 9 or 10 at night. Then, of course, we can't wake her in

the

morning.

> And the sugar cravings. Plus to date, she's only lost 3 teeth.

>

> I want to give adrenal glandulars a try. I know that isocort has HC in it as

well. That's

not

> true with all glandualrs...right? Can someone recommend an adrenal glandular

that

> doesn't have HC. Something safe for a 7.5 year old. And how to use it?

>

> Robin

>