- Val & Anyone - Thyroid And/Or Costrisol dose increase?????

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Hi Everyone

I apologize in advance for the long post.

I wanted to get some insight on how to increase my

dose of meds. I really feel like I need to increase

both my cortisol and thyroid meds. Currently I'm on

20mgs of cortisol and 3 1/4 grains of thyroid-s. I've

been on this dose of cortisol for about 5-6 months. I

really dont feel any better at all. I started out on

2 1/4 grains of thyroid meds and have added another

grain since taking the cortisol. Also, when I start

my period, I have to stress dose with double my

thyroid meds - but usually that doesn't even cure the

migraine and fatigue I get on the day or two before my

period starts. This is a NEW issue that only started

when I began taking cortisol. (good times.) Val has

said this is due to cortisol using up thyroid meds,

which makes sense.

But my issues still remain. Terrible fatigue in the

am, so I'm assuming my cortisol is still low in the

morning, and gets high at nighttime, making going to

bed before 2am, nearly impossible. I've been out of

work for the last 3 months and have been able to sleep

in until 10am, which has really helped. But

financially I had to go back to work and I know that I

really am not ready. And frankly, I'm tired of all

this. I need to figure out my proper dosing so I can

get my life back! I spend 90% of my life resting,

with headaches, moving very little from my couch,

especially if I get up before 10am, which I will have

to do now that I'm working again. Low carbs and lack

of caffeine make me feel much worse. I know that this

isnt supposed to make things worse, but without it

sometimes I can't lift my head.

I've been tracking my temps for the last week and this

is what I've recorded. Since there is such a variance

of my temps between thermometer, I've recorded with

two different types - Lumiscope/Quick Read and

Bestmed. I have no idea which is correct, but

ironically, they almost mirror eachother on the

variances, but differ on the actual number. (so

frustrating.....) I also should point out that I took

my first temp at 8am, which is the time I SHOULD be

waking up. BUT, I haven't been getting out of bed

until 10am. (I set the alarm and then record my temp

- then go back to bed.) So I record it again at 10am,

which is my actual waking time. I had this week off

from work, and thus was able to sleep in.

I look forward to any insight on what I can do next.

Though it may appear that I'm just HypoT, I really

feel like the horrible am fatigue and high energy at

nighttime is from my adrenal issues, but I'm so

desperate that if someone told me eating cow dung

would make me feel normal and give me my body back,

I'd try it.

Thanks in advance for all insight and help. My temps

and daily averages are below.

TEMPS

12/25

Lumiscope - 8am = 97.0, 11am = 97.9, 1pm = 98.1, 4pm =

98.3, 7pm = 98.3 - AVG = 97.92

Bestmed - 8am = ?, 11am = 97.5, 1pm = 97.7, 4pm =

97.9, 7pm = 97.7 - AVG = 97.7

12/26

Lumiscope - 8am = 97.7, 11am = 98.2, 2pm = 98.1 - AVG

= 98

Bestmed - 8am = 97.1, 11am = 97.7, 2pm = 97.8 - AVG =

97.53

12/27

Lumiscope - 8am = 97.5, 11am - 98.1, 2 = 98.5, 5 =

97.8 - AVG = 97.975

Bestmed - 8am = 96.8, 11am = 97.7, 2 = 97.9, 5 = 97.4

- AVG = 97.45

12/28

Lumiscope - 9:30am = 97.9, 12:30 = 98.3 - AVG = 98.1

(forgot to take temp later in the day)

Bestmed - 9:30am - 97.6, 12:30 = 97.7 - AVG = 97.65

12/29

Lumiscope - 8am = 97.9, 10 = 97.8, 1 = 97.9, 4 = 98.4

-AVG = 98

Bestmed - 8am = 97.4, 10 = 97.4, 1 = 97.4, 4 = 97.4 -

AVG = 97.4

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