Re: Need some advice

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>

> The symptoms of low & high cortisl are SO similar as to be literally

> indistinguishable,

OK that explains some of my confusion (and my doctor's), but it is

really strange. Can you suggest something i can read which would help

to explain this? A book or something? I also get low blood sugar very

easily and maybe this is part of it. It used to be easy to tell when

that happened, but no longer. I can't even tell when I'm hungry,

everything is disguised by just feeling different kinds of bad all the

time.

I'm checking out an article on adrenals which is linked from this site at

http://featherstone.bravehost.com/thyroid/peatfieldadrenal.html

I would like to buy the book this came from, but when you go to the

link at the bottom, it is just a publisher's website, and a search

there brings nothing, no way i can see to order the book.

" The Great Thyroid Scandal and How to Survive It "

by Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield. Did an internet search, but anything

there leads to the same dead end. Well, maybe it isn't the right book

anyway.

Any suggested reading? I have the Poesnecker books.

many thanks,

NJ

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NJ,

With both ANA and TPO antibodies, it would be a good idea to give a

gluten free diet a try. Try taking a greens supplement of some kind

also. I recommend Dr. Schultze's Superfood, it's loaded with B

vitamins. Anyone with adrenal problems needs lots of B vitamins. You

might also try making some Bieler's Broth. It will help give you

energy. What's your diet consist of? Do you drink tea at all?

Linn

>

> I'm new here and have been reading the informative posts which are

> really helpful. Wondering if some of you knowledgable and experienced

> people have any advice for me. I'm getting really down about my

situation.

>

> I was dx with hypothyroid (autoimmune), and have been on 1/2 grain

> Armour for about a month. My doctor also put me on amino acids

> (Biobuilde, Endurapak), and is trying to start me on Iodoral (I tested

> low on iodine in a 24hr urine test). My problem is that I don't seem

> to be able to raise any of my doses of these things beyond a very low

> starter level or i get a lot of what appear to be adrenal symptoms.

> Also, when I take the orthostatic blood pressure test, it comes out

> something like this:

> Reclining = 110/66 p=72

> Standing up = 97/72 p=104

> Standing, after ~1min. = 103/81 p=91

> So, it drops about 13 points, pulse goes way up, but it does come back

> up about halfway. How bad is this?

>

> I just sent off an ASI test, but it'll take awhile to get that back. I

> started on Isocort, 1 tab 1x a day as Val here suggests. The first

> day, I hadn't read her suggestions yet, and I took another tablet

> later in the day. I seem to feel a bit more energized soon after I

> take the Isocort, but I start getting symptoms again in an hour or so.

> The licorice brew recommended by the Clymer Center people helps smooth

> that out a bit, but it's still bad. I can't really tell if the Isocort

> is helping, or making things worse.

>

> It always seems that I just seesaw between hypothyroid type fatigue

> (very apathetic, but still have a sense of humor) or adrenal type

> fatigue (low tolerance for anything, any activity, situations,

> irritability, and no sense of humor). I almost feel worse, due to

> this, since I started the Armour and other stuff. But probably not, I

> just can't tell anymore, i just feel awful all the time in different

> ways. Even slight exercise exhausts me. I get 'inflamed' feelings in

> my head at times, which coincide with a fogginess and extra fatigue,

> and like i have no energy at my core, if that makes sense.

>

> I've had many tests done which i could post if that helps, but these

> are the basics which stand out:

> T3 = 81 (ref:85-205)

> TSH = 8.97 (ref:.35-5.5)

> Thyroid peroxidase = 1506 (ref:0-34)

> Antinuclear Antibodies Di = 202 (ref:0-99)

> WBC = 3.8 (ref:4.0-10.5)

> Homocysteine, P = 4.5 (ref:5-12)

> Serum creatine = .2 (ref:.3-.9)

> low in lots of amino acids

>

> I've been getting worse and worse for about 7 years now, and it has

> been attributed to depression and menopause by (former) doctors. I

> had a big " crash' in February, when it became very apparent that this

> was more than they thought, and I haven't been able to work since

> then, or do much of anything. My activity is more and more restricted

> by my condition. I barely leave the house except for doctor and

> dentist visits, and a weekly shopping trip to the local health food

> store (which wears me out).

>

> I'm also mercury poisoned, from amalgams, which i've had removed

> (safely) and I would like to chelate, but that too, taxes my adrenals.

> Mercury may very well be at the bottom of this whole thing, but I

> can't get rid of it due to adrenal exhaustion. Catch 22.

>

> Does anyone have any advice for me, in regard to balancing the

> adrenal/thyroid thing? So I can increase my armou, etcr dose?

>

> One thing that would be very helpful is if I could really understand

> what symptoms come from low and high cortisol, what symptoms mean too

> much or too little Isocort vs. Armour. This whole thing is so complex,

> it seems the key is to understand how what one feels relates to what

> is going on in the body.

>

> any help appreciated,

> NJ

>

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One of the best books about adrenals and the use of cortisol is Dr

Jeffereies Safe uses of Cortisol available here;

http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398075002

ANd another , Pets At Risk author Alfred Plechner

http://www.drplechner.com/articles.html

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