Need some advice

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

indistinguishable, which is why I really encourage testing before

starting adrneal meds. I would keep with the isocort till you get yoiur

saliva rsults back but it certainly sounds as if you need HC and that is

what it wil take for you to be able to tolerate thyrid and the other

meds better.

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