Newbie - Questions on Dexamethasone Suppression Test, among others!

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I was diagnosed with Hashi's almost five years ago, although I

believe I have had it for a much longer period of time. I am

currently untreated, as I could not tolerate even a minimal amount of

Armour, due to excruciating lower back/adrenal area pain. (I was on

Synthroid several years ago, with no change in hypo symptoms.)

My primary symptoms include horrible fatigue, slow thinking/poor

memory/poor concentration, easy emotional upset, cold hands/feet,

extremely dry skin (now developing some sort of rash, bumps, wierd

discoloration especially on my legs), badly thinning hair,

unexplainable weight gain that I cannot loose, hoarseness/deep husky

voice, rapid, pounding heart rate, muscle/joint pain, fluctuating low

body temps, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, malabsorption, etc.

I saw a new endo this past week, as they said that " treating the

thyroid and adrenals was his specialty " , and he is not against

Armour. He drew labs for FT3, FT4, TSH, TSI/TPO/Tg, serum

metanephrine, serum renin/aldosterone (in chilled tubes), and one I

can't read. Should have those results this Monday or so. He also

ordered a cortisol stim test and a Dexamethasone Suppression Test.

I am to take the Dexamethasone .5 mg every six hours for the next two

days, finishing Monday at 10 am, and then be in his office for the

blood draw no later than noon (which is when they will also do the

cortisol stim test).

I tested in the past for low Vit D and low renin (not taken in a

chilled tube); and borderline low in aldosterone, B-12, DHEA, and

iron. I have been supplementing mainly with sea salt, D3 5000

iu's/day, and a Stress B complex.

Partial Serum labs/June, 2007

T3F; 3.6; range 2.3-4.2

T4F; .73; range .61-1.12

TSH; 2.19; range .25-5.01

T3 Uptake 34; range 23-35

Rev T3; 222; range 90-350

TPO Ab; 102-High; range 0-34

Saliva; Diagnos-Techs/July, 2007

7-8A 25; elevated; range 13-24

11-12N 4; depressed; range 5-10

4-5P 3; low normal; range 3-8

11-12M 2; range 1-4

DHEA 3; borderline low; range 3-10

Estradiol; 5; range 1-4

Progesterone; 61; range 5-95

Free Testosterone; 15; range 8-20

fTSH 42; range 26-85

fT4; .25; range .17-.42

fT3; .29; range .28-1.10

I THINK the current endo is running the right tests, HOWEVER, he does

not appear to like answering questions ... I am wondering if any of

the supplements and/or sea salt would affect the results of the Dex

Suppression or the cortisol stim testing? Also, I would like to

better support my adrenals so that I can tolerate the thyroid meds;

does anyone have any other suggestions?

I apologize for this being so long as my first post!