Adrenal Fatigue Questions

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Hi All,

I'm sorry that I don't post more often and I barely have time to read the posts. I switched to digest just so I could still be on the group but not have my mail box get too full.

Anyway, I have a question or two about adrenal fatigue. When I joined this list in September I learned a whole lot about how that goes hand in hand with thyroid stuff and I immediately began taking some adrenal glandulars. They didn't seem to work for me though and I got some cortef which seemed to work wonders. I am taking 20mg of it a day and have been doing great on it until very recently. It seems that the adrenal fatigue symptoms are coming back again and I am not sure why. Has this happened to anyone else? And if so, what did you do? Is it okay to go up again for the cortef? I thought I had read that you couldn't take any more than 20 mg. Next time I get some adrenal support, I am going to try Isocort to see how that works for me.

This is what else I am on: 6 grains Armour (not a typo); 20 mcg of cytomel, allergy meds (allegra and rhinocort). nexium, and a bunch of vitamins/minerals separately since I can't take a multivitamin (am I the only one that get sick from those?): iron (2x/day), b-complex, c, calcium, zinc, selenium, DHEA 7 keto (I was breaking out with the regular DHEA) anc CoQ 10 for now.

I think that I am thyroid resistance or I just don't convert the free t4 into free t3 very well because I was still feeling like crap and added the cytomel. And when I started feeling better I started working out every day again like I used to, even up to the point where I could start my kickboxing classes once a week again. And I am starting to feel the adrenal fatigue set in again, I have the shakes, really sore muscles and joint and a bad headache that doesn't seem to go away. I know that I still need to add some more cytomel because my free t3 is still low, but am I stressing my adrenals by doing so? I'm not going to do any changes or additions any time soon though. Did I mess myself up by starting to work out again?

I really hope I haven't messed up with the work outs, I was feeling so great. And, between the medication and my being able to work out and get up and move even at home, I have managed to lose 30 pounds. So back down to 160 and 130 is my goal. So that is good....but this week that I haven't been able to work out because of the adrenal symptoms, I have felt terrible. UGH!

Okay...before I continue blabbering endlessly, does anyone have any suggestions or insight? I am on digest so you can email me directly, otherwise I will be able to check back in a few days.

Hugs,

Deb (in Chicago)