Re: MESSED UP !!!

[Guest guest]

If I were you I would cut the Armour back a tad while you're getting used to

the h/c. When I added Delta after being on Armour I got the hyper sick

feelings too...and hit the wall, started craving coffee again...

I'd try the 90mg Armour with the h/c and hold there if you aren't having

hyper symptoms... I think it's smarter to cut it down to 90mg and not push

it. You must be really hyper to have the bowel issues...you don't need heart

problems.

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MESSED UP !!!

> Hi everyone

>

> I posted a couple of days ago - I had been taking h/c for a few weeks

> getting up to a very low dose of 5 mg daily. I increased the 2 grains

> armour only a few days to 2 and 1/2 because i have been on 2 more

> than a month.

> I started to feel bad last couple of days and helped me, but i

> still feel awful. I feel as if i am hyper, diarhoea most of the day,

> pounding heart and anxious feeling. Hot sometimes, cold sometimes. I

> am worried because this is how i felt before i went back on Armour

> when i just came off Cytomel and it took me ages to build up the

> Armour and start to feel well again.

> Do u think i have put myself back to first base by taking the h/c and

> messing up my adrenals, that would be awful having to start again

> with the Armour. Basically i am scared to take any tomorrow i have

> already skipped my afternoon dose. Or, was the extra half grain too

> much perhaps i dont tolerate the T3 ?

> So should i stick to 2 grains for a bit longer, or cut down to 1 and

> a 1/2 while the adrenals settle. I really dont know what to do.

> Please help,

> Thanks a lot

> SheilaF

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila. Sorry to hear about your latest symptoms. Sheila,

stated that if you are on too little h/c, you can feel pretty awful.

Is there a possibility that you need to increase the h/c and stay on

that before going up from the 2 grains?

(Also, I am wondering about your feeling hot sometimes and cold

other times. Did you ever have your antibodies tested, because the

hot and cold sound like Hashi's. It can flare if you are on too

little Armour....)

It's a hard call to tell you what to do. But I always believe that

the bottom line is for YOU to trust your gut after reading any and

all responses....and go by that. If your gut tells you to back off

tomorrow on the Armour, that seems wise.

Janie

> I posted a couple of days ago - I had been taking h/c for a few

weeks

> getting up to a very low dose of 5 mg daily. I increased the 2

grains

> armour only a few days to 2 and 1/2 because i have been on 2 more

> than a month.

> I started to feel bad last couple of days and helped me, but

i

> still feel awful. I feel as if i am hyper, diarhoea most of the

day,

> pounding heart and anxious feeling. Hot sometimes, cold sometimes.

I

> am worried because this is how i felt before i went back on Armour

> when i just came off Cytomel and it took me ages to build up the

> Armour and start to feel well again.

> Do u think i have put myself back to first base by taking the h/c

and

> messing up my adrenals, that would be awful having to start again

> with the Armour. Basically i am scared to take any tomorrow i have

> already skipped my afternoon dose. Or, was the extra half grain

too

> much perhaps i dont tolerate the T3 ?

> So should i stick to 2 grains for a bit longer, or cut down to 1

and

> a 1/2 while the adrenals settle. I really dont know what to do.

> Please help,

> Thanks a lot

> SheilaF

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

sorry to hear you are feeling so awful. I have two suggestions for you, the

first would be to drop down to 1 and a half grains of armour temporarily and

also increase your hydrocortisone to the full 20mg a day that is required.

The second suggestion is to put everything back to how it was before you started

the h/c and try it again when you come home, at least then you will be able to

cope with it better.

Lynda in Northampton where it is raining again - will summer ever come or was

summer the one hot week in May

MESSED UP !!!

Hi everyone

I posted a couple of days ago - I had been taking h/c for a few weeks

getting up to a very low dose of 5 mg daily. I increased the 2 grains

armour only a few days to 2 and 1/2 because i have been on 2 more

than a month.

I started to feel bad last couple of days and helped me, but i

still feel awful. I feel as if i am hyper, diarhoea most of the day,

pounding heart and anxious feeling. Hot sometimes, cold sometimes. I

am worried because this is how i felt before i went back on Armour

when i just came off Cytomel and it took me ages to build up the

Armour and start to feel well again.

Do u think i have put myself back to first base by taking the h/c and

messing up my adrenals, that would be awful having to start again

with the Armour. Basically i am scared to take any tomorrow i have

already skipped my afternoon dose. Or, was the extra half grain too

much perhaps i dont tolerate the T3 ?

So should i stick to 2 grains for a bit longer, or cut down to 1 and

a 1/2 while the adrenals settle. I really dont know what to do.

Please help,

Thanks a lot

SheilaF

[Guest guest]

> Hi everyone

>

> I posted a couple of days ago - I had been taking h/c for a few

weeks

> getting up to a very low dose of 5 mg daily. I increased the 2

grains

> armour only a few days to 2 and 1/2 because i have been on 2 more

> than a month.

> I started to feel bad last couple of days and helped me, but

i

> still feel awful. I feel as if i am hyper, diarhoea most of the

day,

> pounding heart and anxious feeling. Hot sometimes, cold sometimes.

I

> am worried because this is how i felt before i went back on Armour

> when i just came off Cytomel and it took me ages to build up the

> Armour and start to feel well again.

> Do u think i have put myself back to first base by taking the h/c

and

> messing up my adrenals, that would be awful having to start again

> with the Armour. Basically i am scared to take any tomorrow i have

> already skipped my afternoon dose. Or, was the extra half grain too

> much perhaps i dont tolerate the T3 ?

> So should i stick to 2 grains for a bit longer, or cut down to 1

and

> a 1/2 while the adrenals settle. I really dont know what to do.

> Please help,

> Thanks a lot

> SheilaF

this is a result of the stronger adrenals (or getting stronger by

resting with the added HC) asllowing you to now use the stored up T4

you've got in your system, which couldn't be used properly

before...more thyroid hormone is now getting into the cells...I would

go down with the Armour - at least for a couple of days. My son

started Delta on Monday - just one 2.5 mg. After 8 years on 2 grains

Armour, he became hyper for a short time on Wed. - he didn't tell me

until thursday , after he took the delta and Armour..my advice to him

is do not take the Armour today, and then take only one grain

Saturday thru Wed. - 5 days at half a dose of Armour. this should

use up the " stored up " T4 and even T3 in his system.

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

Although I myself still twist and tweak with my meds, and don't know

where to go at this moment, ( & have to wait a few more weeks for

bloodwork), your upping with half a grain seems too much to me.

Especially since your previous dose on 2 grains was not a completed

period of 6 weeks.

Probably you don't need to stop with the adrenal support, I think

your symptoms are from upping Armour. However, I don't have

experience with adrenal meds myself. But I think I need them

too .....

What I would do is continue on two grains for two more weeks, and

see how you feel then. It might still change! You are not stabilized

on the two grains yet. Than up with a quart, if you feel like it.

Even a quart can be high if you are close to your optimal dose!

Hope you feel better soon!

Margreet.

> Hi everyone

>

> I posted a couple of days ago - I had been taking h/c for a few

weeks

> getting up to a very low dose of 5 mg daily. I increased the 2

grains

> armour only a few days to 2 and 1/2 because i have been on 2 more

> than a month.

> I started to feel bad last couple of days and helped me, but

i

> still feel awful. I feel as if i am hyper, diarhoea most of the

day,

> pounding heart and anxious feeling. Hot sometimes, cold sometimes.

I

> am worried because this is how i felt before i went back on Armour

> when i just came off Cytomel and it took me ages to build up the

> Armour and start to feel well again.

> Do u think i have put myself back to first base by taking the h/c

and

> messing up my adrenals, that would be awful having to start again

> with the Armour. Basically i am scared to take any tomorrow i have

> already skipped my afternoon dose. Or, was the extra half grain

too

> much perhaps i dont tolerate the T3 ?

> So should i stick to 2 grains for a bit longer, or cut down to 1

and

> a 1/2 while the adrenals settle. I really dont know what to do.

> Please help,

> Thanks a lot

> SheilaF