hypo & heat intolerance?/adrenals

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In a message dated 11/18/2004 10:21:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lyn.worth@... writes:

> Instead of wearing a sweater I wear a cardigan or jacket as I have to take

> it off and then back on a hundred times a day.

>

lol. same here..only it's an old warm flannel shirt. off and on numerous

times during the day.

cindi

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I can't tolerate heat or cold. Instead of wearing a sweater I wear a cardigan

or jacket as I have to take it off and then back on a hundred times a day.

Lynda (in the UK)

Re: Re: hypo & heat intolerance?/adrenals

I love the cold/cooler weather...can't stand it when it's

warm........ugh....even at 70 degrees I am uncomfortable. I am hoping that

will change as I adjust my meds.

Kerry

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> Instead of wearing a sweater I wear a cardigan or jacket as I have to take

> it off and then back on a hundred times a day.

>

lol. same here..only it's an old warm flannel shirt. off and on numerous

times during the day.

cindi

€€€ISN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETELY TYPICAL OF HYPO-ADRENALISM.... THAT

YOU CAN'T TOERALTE EITHER?

~INGA..........

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I have been treating my adrenals for a year now. First 9 months with

hydrocortisone 5mg x 4 times a day, didn't see much improvement so switched to

deltacortril 5mg once a day.

Still have low temp even though I feel hot most of the time, or hot/cold all

day.

I think I struggled along on empty for so long that it is going to take a long

time to heal

Lynda (in the UK)

Re: hypo & heat intolerance?/adrenals

Yeah, that's adrenal fatigue. Low body temperature all the time is

simple hypo, but temperature swings (jacket on, jacket off) mean your

adrenals aren't doing their job. Doesn't mean you're aren't hypo, of

course, just that you also have an adrenal problem.

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From my experience, it does take a long time for the adrenals to heal.

I'm just about there after a year of aggressive rest therapy, but my

doctor told me about a woman who had to rest for two years. Are you

resting, Lynda?

Lynda wrote:

> I have been treating my adrenals for a year now. First 9 months with

> hydrocortisone 5mg x 4 times a day, didn't see much improvement so

> switched to deltacortril 5mg once a day.

> Still have low temp even though I feel hot most of the time, or

> hot/cold all day.

> I think I struggled along on empty for so long that it is going to

> take a long time to heal

> Lynda (in the UK)

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Agressive rest therapy? " Aggressive " doesn't sound very restful to me.

What kind of " rest " are we talking about? Staying in bed or on the couch all the

time, no housework, yardwork, no driving, no social life, no exercise at all, no

heavy lifting/carrying, no extensive traveling, no intensive studying/reading,

no work at all? Who'll do all the work then? Who keeps up with shopping,

cooking, household, yard, car upkeep/repairs then?

And what about atrophied muscles & general bodily weakness from lack of

exercise?

Who helped (took care of) that woman that rested for two years doing all the

things she wasn't supposed to do or couldn't do?

Caroline ...(who lives alone & can't rest all the time because there's " basic

survival " *work* that needs doing every single day.)

Re: hypo & heat intolerance?/adrenals

From my experience, it does take a long time for the adrenals to heal.

I'm just about there after a year of aggressive rest therapy, but my

doctor told me about a woman who had to rest for two years. Are you

resting, Lynda?

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Depends on what you mean by rest. I gave up work 18 months ago and since then

I have been taking it easy, doing the bare minimum of housework. Dh has always

done the cooking. I don't have any stress in my life now so I should be much

better than I am. Can't remember exactly but I think it has been about 18

months since I started armour and about a year since I started adrenal support

(which I knew nothing of until I joined this group)

Don't get me wrong, some things have improved but I still very jumpy which is an

adrenal symptom. I am either too hot or too cold, sometimes the hot spells

last for a few days or a few weeks. I get upset easily, doesn't take much to

make me cry.

I think I put myself under so much stress for such a long time that it is going

to take a long time to undo.

I emphasize that I put MYSELF under stress because I am that type of personality

that can't delegate. At the age of 26, with 2 young children in tow, we

emigrated to South Africa. I did all the organization. We stayed in the

first place there for 3 months and then we moved to the coast. I did all the

organization. During the next 3 years we moved twice... Then we moved back to

the UK, stayed for 6 months, moved back to SA. Had a house built (which has to

be THE most stressful thing I have ever experienced.

Won't bore you with how many times we moved except to say that eventually we

left South Africa to go to New Zealand and a year later back to the UK again.

And it was after that last move that all my problems began, is there any

wonder....

Lynda (in the UK)

Re: hypo & heat intolerance?/adrenals

From my experience, it does take a long time for the adrenals to heal.

I'm just about there after a year of aggressive rest therapy, but my

doctor told me about a woman who had to rest for two years. Are you

resting, Lynda?

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>>>>>aggressive rest therapy

Isn't this like " jumbo shrimp " ? or " alone together " ? or " government

organization " ? <grin>

Laurie

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Wow! That was a lot of moving around the world for you & your family. I had to

move/relocate 7 times in two years & supervise the building of this 3 bedroom, 2

bath new house, unpack everything myself & put it all together, landscape & all

that too. While having been pronounced physically, mentally, emotionally

exhausted 4 years ago after being super stressed out caregiving my now deceased,

mentally/physically disabled husband, two story house & yards for 5 years before

that.

I'm having ongoing hot flashes/sweats, heat intolerance but like I'm burning

up inside, especially the upper body (lungs, throat, windpipe). I can only stand

up five minutes at a time the pain gets too bad in my low back/hips for more

than that. And I still have to do everything by myself around here, including

shopping, preparing foods & cooking foods every day & whatever house or yardwork

needs doing as well. Except an disabled/lowincome/seniors agency is now doing my

vacuuming & floor washing twice a month. But I do everything else myself.

So I know how it is. Trying to get some rest here myself & have to just lie

down a lot or be on the computer & sitting down a lot & that's not good for me

either. I went " no mail " on this list two days ago & still getting emails. I

should just be deleting them & not reading them. But I get lonely so come in

here & see what everyone has to say & then want to participate & then I'm online

for too many hours, yet again.

C

Re: hypo & heat intolerance?/adrenals

Depends on what you mean by rest. I gave up work 18 months ago and since

then I have been taking it easy, doing the bare minimum of housework. Dh has

always done the cooking. I don't have any stress in my life now so I should be

much better than I am. Can't remember exactly but I think it has been about 18

months since I started armour and about a year since I started adrenal support

(which I knew nothing of until I joined this group)

Don't get me wrong, some things have improved but I still very jumpy which is

an adrenal symptom. I am either too hot or too cold, sometimes the hot spells

last for a few days or a few weeks. I get upset easily, doesn't take much to

make me cry.

I think I put myself under so much stress for such a long time that it is

going to take a long time to undo.

I emphasize that I put MYSELF under stress because I am that type of

personality that can't delegate. At the age of 26, with 2 young children in

tow, we emigrated to South Africa. I did all the organization. We stayed in

the first place there for 3 months and then we moved to the coast. I did all

the organization. During the next 3 years we moved twice... Then we moved back

to the UK, stayed for 6 months, moved back to SA. Had a house built (which has

to be THE most stressful thing I have ever experienced.

Won't bore you with how many times we moved except to say that eventually we

left South Africa to go to New Zealand and a year later back to the UK again.

And it was after that last move that all my problems began, is there any

wonder....

Lynda (in the UK)