Re: Yay : was increasing T3

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I'm so happy you found a good doc!! Let's see, he's in GA?? How many

miles from VA to GA? What's his name?

-Sharon (in VA)

jasrich wrote:

> No, I think that I came in mid-thread and misunderstood - I'm

> traveleing and trying to keep up with Blackberry isn't working out

> great. I think that I'm starting to recognize when I'm running out.

> I saw my Top Doc today (it went very well) and his interesting

> theory is that since my intestines are so inflamed, the cortisol is

> being used up there before it makes it to the rest of the body. He

> was fully supportive of the dose that I am on of HC and said that I

> could up more. He also recommended stress-dosing on a schedule,

> like one or two days over the weekend, but never more than three, to

> allow the intestines to use the excess cortisol of healing. We're

> doing labs including vitamin D, ferritin, magnesium, thryoid labs

> and sex hormones. We haven't done some of this stuff for several

> months. He suggested adding a low dose of Progesterone to take the

> edge off of the highs from the HC, but I asked for the sex hormone

> labs to check first. I also started on B-12 shots 2x/week. All in

> all, a really excellent MD's appt.

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> I followed something similar to the dosing schedule that you gave me

> yesterday when I travelled and my day started at 5AM. I think that

> I just need to follow the same from 7:30 to 10AM across five doses.

> I wasn't sure what to do with fourth dose so I did 2.5mg. The cream

> is still making a big difference for me for sleeping past 4AM. I

> hope that you find the rhythm to help you sleep better soon.

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>> Perhaps I mis-typed---I'm currently on 30 mg HC, going up on T3

> from

>> 62.5 mcg

>> I do dose every 3 hours. I run out before I get to 4 hours still.

> And I

>> can really feel myself " run out " . I believe Val said to someone

> once to

>> try to get to 4 hour spacing, but so far I've been unable to do

> that.

>> I'm dosing 10- 7.5 - 5 - 2.5 - 5 (bedtime) It is a bit weird I

> guess,

>> but when I've tried other 30 mg dosings, they don't work for me

> nearly

>> as well. I think I saw Val propose a similar dosing to someone

> else, and

>> I tried it for me and it worked. I dose my T3 at the same times as

> my

>> HC, every 3 hours. I seem to get headaches if I go beyond 3 hours

> on the

>> T3. Just the way my body processes these meds I guess.

>>

>> I'm not sure how to convert your 32.5 mg HC dosing to 3 hours. My

> guess

>> would be you could try

>> 10- 7.5 - 7.5 - 2.5 - 5 ??? Val will know what to suggest for

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[Guest guest]

This doc is in Temperance, MI which is right across the state line

from Toledo, Walter Woodhouse. I live in Columbia, SC so I'm trying

to find someone closer to me. Dr. Milton is in Cummings, GA

which is a lot closer to me in SC. I do like Dr. Woodhouse though.

-- In NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS , Sharon Goodman

wrote:

>

> ,

> I'm so happy you found a good doc!! Let's see, he's in GA?? How

many

> miles from VA to GA? What's his name?

> -Sharon (in VA)