What a journey

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Though I'm in the medical arena, I am so baffled at my own

thyroid/adrenal issues. Have had hypo symptoms for several years,

found out in May that my TSH was 5.52. Finally got an appt with a dr

who was recommended to me on Sept 28th. Have been on Armour 60mg

since then. My labs from that date are as follows:

TSH 4.04 (.35-5.5)

FT4 .90 (.61-1.76)

FT3 2.6 (2.3-4.2)

RT3 133 (90-350)

B12 358 (211-911)

Folate greater than 20 (greater than 5.4)

Ferritin 19 (10-291)

Antithyroglobulin Ab 696 (0-40)

Salivary Cortisol (Diagnos-Tech)

8am 16 (12-24)

12pm 4 (5-10)

4pm 1 (3-8)

11pm 2 (1-4)

Cortisol burden 23 (23-42)

DHEA 3 (3-10)

Insulin fasting 3 (3-12)

Insulin postprandial 3 (5-20)

Salivary SIgA 11 (20-60)

Dr. recommended Licorice, which I've been taking for 7 weeks. Also,

take non-heme iron, selenium, dhea-10mg, E, C, D, Ca, Mg.

Repeat labs on 11/30/07

TSH .57 (.35-5.5)

FT4 1.1 (.61-1.76)

FT3 4.2 (2.3-4.2)

Ferritin 48 (10-291)

DHEA 35 (32-240)

No other labs were drawn, and Dr. made no changes at that time.

I still feel hypo; increasing hair loss, foggy, cold extremities,

etc..decided to start on Isocort 10 days ago. For the past 3 days, I

am up to 4 pellets a day, and started feeling nauseated yest, and

heart pounding, but my heart rate was about 80/beats/min., and

extremely fatigued. BTW, my hair is really falling out this week. Not

sure what a thyroid dump feels like, but I imagine this might be it,

so I did not take my Armour today. I have a 10-12 hour work day, and

I so need your help.

Thank you

Joy