Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 , having a low Ferritin can also be an explanation for your crash, whether you have adrenal issues or not. Get that Ferritin up there, at least into the 60s. Janie > Yes he started me off on 120mg of Armour. I felt great for a couple of weeks...I was also on iron <I'm really anemic> iodine drops, Folic Acid, B12, digestive enzymes, vit c powder buffered. After a couple of weeks I crashed, sore joints, heart palps, cold, felt sick. > > I'll save this email and try the schedule and see how I do. > > Thank you for your input! > > Re: poor adrenals/Tish > ____________________ > > 60mg of thyroid is still way too high a dose to start at with weak > adrenals. Gads did your doctor really start you at 120mg? That would > have sent me to the hospital with an adrenal crisis. > > Personally, since so many people have adrenal issues when starting > thyroid, I would start with 20mg of adrenal support or 8 IsoCorts a > day in 4 doses of two divided up evenly all day or about 4-6 > nutri+meds in 4 doses of about 1 to 1-1/2 pills. Do this for a > minimum of 4 days, better a week. Then start with only 1/4 grain of > Armour or 15mg. You can try 1/2 of a grain or 30 mg, but if you > crash yourself you are going to have to stop and recover. Things > won't be the same for months and months if you crash yourself. This > will loose you a lot of time and make life hard for you. Do 1/4 > (15mg) grain for at least 10 days to 2 weeks, because it often takes > that long for the adrenal fatigue to show up, and then it can show > up with a vengence. If you have no problems after 2 weeks on 1/4 > grain, then go up to half a grain (30mg) and wait two more weeks. If > all goes well then, you can probably raise up another 1/2 of a grain > without much problem. Once you get up to 2 grains, I would > definitely wait 4 weeks before any more raises, with 4 weeks between > them minimum. This is to give the body time to adjust well to the > new doses and for T4 to build up to it's maximum level before the > next raise. Don't go too fast here or you risk going too high all at > once. Better to creep up to your final and best dose slowly. If you > overshoot by going up too fast you might end in the hospital getting > drugs to bring your levels down. > > Tish > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I've never been in the 60's to my knowledge...I'm usually around 11 <sigh> I'm working on it. Thank you! Gipsi Moon , having a low Ferritin can also be an explanation for your crash, whether you have adrenal issues or not. Get that Ferritin up there, at least into the 60s. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I've never been in the 60's to my knowledge...I'm usually around 11 <sigh> I'm working on it. Thank you! Gipsi Moon , having a low Ferritin can also be an explanation for your crash, whether you have adrenal issues or not. Get that Ferritin up there, at least into the 60s. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I've never been in the 60's to my knowledge...I'm usually around 11 <sigh> I'm working on it. Thank you! Gipsi Moon , having a low Ferritin can also be an explanation for your crash, whether you have adrenal issues or not. Get that Ferritin up there, at least into the 60s. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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