Re: Adrenal Test ?? DHEA vrs Cortisol??

[Guest guest]

Hi . The adrenal test will show results of your cortisol, which

is the most important.

Supplements are for the cortisol, though it can be wise to also test

your DHEA and see if you need assistance there, too.

Your symptoms are very hypo-related, though the insomnia CAN be

adrenal related...but it can be hypo, as well.

Are you on both T4 and Armour? If so, how much of the T4? Once you

raise that Armour, you'll notice great results.

Janie

>

> When you get an adrenal test, will it include both the DHEA and

> Cortisol? If you had to choose, which one is more important to

test?

>

> If your supplement is adrenal grandular, would you be receiving

both

> DHEA and Cortisol in it?

>

> Is it necessary to test these before taking supplements OR could I

> assume I'm deficient from being symptomatic?

> Symptoms include: Fatigue, pain, insomnia, chronic pain that lasts

the

> rest of the day and sometimes night after exercising, pscorisis on

> elbows and scalp, low body temp of 97.1-97.4, etc. Those are the

main

> symptoms after being on T4 6 weeks and Armour addl 4 weeks - 1 1/2

> grains.

>

> Inching my way to feeling better! Thanks for all your help and

replies.

> S.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Janie, for your reply.

I've just reached 1 1/2 grains of Armour (only) this week. Been on

it for only 4 weeks. I went up tooo fast (to 1 1/2 grains) which

caused hypo/hyper symptoms all at same time with LOTS of pain.

Dropped back... added adrenal support a week ago... and starting to

try 90 mg again. No T4 now. My TSH was 3.2 in August, down from

4.7 in July. Not too high, but with typical continued symptoms.

I actually have severe insomnia so I guess it would be helpful to

test for cortisol. But should I be without any adrenal support to

test for cortisol to get an accurate reading? If so, for how long?

A week?

OK- I've started adrenal support with the only supplement that my

health food store offered. It's from Enzymatic Therapy called Raw

Adrenal. Each time I've taken it (about 5 days now) I get a

nausiating pain in my stomach area (hoping its not my liver). Is it

too much???

My Raw Adrenal capsules have:

Adrenal Cortex Extract ... 16.5 mg

Pituatary Extract ........ 60 mg

L-Tyrosine .... 125 mg

Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions ... 200 mg (have you ever heard of

that?)

Plus Vit C 125 mg, B6 26 mg, and Pantothenic Acid/Calcium D.. 50 mg

Does that seem like an extreme amount if other meds mentioned here

have (according to my notes taken from here):

Nutri-meds (that inc raw adrenal) .. 5 mg per tablet

Isocort .... 2.5 mg per tablet

It's a capsule so I can't cut it into.

Thanks again for everyone's insight!

S.

[Guest guest]

- The 5 mg in Nutri-Meds and 2.5 mg in Isocort is just the

cortisol that's in the tablets. I just started the Nutri-meds a few

weeks ago and it actually has 80 mg of raw bovine adrenal tissue. So

the 16.5 mg in your tablets probably isn't comparable to the 5 mg and

2.5 mg of cortisol in the others.

I'm sure others can explain it better and will be able to help you

with the pain you're having since you've started it. Since I just

started, I don't have much experience to draw from!

Good luck

Debbie

>

> OK- I've started adrenal support with the only supplement that my

> health food store offered. It's from Enzymatic Therapy called Raw

> Adrenal. Each time I've taken it (about 5 days now) I get a

> nausiating pain in my stomach area (hoping its not my liver). Is it

> too much???

>

> My Raw Adrenal capsules have:

> Adrenal Cortex Extract ... 16.5 mg

> Pituatary Extract ........ 60 mg

> L-Tyrosine .... 125 mg

> Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions ... 200 mg (have you ever heard of

> that?)

> Plus Vit C 125 mg, B6 26 mg, and Pantothenic Acid/Calcium D.. 50 mg

>

> Does that seem like an extreme amount if other meds mentioned here

> have (according to my notes taken from here):

> Nutri-meds (that inc raw adrenal) .. 5 mg per tablet

> Isocort .... 2.5 mg per tablet

>

> It's a capsule so I can't cut it into.

>

> Thanks again for everyone's insight!

> S.