Re: Crossroads: Thoughts from Val, Please.

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Bumping this back up to the top.

Val -- I dropped my HC a bit as I was speculating that my 30mg HC

(sometimes more) was causing temps to remain low at 4grains of Armour

-- so I SUPER SLOWLY started to reduce by 2.5mg.

My thyroid labs came back excessively high - at the time I was at

about 25mg HC/4grains. I backed off the Armour to 2.5grains a day and

held the HC for a few weeks at 25mg and then dropped 2.5 every third

week. My temps only dipped for a day or two with the reduction of

4grains back to 2.5grains -- and then went back to my normal 97.9.

I am currently NOW at 20mg HC and 2.75 grains Armour. I am waiting to

get bloods drawn in the next week or so.

That said, my temps are starting to dip a bit (basal is much lower).

While they are overall 'stable', and while I do not exhibit other low

cortisol symptoms, I have experienced some lower back discomfort/pain

over the last two weeks.

I assume the back pain is adrenal -- but I was wondering if my lower

temps could be that my Armour is not getting to the cells because of

the lower HC dose?

Thanks for your thoughts.

>

> Good morning, Val.

>

> It will be several more weeks before I can have my thyroid re-tested;

> but about 4 weeks ago, at 4 grains and 25mg of HC, my Free T3 and Free

> T4 came back extremely over range (I believe the top of the range was

> in the 4's and my values were high 6's). At this particular blood

> draw, rT3 was not done (it was done in the past and you determined rT3

> was not that issue then).

>

> I did not experience ANY hyper symptoms at all. My remaining hypo

> issues are still average daily temps that do not go over 97.9/98.0,

> failure to lose weight, water retention, pain in certain areas. The

> other laundry list of symptoms from February has abated (thankfully).

>

> I had been up to 30mg of HC but decided to start the ramp down to a

> lower dose because I was thinking perhaps my HC dose was too high as

> my temps were not budging.

>

> I am now at 2.5grains of Armour (waiting for the Armour to clear to

> retest FT3, FT4 and rT3) and currently at 20mg of HC. I have no

> symptoms of low cortisol. My temps dropped when I first cut back my

> Armour dose but now are hanging at 97.9 again.

>

> What do you think could be going on?

>

[Guest guest]

>>I assume the back pain is adrenal -- but I was wondering if my lower

temps could be that my Armour is not getting to the cells because of

the lower HC dose?<<

Constant back pain could be HYPO. But wihtotu seeing your temps I cannot say if

it is low cortisol. You say your temps are stable?

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Temps for the week are:

Monday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2 formerly 97.7 or higher)

Tuesday: 97.9 (basal: 97.4)

Wednesday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2)

Thursday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2)

Friday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2)

Saturday: 97.4 (basal: 97.4) **very cold outside yesterday -- very

quick drop in outside temp and I was in and out of the house a lot

yesterday. This kind of drop of day-to-day average has never happened

before

Sunday: basal only thus far: 96.9

>

> >>I assume the back pain is adrenal -- but I was wondering if my lower

> temps could be that my Armour is not getting to the cells because of

> the lower HC dose?<<

>

> Constant back pain could be HYPO. But wihtotu seeing your temps I

cannot say if it is low cortisol. You say your temps are stable?

>

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>

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>

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Temps for the week are:

Monday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2 formerly 97.7 or higher)

Tuesday: 97.9 (basal: 97.4)

Wednesday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2)

Thursday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2)

Friday: 97.9 (basal: 97.2)

Saturday: 97.4 (basal: 97.4) **very cold outside yesterday -- very

quick drop in outside temp and I was in and out of the house a lot

yesterday. This kind of drop of day-to-day average has never happened

before

Sunday: basal only thus far: 96.9

SORRY - deleted first version to and replaced with this new post: I

am VERY constipated too. Like -- crazy. Not only lack of movements but

the consistency (sorry for the TMI). I took a stool softener

yesterday because it is over three weeks of bad constipation and I

needed to do something.

>

> >>I assume the back pain is adrenal -- but I was wondering if my lower

> temps could be that my Armour is not getting to the cells because of

> the lower HC dose?<<

>

> Constant back pain could be HYPO. But wihtotu seeing your temps I

cannot say if it is low cortisol. You say your temps are stable?

>

> --

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>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

>

[Guest guest]

Well it looks liek just hypo.

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Hmmm. Okay. I raised 1/4 grain almost two weeks ago to 2.75grains. I

am going to try to tough it out a little bit before I raise again. I

have been trying to get lab orders for two weeks -- but was away last

week for the holiday and my doctor was out a day or two this week.

OH! I forgot to note I have had headaches for the past week and I have

not had those in months.

>

> Well it looks liek just hypo.

>

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Didn't you have high RT3?

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Not yet -- waiting on that test...doctor wanted me to reduce Armour

for a month and then get re-tested. He would not write orders till

then. (you need to see me rolling my eyes -- if I am willing to pay

for it -- just write the dang orders already.)

I left messages AND faxed my wish list to him last week.

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> Didn't you have high RT3?

>

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