Amount of Armour when you have to lower Hc-Val-

[Guest guest]

Hi Val (thank you a lot for your help), I paste below some post (to remenber

information) about me. You suggested me to lower Armour with the current dose of

Hc (22,5 mg) to stabileze my temps. I have to say the last 2 weeks are being

very hard (poor sleep, bad mood, no energy...) and I wonder If is possible to be

a reaction from my Hc reduce (from 32,5mg to 22, 5 in a mount an a half).

Another thing I can understand is why my temps are going down as I reduce Hc

(with the same amount of Armour-3 1/2grains-). I am worried to reduce armour as

i´m doing quite bad the last 2 weeks, but seeing my temps, Is possible I have

too much armour not getting intocells due to not enough cortisol? How would you

dose armour? and what can I expect to feel with this new dosages?

Fran.

GENERAL INFORMATION (OLD POST)

The second question is about my unstables temps in spite of taking HC. I

took up to 32mg( 10/10/7,5/5). I begun taking Hc 7 mounth ago, incresing the

amount till 20mg (I didn´t want to pass this amount) but in the last two mounths

I incresed up to 32mg due to a very import exam (A LOT OF STRESS) I have made

the 6 of october. Then I began to reduce and now I am taking 25 (10/7,5/7,5) and

I want to go down to 20 mg maximun becouse I don´t want to hurt my adrenals.

Overall, I have improved a litle my energy, mood, relax, but I don´t undersant

why my temps never got stable (I have recorded all my temps in Dr ring´s table).

I know an unestable temps means too little Hc, but I was 6 mounths rising it and

I never have had a stable temps and keep the Hc raise scare me. If anyone want

to have a look to my excel files I would be glad to send it by email.

My result are:

Saliva test 1 (06/02/2006)

Testosterone 75.7 pg/ml (26-145)

DHEA 269 (37-336)

Cortisol (7:30 a.m.) 3.28 (1-8)

Saliva Test 2 (11/4/2006)

cortisol (4x-morning/noon/afternoo/night)

2.9 (7-10)

0.6 (3-6)

1.1 (2-4)

0,8 <1.5

Saliva and spot blood test 3 (2/7/2007)

Estradiol 1.4 (0.8-2.2)

Progesterone 72 (15-100)

Testosterone 460 (44-148)

DHEAS 24.2 (2-23)

Cortisol

mornig 6.9 (3.7-9.5)

noon 2.3 (1.2-3)

evening 0.4 (0.6-1.9)

night 0.6 (0.4-1)

FT4 1.3 (0.7-2.5)

FT3 2.7 (2.5-6.5)

TSH 2.1 (0.5-3)

TPO 22 (0-150)

I have another regular blood test and all is always between the

range. There must be a mistake in test 3 with the testosterone and

it have no sense the cortisol results in diferents tests.

[Guest guest]

Fran with those saliva test results I would be very surprised if it wa

not from low cortiosl that you are feeling tired. I feel you will need

25-30mg HC daily to get stabilized. I would work thew HC dose slowly

back up and graph temps as you do so and jst hold the thyroid where it is.

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[Guest guest]

Val, I need you clarify your new and the ones posted 2 days ago. Now you

are saying I would need to increse Hc, but a few days ago I understood

the opposite (and I want to redue to be not more than 20 mgs). Didn´t

understand well the post below? YOUR POST (2 DAYS AGO) Looks liek

your AM cortisol is low in every test as between 7-8 AM (when

you usually wake) it should be at the top of the range. Though your T4

is only a little low your T3 is in the dirt. Are you on thyroid meds?

How about magnesium? Iwould try 400-500mg magnesium at bedtime as this

may also help.

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About temps not stabilizing. How long have you held the dosages? How

did

you increase to 3.5 grains Armour wiht unstable temps? Have you had

other symptoms while doing this? Your cortiosl labs do not show NEAR bad

enough to need over 30MG HC Thoguh some folkd do need that much with not

too bad labs it is unlikely. Have you ever had Aldosterone tested? Are

you taking sea salt to aid your adrenal function?

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> Fran with those saliva test results I would be very surprised if it wa

> not from low cortiosl that you are feeling tired. I feel you will need

> 25-30mg HC daily to get stabilized. I would work thew HC dose slowly

> back up and graph temps as you do so and jst hold the thyroid where it

is.

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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