Re: drop in temp 2 days after raising armour...raise again?

[Guest guest]

>>I upped my dose of Armour to 1 whole grain (1/2 morning, 1/2 early

afternoon) on Saturday. Had a nice average temp raise to 97.9 on

Saturday and Sunday. Today was wierd - first temp was 98.3, then

tanked to 96.8 and 97.2 and 97.7. I took the last one at 6 p.m. just

to see what it would be. I had been running around cooking dinner,

taking care of kids, and doing a million other things right before I

took it. I was busy today, but not particularly stressed. I was

almost a perfect 97.9 every time I took my temps on Sat and Sun.

Should I go ahead and raise the Armour tomorrow? I've been raising by

a 1/4 grain to make sure I don't stress the adrenals.<<

OK you are not doing the temps correctly. Yoiu need to follow Dr Rind's

directions. It is NORMAL to have fluctuations during the day and ABNORMAL to

have the same temps all day long! You take the three temps starting whne you

have been awake at least three hours, add them together and graph the AVERAGE of

those three temps. It is the average from one day to the next that must be

stable at .2 degrees from one day to the next for good adrenal support.

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Val,

It's me again. I really, really understand about the temps. The

average of my regular three temps from yesterday is 97.43. This does

not include the last temp because it was so late in the day - not

part of my regular protocol. I grabbed the thermometer just because

I was curious. I knew my daily average was going to crash because of

the earlier readings.

So, here is my question is rephrased:

My temps have been stable on 32.5 mg Cortef. I upped my dose of

Armour to 1 whole grain (1/2 morning, 1/2 early

afternoon) on Saturday. (I am raising by 1/4 grain at a time to

avoid stressing my adrenals unduly.) Had a nice average temp raise

to 97.9 on Saturday and Sunday. My average temp dropped to 97.4 on

Monday (yesterday). Does that mean I need to go ahead and raise the

Armour today, even though I've only beenat the 1 grain dose 2 days?

>

> >>I upped my dose of Armour to 1 whole grain (1/2 morning, 1/2

early

> afternoon) on Saturday. Had a nice average temp raise to 97.9 on

> Saturday and Sunday. Today was wierd - first temp was 98.3, then

> tanked to 96.8 and 97.2 and 97.7. I took the last one at 6 p.m.

just

> to see what it would be. I had been running around cooking dinner,

> taking care of kids, and doing a million other things right before

I

> took it. I was busy today, but not particularly stressed. I was

> almost a perfect 97.9 every time I took my temps on Sat and Sun.

>

> Should I go ahead and raise the Armour tomorrow? I've been raising

by

> a 1/4 grain to make sure I don't stress the adrenals.<<

>

> OK you are not doing the temps correctly. Yoiu need to follow Dr

Rind's directions. It is NORMAL to have fluctuations during the day

and ABNORMAL to have the same temps all day long! You take the three

temps starting whne you have been awake at least three hours, add

them together and graph the AVERAGE of those three temps. It is the

average from one day to the next that must be stable at .2 degrees

from one day to the next for good adrenal support.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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

>

[Guest guest]

>>Had a nice average temp raise

to 97.9 on Saturday and Sunday. My average temp dropped to 97.4 on

Monday (yesterday). Does that mean I need to go ahead and raise the

Armour today, even though I've only beenat the 1 grain dose 2 days?<<

NO ! That means a delayed stress reaciton to the LAST raise you just did. Give

it time.

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

For future reference, how do I determine if it's a delayed stress

reaction, or the feedback loop kicking in?

Hope you're a little warmer~

>

> >>Had a nice average temp raise

> to 97.9 on Saturday and Sunday. My average temp dropped to 97.4 on

> Monday (yesterday). Does that mean I need to go ahead and raise

the

> Armour today, even though I've only beenat the 1 grain dose 2 days?

<<

>

> NO ! That means a delayed stress reaciton to the LAST raise you

just did. Give it time.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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

>

[Guest guest]

>>For future reference, how do I determine if it's a delayed stress

reaction, or the feedback loop kicking in?<<

Timing. If it looks bad within 5 days after a dose raise it is usually caused by

the dose raise. Itf something changes after a week after the raise it is usually

another cause.

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