Re: Re:22 yearold male with thyroid and adrenal problems: My Story Please H

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I would encourage you to get the canary club saliva panel done before

you start any HC. Once you start HC the tests will NOT be accurate, and

it is necessary to be off all HC and such things as licorice for at

least two weeks before doing the saliva testing.

You will be glad you did the testing before having to wean back off HC.

Testing cortisol levels while on HC is a waste of money. And if you go

on HC without knowing your cortisol levels, you could easily waste many

months of time improperly treating.

I didn't want to do the saliva tests either, but I am so glad I did.

There is enough to deal with to get to my best dose of HC without having

to wonder if I really was low-cortisol.

Val has said that the symptoms of high cortisol and low cortisol can be

so similar, it is really needful to KNOW where you are before starting

on HC.

sol

stage 7, burden 10

ep451 wrote:

> I plan on cutting back on the

> armour while I go on the HC. I have my family supporting me, but Im

> so tight money with everything being spent etc that trying to

> convince my father to shell out another 150 dollars on a sailva test

> is going to be tough. The doctor I got in touch with in Michigan said

> my vitamin D was low and that simply my wake sleep cycle was

> disturbed and he put me on a vitamin protocol in conjunction with

> armour. He said my adrenals were probably still strong enough to

> recover on their own so he didnt think i needed cortisol yet if at

> all. He said I would be fine in 2-3 weeks and would feel great etc

> and be ready to go out and party on new years etc. Needless to say i

> think he is a good doctor on the right track but i dont think he

> fully realizes how shot my adrenals truely are. I mean he made it

> seem like i would be better in no time when i usually hear from

> people like you and others it takes a very very long time to recover

> from this so i dunno. im just sort of lost.

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