Is my doctor properly treating me?

[Guest guest]

I will post my labs and plan on having my adrenals tested as soon as

the semester is over here which is in the next few days. Basically, I

feel while I finally found a doctor who is willing to address the

issue of adrenal fatigue and hypothyroid that I am dealing with I

don't know if he is going about it the right way. Basically, after

telling him of all my symptoms (which you can read from my story

posted previously) is that he felt my wake sleep cycle was disturbed

and that once I got that taken care of I would be fine. He said I was

an easy case compared to most, and I would be feeling better in a

matter of a couple weeks. He put me on regime of Vit D, 5-HTP, and

GABA at bed time while also telling me to take other vitamins such as

magnesium, mega doses of vit-c, and iodine to help along with my

armour which im only at 30mg nows. He said that he would prescribe me

HC if I wasn't better after awhile but he thought that I wouldnt need

it and could recover on my own. The thing I don't understand is that

from most people dealing with this it seems that it is a long long

process with many setbacks. I just dont see how I could possibly

recover the way he is talking about in a matter of weeks when this

has been going on for the past 9 months maybe longer. Maybe with HC

but like I've seen from people on here even that takes awhile. I'm a

22 yearold guy and should be in the prime of my life enjoying myself

the thing is I'm so scared about never recovering from the physical

and mental effects this has had on me the brain fog, the puffy moon

face with the sunken eyes and dark circles under them, the fact that

i have very little energy. it's jsut I guess I'm realizing there is

no quick fix for this and I'm sort of shot down in my prime when I

should be making the most of it all. I'm just so upset i feel

hopeless.

[Guest guest]

Can't really sya if this treatment has hope until we see your saliva

results. the STAGE of adrneal fatigue matters . Youth is on your side!

It is MUCH easier to correct these problems when you have caught them at

your age! Though it is a real shame ot have young people suffering wiht

these problems, you are YOUNG and most of us here have had these

problems for 10+ years and really have beat up bodies wiht years of

accumulated toxins to clear out & years of undertreatment for our

thyroid too. SO keep your chin up.. healthy attitude helps the adrenals

as well.

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Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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

[Guest guest]

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I'm just so upset i feel hopeless.

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Understand that your feelings are normal, and that one of the symptoms

of hypothyroidism is depression. Once you get your saliva labs back

and start your treatment program and can tolerate more thyroid, your

depression WILL improve.

So hang in there . . .

Barb