Re: New Test Results- Need Opinions & Understanding- Now Cushings

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Val,

Thank you so much for your help. What are the symptoms of Cushings? I do not

have a buffalo hump that I can see. I am very thin, I thought Cushings led to

excess weight. The last endo thought I had that, but never completed the

testing to determine the cause. I am on three grains of Armour. Do I possibly

need more? Is DHEA good in a small amount? I need to find the actual cause of

the stress.Frannie

To: NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS@...:

artisticgroomer@...: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:25:49 -0500Subject: Re:

New Test Results- Need Opinions & Understanding

Free Cortisol 7-8am 50 13-2411-Noon 20 5-104-5pm 14 3-8Midnight 3 1-4DHEA 6

3-10Note: Adapted with DHEA slump. What does this mean?Adaptesd with DHEA slump

means that your adrenals are adapting to a HUGE stress on your body, probably

vey low thyroid,and they are adapting by making way too much cortiosl, then the

DHEA is out of balance as it should be high too, so it si a slump. This usually

means the adrnals are burning themselves out. This is an early stage of AF but

better than when it drops low as you can try to prop the adrenals with vitamins

and sea salt, and try to build the thyroid levels so releive the stress on them.

I am not sure why the Endo gave you HC except the SYMPTOMS of high and low

cortilsl are near identical until some of the Cushings syumptoms appear which

can take several weeks or months even. THIS is why I tell every one to NOT treat

adrenals until they get testing done. -- Artistic Grooming-

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What I think you should do is request an RT3 test form your doctor. If

he won't do it, oyu can order your own through

https://orders.directlabs.com/dl-locator/order_tests.aspx

Look for Reverse T3. The ratio of this to your T3 must be looked at to

determine if this is high enough ot bnlock the T3 oyu are taking which I

fear it will be. High cortiolsl blocks conversion of T4 to T3 and this

causes high RT3. Once the RT3 is high no active T3 can get to the cells

adn oyu go more hypothyroid in spite of taking plenty of Armour. The

treatment is a course of T3 only. As RT3 is only made from T4 oyu must

get rid of the source for the RT3 to clear it out of the receptors.

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