seeking advice, suggestions, ideas, anything!

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Hi Mike,

If I were you, I'd have tests for ACTH, aldosterone, renin, 24-hr cortisol,

testosterone, DHEA, adrenaline (if they test that) and anything else your

doc can think of. I don't think the saliva test from ZRT is enough. I

think that only measures cortisol and DHEA.

I'm going through the same thing. I've tried over and over for two+ years

to tolerate Armour and end up in a mess - retain fluid and my BP shoots up.

Each time, it is worse.

Now, since June, I've been in a constant state of stress and anxiety. My

latest bust came in October. I went horribly hyper on 1.25 grains of

Armour. I had to not take anything for a few days and then gradually

re-introduced T4. When I took only 25 mcg, I felt racy. I finally worked

back up to 88 mcg and have been on that dose since Nov 20. Then I developed

all sorts of other issues - a period I hadn't expected and a raging UTI. My

nerves have been absolutely shot. I'm on an antibiotic for the UTI and was

blaming that but I don't think that's it. It finally dawned on me today

that my raciness is possibly the full dose of T4 kicking in. For a few

days, I'm not going to take any and see if that helps.

My doc has agreed to do the adrenal tests, thank God, but I want to wait

until I'm a bit more stable before I have them.

Val

Thanks for the advice. Adrenals make sense. I had about 147

allergies when i was a kid. I will definately have my adrenals and

Ferritin checked. It definately gives me a place to start. It does

feel like the levoxyl builds up in my system very quickly and sort of

sets there cooking my brain. Also i was divorced around 4 years ago

right before all of the thyroid problems showed up. I've read that a

high stress episode can cause the adrenals to become fatigued. It all

makes sense. I am located in Kansas city, Mo. I'm checking the links

section now to see about the adrenal saliva test. Thanks again.