Re: ()One more thing---comments welcome!! MY MYSTERY

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, very interesting. But here's what doesn't make sense to me--

if I have a form of adrenal fatigue, why have I been so successful

with Armour? I've not had one hint of adrenal fatigue with thyroid

support. What about you? If the test revealed that your adrenal

output was lower at the time of your period, how have you done with

natural thyroid??

I am also wondering if everyone's adrenal profile would be lower

around a period--anyone know? And perhaps my symptoms are caused by

my adrenal output hitting the FLOOR when I start my period?? hmmmm

I certainly find it interesting that you have fatigue, achiness and

hot joints around that time...AND you have confirmed that your

adrenal output is lowest. hmmmm. I have extreme fatigue, extreme

achiness, and a form of a FEVER when I start.....the hotness is akin

to low estrogen, in my mind. And I remain very curious WHY it hasn't

left me this time.....and I am trying to find a correlation with my

peri-meno situation...

No, I haven't had a test that confirms estrogen dominance. What I do

get are very sore breasts.....and I understood this to be a

sign....I will, though, find out something when I hear the results

of my labs..hopefully tomorrow.

What are you doing from 's adrenal book to potentially help

with your adrenal fatigue?? I am reading Lam's recommendations as we

speak--just haven't gotten that far into it to see what he

recommends. This is VERY interesting..that I might have lowered

adrenal output during that time...and I wonder why....

Janie

>

> Janie, my thinking is that this could be a form of adrenal

fatigue.

> I have had a similar problem for a long time, my fatigue and

> achiness and hot joints start a day or two before my period and

last

> for the firt 2-3 days. Last cycle I did the Great Smokies adrenal

> profile on my worst days, and the levels were lower than other

times

> I have taken the test. My estrogen levels are not real high, and

I

> get warm flashing starting this week also, so I don't think I have

> estrogen dominance. In the book he talks about a

case

> history where the woman had LOW cortisol levels due to adrenal

> fatigue that resulted in rheumatoid arthritic pain. He explains

> that " low cortisol levels resulted in too little anti-inflammatory

> activity in Elaine's joint and she experienced a mild form or

> rheumatoid arthritis. " This really made sense to me! I had never

> been able to grab the understanding of exactly what too little

> cortisol could do until I read this. Another thing, do you

> experience any other signs of possible infection or inflammation

at

> this time, for me I have recurrent sinus an ear pain. says

> any respiratory problem can be a real drain on the adrenals. Have

> you had your estrogen dominance confirmed by blood or saliva

> testing? Because of my experiences with progesterone, I think it

is

> tricky to just treat for presumed estrogen dominance. The

> book is really good at describing adrenal fatigue and offers many

> more suggestions on how to treat it other than hydrocortisone. So

> far I am having very good success with his program, but the proof

> will be if my premenstrual and menstrual time is improved.

>

> R.

>

>

> >

> > One more thing I need to point out, and would appreciate any

> > comments...don't be bashful--YOU might have a clue for me!! )

> >

> > I have always had two major problems, healthwise, my entire

adult

> > life. 1)hypothyroid 2)EXTREME, DEBILITATING fatigue, achiness,

> and

> > feeling hot when I START my periods, and it takes more than a

week

> > to return to normal as far as the achiness and fatigue.