(NaturalThyroid Hormones) FW: [Autism-Mercury] Cortisol

[Guest guest]

Just thought I would pass ths one form the other forum, in case somebody new

had not heard enough about this:

>For one,

> becasue I can not seem to get my thyroid levels up enough to mke any

> difference.

Thyroid medication increases the clearance of cortisol. People with

insufficient cortisol will feel worse if they take thyroid med

without cortisol.

>

> I also feel like I am going to pas out when I stand up from a

>sustained squat...

That's an indication of low cortisol.

>and lately, my waking/sleeping hours have been turning me into a

> good partner for a vampire.

People who are low in cortisol often wake at about 4 am. I think it

has to do with the natural cortisol being at a very low point right

then.

>

> But I am very, very heavy, and Andy's book says that low cortisol people

> will be thin.

I am heavy too because of all of the years of pain and fatigue and

inactivity and because of the low thyroid function. When the

cortisol gets really, really, really low the person will have nausea,

dizziness, throwing up and then will lose lots of weight. I have

talked to lots of people on the internet who are at that stage and

who still can't get a diagnosis.

> Do you thik it is posisble for a person to have low adrenal

> function and still be heavy?

Yes. The trick with replacement cortisol is to use a very low dose.

Some people can start to lose weight because the fatigue is gone and

they can be more active.

>

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[Guest guest]

This sounds like me. My clock is right near my bed so whenever I wake

up early I look at it. I think one morning I got up at 3:33am. I

usually am able to go back to sleep though.

In my case it could be a lingering side effect of the head injury

though. Related to the insomnia.

Louise

>

> >and lately, my waking/sleeping hours have been turning me into a

> > good partner for a vampire.

>

> People who are low in cortisol often wake at about 4 am. I think it

> has to do with the natural cortisol being at a very low point right

> then.

> >