RE: water retention ! help !!!

[Guest guest]

Cortisol did the same to me after about 7 months.

in Va.

I think I have a big problem with water retention .

My feet , ankles and lower legs are blown up , hard , and hurt , and

the circulation doesn't pass any more . I often don't feel my

feet/legs any more . It also feels very heavy . And it hurts . I feel

like I'm wearing boots full of water .

I have a bit the same feeling in my arms , but not as bad . In the

legs it's really scary , I discovered it yesterday , but it must have

been going on for some days allready , but yesterday I saw it , it

really shows , my legs are all blown up , as high as one wears

socks . This morning in bed I touched it and it was much less hard ,

like the water had run out and went elsewhere . And when I got up it

was back . It hurts when I stand on my feet . When I sit ( I sit on

the floor ) my feet/legs regularly fall asleep , like the water

blocks the circulation . Also today it seems that it hurts up until

the knees , while yesterday it was as high as one wears socks . It

frightens me !!! It's not just an esthetic problem , which would not

be urgent . It really sacres me ! If it goes on like this , I will be

paralised by this flood of water completely in a few days !!!!!!

Is it the aldosteron ? Cortisol ?

Doc prescribed estrogen , progesteron , testosteron , and cortisol 25

and aldosterone 125 . I was still fainting with that , and close to

call the emergency . So he upped the aldosterone to 250 . The

fainting was much better after that , though it is still there .

There are still days where I have to stay on the floor , I can't

stand up or I get unconcious . So apparently I need the aldosterone .

My lab test on aldosterone was catastrophic : 18 ( 22 - 189 ) ----

But if it is slowly killing me ... ???? What can I do ????? If I

don't take it , or take less I get terrible malaises and fall

unconcious , and if I take it ..... is it the aldosterone which blows

me up like that ??? Or is it cortisol ????

I never had water retention befor . Not in all my life as far as I

remember .

Progesterone helps with water retention , doesn't it ?? I can not

take mine ! I don't tolerate it . I started with low dose natural

progesterone cream which I had at home . Very low dose . Tolerated it

well . Then I got my meds and added estrogen . Tolerated well . Then

passed from my low dose progesteron cream to the synthetic oral the

doc had prescribed . DISASTER ! Went back to my cream . Tried a

second time the prescribed ... second disaster !! Couple days later I

tried a third time and allmost died from it . Now I don't take it any

more . I try to get along with my low dose stuff , but it's not

enough to balance the estrogen and I have all symptoms of estrogen

dominance . Especially my breasts hurt badly . So I cut down the

estrogen , as I am unable to increase the progesteron . I tried to

take more of my low dose stuff , but I can't take much more of it

either , as then I get problems of a different kind . ( it makes me

faint . The prescribed synthetic gives me terrible accelerations )

I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere and don't know what to do !! Maybe

progesterone , if I could take it , would help a bit , but something

must have GIVEN me this water retention , I never had it befor .

Has anyone been in such a situation ?? It really scares me ! It hurts

and it gets allways worse and allways higher full of water !! I feel

like I will drown in it very soon , or rather it will kill me from

lack of blood circulation . It's not just an estetic problem . Anyway

that doesn't show now in winter . My eyes are blown up too . Like

being very hypothyroid . Within a week I suddenly look 20 years

older . Bags under the eyes . All of a sudden . But I didn't change

anything to my dose of thyroid . And I don't see how I could be more

hypo , I thought adding cortisol does rather increase the effect of

thyroid , not the contrary !

I take 25 mg cortisol . I know that people blow up from cortisol ,

but in big doses ! I can't imagine that 25 does that to me !!! But

the dose of aldosterone is quite big ....... But if I need it ??????

So I have the choice between death and death .... !? I'm scared !!!!

It's " only " water retention , but it progresses so fast and so strong

that it's scary !!! Especially if you are in the body that is being

choked .

I also put on 5 pounds in one week . All of a sudden . Didn't have a

weight problem befor . It must be all this water ......

Almost don't feel my legs while I'm writing ......

ne , scared ....

http://www.geocities.com/thyroide

[Guest guest]

Cortisol did the same to me after about 7 months.

in Va.

I think I have a big problem with water retention .

My feet , ankles and lower legs are blown up , hard , and hurt , and

the circulation doesn't pass any more . I often don't feel my

feet/legs any more . It also feels very heavy . And it hurts . I feel

like I'm wearing boots full of water .

I have a bit the same feeling in my arms , but not as bad . In the

legs it's really scary , I discovered it yesterday , but it must have

been going on for some days allready , but yesterday I saw it , it

really shows , my legs are all blown up , as high as one wears

socks . This morning in bed I touched it and it was much less hard ,

like the water had run out and went elsewhere . And when I got up it

was back . It hurts when I stand on my feet . When I sit ( I sit on

the floor ) my feet/legs regularly fall asleep , like the water

blocks the circulation . Also today it seems that it hurts up until

the knees , while yesterday it was as high as one wears socks . It

frightens me !!! It's not just an esthetic problem , which would not

be urgent . It really sacres me ! If it goes on like this , I will be

paralised by this flood of water completely in a few days !!!!!!

Is it the aldosteron ? Cortisol ?

Doc prescribed estrogen , progesteron , testosteron , and cortisol 25

and aldosterone 125 . I was still fainting with that , and close to

call the emergency . So he upped the aldosterone to 250 . The

fainting was much better after that , though it is still there .

There are still days where I have to stay on the floor , I can't

stand up or I get unconcious . So apparently I need the aldosterone .

My lab test on aldosterone was catastrophic : 18 ( 22 - 189 ) ----

But if it is slowly killing me ... ???? What can I do ????? If I

don't take it , or take less I get terrible malaises and fall

unconcious , and if I take it ..... is it the aldosterone which blows

me up like that ??? Or is it cortisol ????

I never had water retention befor . Not in all my life as far as I

remember .

Progesterone helps with water retention , doesn't it ?? I can not

take mine ! I don't tolerate it . I started with low dose natural

progesterone cream which I had at home . Very low dose . Tolerated it

well . Then I got my meds and added estrogen . Tolerated well . Then

passed from my low dose progesteron cream to the synthetic oral the

doc had prescribed . DISASTER ! Went back to my cream . Tried a

second time the prescribed ... second disaster !! Couple days later I

tried a third time and allmost died from it . Now I don't take it any

more . I try to get along with my low dose stuff , but it's not

enough to balance the estrogen and I have all symptoms of estrogen

dominance . Especially my breasts hurt badly . So I cut down the

estrogen , as I am unable to increase the progesteron . I tried to

take more of my low dose stuff , but I can't take much more of it

either , as then I get problems of a different kind . ( it makes me

faint . The prescribed synthetic gives me terrible accelerations )

I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere and don't know what to do !! Maybe

progesterone , if I could take it , would help a bit , but something

must have GIVEN me this water retention , I never had it befor .

Has anyone been in such a situation ?? It really scares me ! It hurts

and it gets allways worse and allways higher full of water !! I feel

like I will drown in it very soon , or rather it will kill me from

lack of blood circulation . It's not just an estetic problem . Anyway

that doesn't show now in winter . My eyes are blown up too . Like

being very hypothyroid . Within a week I suddenly look 20 years

older . Bags under the eyes . All of a sudden . But I didn't change

anything to my dose of thyroid . And I don't see how I could be more

hypo , I thought adding cortisol does rather increase the effect of

thyroid , not the contrary !

I take 25 mg cortisol . I know that people blow up from cortisol ,

but in big doses ! I can't imagine that 25 does that to me !!! But

the dose of aldosterone is quite big ....... But if I need it ??????

So I have the choice between death and death .... !? I'm scared !!!!

It's " only " water retention , but it progresses so fast and so strong

that it's scary !!! Especially if you are in the body that is being

choked .

I also put on 5 pounds in one week . All of a sudden . Didn't have a

weight problem befor . It must be all this water ......

Almost don't feel my legs while I'm writing ......

ne , scared ....

http://www.geocities.com/thyroide