Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 First let's make certain you are doing the temp graphin cporrectly. We are looking at a daily average of three temps that need ot be taken starting once you are UP at least 3 hours and close to the same times every day. Say you get up at 7 weekdays and 9 weekends, I would do temps daily at 12(noon) 3pm 6pm. Then you compare the average from one day to the next. Are you doing these corrctly? -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Yes. Have been since Oct 2007. wrote: > First let's make certain you are doing the temp graphin cporrectly. We > are looking at a daily average of three temps that need ot be taken > starting once you are UP at least 3 hours and close to the same times > every day. Say you get up at 7 weekdays and 9 weekends, I would do temps > daily at 12(noon) 3pm 6pm. Then you compare the average from one day to > the next. Are you doing these corrctly? > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 How much HC are you on? Maybe ti is not enough. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 25mg HC and temps were stable until I began Armour. Neither my Doc nor I want to go higher. wrote: > How much HC are you on? Maybe ti is not enough. > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Have you had DHEA and Aldosteone tested? If Aldosterone is not at a good level, it can feel just liek low cortisol. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Val - question about the timing of the temp taking. DeborahSu says you just do it 3 hours after being up no matter what time that is. I've seen you say a number of time to do it close to the same time everyday. Would doing it one way or the other make that big a different. It's so hard when you get completely different info from wonderfully informed people. > > First let's make certain you are doing the temp graphin cporrectly. We > are looking at a daily average of three temps that need ot be taken > starting once you are UP at least 3 hours and close to the same times > every day. Say you get up at 7 weekdays and 9 weekends, I would do temps > daily at 12(noon) 3pm 6pm. Then you compare the average from one day to > the next. Are you doing these corrctly? Quote
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Getting back from being out all evening... DHEA is borderline low (within range). Aldosterone not tested, although I do pass the flashlight test. Val, I'm not sure I'm following your train of thought (with the questions you are asking). My original question was " Aren't temps supposed to stabilize between Armour increases? " - like if you ramp up Armour and hold for a week or so, shouldn't temps restabilize? Mine have not restabilized at all since adding Armour. They were wonderfully stable on 25mg HC before starting the Armour. I am now at 30mg Armour (as well as the 25mg HC) without stable temps and need to know what I should ask my doc for when I see him this Monday. Thanks so much for your time. -Sharon wrote: > Have you had DHEA and Aldosteone tested? If Aldosterone is not at a good > level, it can feel just liek low cortisol. > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 I am asking these questions to determine if something else may ne causing th e destabilized temps besides low cortisl . Low aldosterone can keep the adrenals from looking or feeling stable once thyroid is added which adds stress to the adrenals. unstable temos is a low cortisl SYMPTOM, so should not be ignored, but if otherwise you feel OK Then I guess oyu can just keep increasing Armoru. If it wa mye I would increase cortiosl. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks, Val! The thing is, I feel awful! My hypoT symptoms have become SO MUCH WORSE since on the Armour. So, you would keep the Armour at its present dose & raise Cortisol until temps stabilize? Then start ramping the Armour at that point? This is just to clarify... Thanks, Sharon wrote: > I am asking these questions to determine if something else may ne > causing th e destabilized temps besides low cortisl . Low aldosterone > can keep the adrenals from looking or feeling stable once thyroid is > added which adds stress to the adrenals. unstable temos is a low cortisl > SYMPTOM, so should not be ignored, but if otherwise you feel OK Then I > guess oyu can just keep increasing Armoru. If it wa mye I would increase > cortiosl. > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 You can try to hold the Armoru dose while stabilizing the cortils or you can lower it a bit to eaes the adrena stress. I htink I would lower the dose and restabilize the adrena;s then you can try rising slowly agian. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://www.seewell4less.com/Valspage.htm Medical Alert Bracelets Quote
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 Val, Would low aldosterone cause unstable temps or just low temps? Dahlia >I am asking these questions to determine if something else may ne causing th e destabilized temps besides low cortisl . Low aldosterone can keep the adrenals from looking or feeling stable once thyroid is added which adds stress to the adrenals. unstable temos is a low cortisl SYMPTOM, so should not be ignored, but if otherwise you feel OK Then I guess oyu can just keep increasing Armoru. If it wa mye I would increase cortiosl.> -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Quote
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 how would a person know if their unstable temps were due to low cortisol or low aldosterone? > > I do believe low aldosterone can cause unstable temps, > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 By testing aldosterone. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote
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