/ & hair test experts- a few questions on adrenal/thyroid issues

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Hi,

I got Andy's Hair test interpretation book and I need some guidance

in understanding adrenal/thyroid issues. Below are the complete test

results( has already looked into it in message#201807 and

provided initial interpretation and I have more questions).

Here are the ratios and the interpretation based on Andy's book:

Na/K - 0.72 - Thyroid levels are too high though within-range(Is

this interpretation correct?)

K/Ca - 0.59 - Thyroid levels are too high and out-of-range(Does this

mean Hyperthyroid?)

Ca & Mg vs Na & K - Ca is up(around 60%), Mg is slightly down from the

mid-point(around 48%,but both are slightly apart); Na way up(around

90%) and K way way up(in red) i.e.both are near each other. Does

this suggest adrenals making tons of adrenaline but not enough

cortisol? This is something I'm not sure about.

Na/Mg - 7.5 - out-of-range - excessive production of adrenaline

Also, his Potassium is 250(the reference range is 10-40). From the

book this may reflect excessive aldosterone activity.

Some background about my son: he is still non-verbal, very thin

(weighs about 48 lbs and is 7.5 yrs old), hyperactive,gets excited

easily,has trouble focussing or concentrating. We are done with 30

rounds of ALA chelation(with the last 6 with DMSA+ALA).In the first

10-15 rounds of just ALA chelation, we saw improvements in speech,

in concentration, good eye contact etc and some subtle improvements.

But they all seem to be gone now in the stall period. One area where

he has made gains is the OCD behaviours. Those and the meltdowns

does seem things of the past.

All his symptoms suggest low adrenal function, but his Na/Mg

suggests excessive production of adrenaline. This is where I'm

confused. Is supplementing with adrenal cortex extract the right way

to go? For low cortisol would ACE help? Are there any other tests

that can confirm this? What to do in case of both thyroid and

adrenal problems(his hair test seems to suggest both)? Which ones to

supplement first Armour or Adrenal Cortex extract?

I have read the Adrenal Insufficiency chapters in Andy's Amalgam

illness book, but with no background in Biology/Science and being

toxic myself, I'm totally lost. I need to re-read it a few times...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I'm waiting for the order form for the Thyroid panel test from

Direct labs. I'm hoping this test will give me more information.

Thanks in advance.

Madhuri

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POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

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aluminum 30 < 8.0 red

antimony 0.039 < .066 green

arsenic 0.067 < .08 green

beryllium <0.01 < 0.02 no line

bismuth 0.025 < 2.0 green

cadmium 0.049 < .15 green

lead 0.23 < 1.0 green

mercury 0.21 < .40 green

platinum < .003 < .005 no line

thallium < .001 < .01 no line

thorium < .001 < .005 no line

uranium 0.013 < .06 green

nickel 0.08 < .4 green

silver 0.05 < .13 green

tin 0.11 < .3 green

titanium 0.50 < 1.0 green

Total Toxic Representation : yellow (touches 70th percentile)

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

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Calcium 423 160-500 green over 50%

Magnesium 24 12-50 white under50%

Sodium 180 12-90 yellow over 50%

Potassium 250 10-40 red over 50%

Copper 15 9.0-30 white over 50%

Zinc 130 110-190 green under 50%

Manganese 0.11 0.18-0.60 yellow under 50%

Chromium 0.29 0.23-0.5 green under 50%

Vanadium 0.020 0.025-0.1 yellow under 50%

Molybdenum 0.15 0.040-0.089 yellow over 50%

Boron 2.1 0.50-3.5 green over 50%

Iodine 0.29 0.25-1.3 green under 50%

Lithium 0.010 0.007-0.023 white at 50%

Phosphorus 209 160-250 green over 50%

Selenium 1.0 0.95-1.7 green under 50%

Strontium 0.83 0.21-2.1 white over 50%

Sulfur 49600 45500-53000 green over 50%

Barium 0.44 0.19-1.6 green under 50%

Cobalt 0.004 0.013-0.035 red under 50%

Iron 5.3 6.0-17 yellow under 50%

Germanium 0.034 0.045-0.065 yellow under 50%

Rubidium 0.38 0.008-0.080 red over 50%

Zirconium 0.079 0.06-0.70 green under 50%