Adrenal support and my first visit to Dr Peatfield

February 24, 2008

I am overwhelmed (not good for the adrenals - pleased I am laughing

today) by all your replies yesterday. Thank you so much.

I believe there is a file on help for the adrenals and supplements

that help but I can't find it in the files????

I tried Nutri Adrenal Extra from April to October and then stopped

them (prior to test) and had my first adrenal saliva test from

Genova diagnostics where I found levels:

7-8 am 7.8 (range 12-22)

11-12 am 2.7 (range 4-8)

16.00-17.00 2.1 (range 3-7)

23.00-00.00 1.3 (range 1-3)

Daily total 13.9 (range 20-40)

my nutritionist has suggested another test as it is 2 months now

since I have been on Dr 's dynamite adrenals and 3 months

since the last test. Do any of you consider it worth it? I will be

seeing Dr Peatfield at the end of March and wondered if it would

help him. Also (as I am sure you are in the same boat) all this is

costing so much money and I haven't been able to work for nearly a

year now. Not that I can put a price on my health. What's the lab

you use for adrenal testing? I think it was given me before by

Sheila but I can't find the posting - my brain can't function for

any lengths of time.

In the powder there is zinc, b vits, some glandulars etc.

I am supporting them generally by tring to pace myself, avoiding

sugars and coffee (the latter most of the time).

I think my armour thyroid will be here soon as I paid extra for Fed

Ex but I am worried it might not work as my cortisol is so low.

I am going to do the zinc test and get some siberian ginseng.

Interesting about the addiction/hypo t link - I go to overeaters

anonymous and alcoholics anonymous (well only aa at the moment as it

is local, I haven't the energy to go further to oa). I had a

problem with overeating since 7/8 so I believe I was self medicating

even then but I am sure the dieting/weight gain years until 46

haven't helped the thyroid either or the adrenals. Alcohol is there

too but food was my drug of choice. I have been meaning to get Dr

Lefever's book for some time .... OA has helped me enormously and I

got my weight stable but in the last year it has gone up 1/2 a stone

so I know there is something else going on eg, thyroid etc.

Back to you please ....

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