Urgent help!

[Guest guest]

Hi, I need some urgent advice please

..

I posted an update on here recently and would really appreciate some

thoughts or advice.

After seeing a private doc recently and getting adrenal and thyroid

tests done the adrenal test showed low DHEA and high cortisol. I had

been on adrenal support for over a year and on and off armour as I

think my adrenals caused probs when I got to a cetain point. I was

on NAE (6) for quite a while and last October after thinking I was

getting towards seeing armour kicking in and having good effects, I

got too excited and upped armour too quickly and badly crashed = I

had a horrible racy feeling which took 2 weeks to go after stopping

the armour.

Dr P advised HC as he thought after nearly a year of adrenal support,

they should be in a better state. (I think the NAE has without a

doubt helped a lot but think it has not been enough). I've been very

reluctant to try HC and have ploughed on but got to a point a while

ago when I felt I was scared of going further with Armour (I had got

to 1 1/2 grains again)but not convinced about how much of a problem

my adrenals were as well as other probs.

After a 2 hour consultation the doc I saw recently advised 7-keto

DHEA for the low dhea and 1000mg of Vit C to bring my cortisol down

when he got the adrenal test back. When I saw him I had been off

Armour and NAE for nearly 3 weeks so i could get a valid test

result. About a week later I started feeling a bit rubbish and have

been getting this racy feeling again that i got before and my sleep

has been awful. I started the 7-Keto at 25mg and then increased as

he told me to after 2 weeks (Tues) to 50mg.

The racy feelings are now constant (I am not getting palpitations,

sweats etc but I just feel very uncomfortable and 'switched on' in my

head and chest - I can't explain it very well but it is REALLY

uncomfortable particularly at night). So I feel concerned about this

obviously.

My questions:

If I had already been taking 1000mg of Vit C with 6 NAE with no

improvement why am I still taking it to 'bring my cortisol down?'

With the results I got and the history of what I've done so far

should I be taking something a bit more substantial for the high

cortisol?

Could the fact that high cortisol is not being supported enough be

causing the racy feelings?

If not what could the racy feelings be due to?

I know the obvious thing would be to speak to this doc, but I want to

be a bit clearer first about this and I naturally feel anxious about

questioning something he has suggested. I may do that later but

wanted to see what others thought first. I also feel upset because I

think i will be charged for any phone consultation and do not want to

incur this at the moment when i don't even feel confident or clear

about the advice I have been given so far.

Sorry if this is all a bit garbled. Any thoughts would be gratefully

appreciated

Reeta x

[Guest guest]

yikes--you didn't find anything on http://www.naturalthyroidchoices.com ?

http://www.optimox.com ?

gracia

pamelalv wrote:

>

>

> ENT just called and has my husband pretty convinced that he has to

> have the RAI treatment and NOW! Not even willing to let him wait until

> July to meet with an endo - he's been looking for one in our health

> plan who will fit him in sooner. AND this same doc, who, during our

> consultation prior to the thyroidectomy, told us he was stage I now

> says had it pretty bad and he shouldn't wait because of this.

> Also that his body is already starved of iodine and is ready for the

> treatment (surgery was two weeks ago tomorrow).

>

> My mind is drawing blanks on why he shouldn't have this and I still

> have no research that demonstrates why he shouldn't. PLEASE, PLEASE

> help me. I am so stressed out about this and can't even think. I can't

> put together rational arguments for him to convince him this doctor is

> wrong. He buys the doctor telling him if his brother were to have

> thyroid cancer, he'd advise him the same way. The doctor also told him

> his father in law did have it many years ago and is doing fine now.

>

> If you don't personally have factual information against RAI, do you

> know where I can go to get it? I still haven't found it on any of the

> sites that have been recommended.

>

> Desperately,

>

> Pamela

>

>

[Guest guest]

There is a lot of info why RAI is bad. BUT there is no info on how to beat the

thyroid cancer without it. One of the docs from naturalythyroidchoices said

iodine therapy is not helpful. It is helpful to stay in remission etc, but not

when you have thyca allover.

Please let me know if you have other info.

> >

> >

> > ENT just called and has my husband pretty convinced that he has to

> > have the RAI treatment and NOW! Not even willing to let him wait until

> > July to meet with an endo - he's been looking for one in our health

> > plan who will fit him in sooner. AND this same doc, who, during our

> > consultation prior to the thyroidectomy, told us he was stage I now

> > says had it pretty bad and he shouldn't wait because of this.

> > Also that his body is already starved of iodine and is ready for the

> > treatment (surgery was two weeks ago tomorrow).

> >

> > My mind is drawing blanks on why he shouldn't have this and I still

> > have no research that demonstrates why he shouldn't. PLEASE, PLEASE

> > help me. I am so stressed out about this and can't even think. I can't

> > put together rational arguments for him to convince him this doctor is

> > wrong. He buys the doctor telling him if his brother were to have

> > thyroid cancer, he'd advise him the same way. The doctor also told him

> > his father in law did have it many years ago and is doing fine now.

> >

> > If you don't personally have factual information against RAI, do you

> > know where I can go to get it? I still haven't found it on any of the

> > sites that have been recommended.

> >

> > Desperately,

> >

> > Pamela

> >

> >

>