Re: Should I stop and start again?

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> hi there, what you describe is your adrenals, the answer to the question is no

> there are not strong yet and you will have to Waite a while, not easy to do

but

> worth it in the end-Rome was not built in a day and so the adrenals need time

to

> get well again. when they are better you will be able to see how the thyroid

is

> ! first the Adrenals then the thyroid not the other way round.

>

Thank you for your opinion Judith. So how do I go about stopping the NDT? Do I

just stop the NDT completely and not take anything except the adrenal

supplements and Nutri Thyroid + the hundreds of other supplements etc. How long

do I wait before restarting my NDT? How do I restart my NDT, as I did the first

time following the TPA guidelines? How do I know when I am ready to start the

NDT again? Should I perhaps do a saliva test if I think I am ready to start

again? I have been treating my adrenals for about 3 months now, any idea of an

average healing time? Many thanks again....

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Hi, Shelia, your recommendations are exactly what I have been doing for the last

three months and when I started my blood pressure went up when I stood up and my

adrenal temperature tests were ok but now after having followed TPA & Peatfield

instructions I find that my temp. and lowered blood pressure on standing are

indicative of more adrenal fatigue. It's taken me 3 months approx. to work up to

NDT 2.5gr (and I haven't finished increasing yet) but I am now beginning to feel

some of the old hypothyroid symptoms slightly returning. If I stop all thyroid

hormones now, how long should I stay off them, besides which, surely after a

week or ten days I need to be on some sort of thyroid hormones. When you

consider that I started NAX and then started NDT 10 days later at 1/2grain and

worked my way up slowly following instructions then surely that is less of a

strain on the adrenals than had I restarted 100mcg levothyroxine(which was what

I was on before)all in one go. Get what I mean? (I'm not always easy to

understand haha.) Oh and I've been on Selenium and Zinc for donkeys years and am

working on my ferritin and am taking 5000mg Vit C and all the recommended stuff

which brings me up to about 30 tablets a day not counting my NDT. (Who needs

food, haha.) thanks for your help...

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> When starting to supplement your adrenals, it is recommended you stop all

> thyroid hormone replacement (either synthetic or natural) for 7 days and

> just take a supplement such as Nutri Adrenal Extra for those 7 days (taking

> one tablet with breakfast), and then on the 8th day, increase your NAE by

> one tablet, taking this one with your lunch, and add back your thyroid

> hormone replacement in the same dose you were taking before.

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Hi Sheila, Yes I did increase the Nutri Adrenal Extra as you describe and am up

to 5 a day.I was feeling pretty good but started to go back again and have been

failing on all the adrenal home tests for several days. Judith suggested I

should stop my NTD and start again after 10 days so I didn't take my 1 grain

this afternoon and, would you believe it, I have just taken my blood pressure

laying down and then standing up and for the first time in days it has gone UP

when I stand. That does seem to point to the adrenals not being able to cope

with 2.5 grains of NTD. What do you suggest, that I do as Judith suggests and

start again from scratch going very slowly?

Thank you....

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> Did you actually increase the Nutri Adrenal Extra every 10 days to 2 weeks,

> taking half your dose with breakfast and the other half with lunch. You

> should increase in this way (whilst taking your thyroid hormone replacement)

> until your symptoms go away. If you are still suffering with symptoms after

> you get up to 6 tablets of NEA daily, then this is an indication that you

> need a course of hydrocortisone.

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Ok, thank you Sheila, I'll wait as long as I can then start again real slowly,

slower than before....Val

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> See how you get on without your NDT for a while and just taking the Nutri

> Adrenal Extra -

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