Re: Random questions... Dhea / hc / rt3 / estrogen dominance

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> I've been taking 25mg hc for adrenal fatigue for almost 2 months. I did

> the adrenal stress test with Genova before that and my results are

> below. I don't really know anything about the DHEA results. Should I be

> doing something about them aswell now or are they insignificant? Also, I

> haven't noticed a whole lot while on hc but has it been long enough?

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> CORTISOL LEVELS

> Sample 1: 19.9 (12 - 22)

> Sample 2: 4.2 (5.0 - 9.0) L

> Sample 3: 2.4 (3.0 - 7.0) L

> Sample 4: 0.5 (1.0 - 3.0) L

> Total Daily Cortisol: 27.0 (21 - 41)

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> DHEA LEVELS

> AM: .49 (.40 - 1.47)

> PM: .29 (.40 - 1.47) L

> DHEA Mean: .39 (.40 - 1.47) L

> DHEA: Cortisol Ratio 1.44 (2.0 - 6.0) L

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> I'm on a high dose of erfa thyroid (5.5 grains) but still can't lose

> weight. I'm 70% better in every other way but am at a standstill for the

> past few months. I've only had one blood test on erfa and that was last

> August when I was on 3 grains (I started erfa June 1st). At the time my

> ft3 came back very high (double the top of the range), ft4 was mid-range

> and tsh was low. Prior to erfa I was on levo for 9 months and did not do

> well on that at all despite a good ft4 and ft3. I'm thinking about

> trying t3 only to clear possible rt3 since I don't want to visit my dr

> and can't afford the genova tests at the moment. Does this sound like an

> ok idea? I'm just afraid of feeling like I did on synthetic t4 (since I

> had a good ft3 on this but didn't feel good).

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> Lastly, on another subject, can sex hormones be tested accurately whilst

> on birth control pills? Ie. Would estrogen dominance show up? The reason

> I ask is back before I was diagnosed hypo my symptoms started very

> suddenly. I had come off the pill in March and had 3 periods after and

> then they stopped and I gained 20lbs suddenly. I thought at the time it

> might have something to do with the pill and I heard about estrogen

> dominance and thought I might have it. I went back on the pill before my

> periods returned to " force them " . I don't really know for sure now if

> I'd even be having them normally again. Anyways I had my thyroid tested

> in my family planning clinic at the same time as I picked up my pill and

> it came back hypo which of course I then thought I'd found my reason for

> the sudden weight gain. But lately I've just wondered if it could still

> have something to do with m sex hormones maybe getting messed up by

> stopping the pill.

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> I just want to be able to lose the weight and don't know why it's the

> only thing that erfa hasn't improved.

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