RE: Re: I'm in a tizz! - Self-treating the adrenals

[Guest guest]

From many things you say

Kerry, I am wondering whether your problem is not thyroid, but adrenal related.

Read these:

http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/adrenal_insufficiency.htm

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hypoadrenalism.htm

Luv - Sheila

I'm not sure what T4 toxicosis

symptons are but I could hardly get out of bed, felt nauseas all day, very bad

headaches, slept very, very badly & felt very, very fatigued (like it was

4am in the morning, permanently or I'd been out on the lash the night before -

except I hadn't!) Absolutely no appetite & kept losing weight, down

to eight stone 2. Whenever I had my period (when on Levothyroxine) I felt

very ill indeed, the worse I have ever felt & this includes when I was

suffering from viral encephalitis (infection in the brain). All that has

happened since I've stopped taking Levothyroxine is that I've felt better &

even when I had my period I didn't need to spend days in bed for the first time

in over six months

[Guest guest]

Hi Kerry

I'm taking 2 x 1000 Solgar sublingual B12 tablets daily for two weeks &

then I was going to drop it to just one tablet daily. This is what the lady at

Solgar suggested, do you think this is ok?

No

- this is not OK. Most health food shops want you to take the recommended daily

dose - but when you have long term illnesses like hypothyroidism and your B12

result is so low in the reference range, then it is extremely important that

you build it up so you get it to the top of the range - that is when you will

start to feel better.

After hearing from both you & Sheila I've firmed up my adrenals plan which

is to not take NAX, have the synacthen test & take it from there. As far as

my hyperthyroidism goes.......as you know, I have stopped taking Levothyroxine

some 11 days ago now & although I feel much better not taking it...I have

my next TSH, Free T4 & Free T3 test booked for 16th May & I suppose I

really ought to start re-taking Levothyroxine to understand if I have a T3

conversion problem?

If

this was me, I would start taking the levothyroxine again - otherwise, by the

time you go for your blood test, your results will be through the floor and

this will only cause more problems for your doctor and yourself. Once you

decide on NDT and the day you are going to start, (and you have had your short

synacthen test), then stop levothyroxine for a week and during that week, start

your NAX by taking one tablet with breakfast, and on the 8th day, start your

NDT and add another NAX with your lunch.

Luv

- Sheila

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Sheila,Do you think I should continue taking 2 of the B12 tablets for longer than two weeks then? Shall I try a couple of months at this level?One more question, from your email, (sorry!), what is NDT? Is it Natural Dessicated Thyroid??

Kerry x