Re: adrenal fatigue success stories anyone?

[Guest guest]

Check out the attached document Susie which shows many

conditions that stop thyroid hormone from being properly utilised at the

cellular level. If you have any of these, you need to treat whatever you have,

and preferably before starting thyroid hormone replacement, especially low

adrenal reserve.

If you have low adrenal reserve, we recommend trying the Nutri

Adrenal Extra which you can purchase through Nutri ltd and claim a 33% discount

by being a TPA member. Go to our FILES section to the folder entitled 'Discounts

on Tests and Supplements' and open the Nutri Ltd document. Follow the

instructions for ordering from there.

You start by taking 1 Nutri Adrenal Extra (NAE) with breakfast

and staying on that for 10 days. Add another tablet and have this one with

lunch (never take them after 1.00p.m. in case you are kept awake).

After another 10 days to 2 weeks, if still not quite there, add

another tablet with your breakfast. You can keep increasing in this way right

up to taking 6 NAE daily, but if you are still suffering symptoms on that dose,

this is usually a sign you need a course of hydrocortisone.

You should take high doses of vitamin C (e.g. 3/4000mgs) daily

to help with absorption.

Hope that helps

Luv - Sheila

As someone just starting out on the whole path

to adrenal wellness, I was wondering if anyone could share how they've been

successful in treating adrenal fatigue. My biggest problem is intolerance to

any thyroid meds. Anyone recovered from that? What did you use to treat your

adrenals?

Thanks in advance!

Susie

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Why thyroid hormone stops working (2).doc

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for your reply Sheila. I've had a really bad headache today, so

am not up to a full reply myself. Suffice it to say for now that I've got many

of the issues in that article going on. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow and

can get back on here to ask more questions! Thanks again for all you do.

[Guest guest]

Hi there

For the past 12 years I suffered with undiagnosed chronic adrenal fatigue.

During the last two years of that period, it turned particularly dangerous, with

frequent " crashes " where my BP would drop to sometimes as low as 40, I would

have to lie on the floor for 20 minutes or longer, and I would get quite nasty

chest pain. Thanks to the assistance of Dr. P, the frequency of those crashes

dropped from having 2-3 a day, to, at the most, 2-3 a month. That's how

effective my treatment has been.

Dr. P started me off slowly due to the fact I'd had adrenal fatigue for a long

time, on Nutri Adrenal - 4 a day split into two doses. This was worked up to 6-8

a day, before I was moved on to Nutri Adrenal Extra, which is what I now take -

again at 4 a day split into two doses. I found the starting off with the weaker

medication and not leaping straight into Nutri Adrenal Extra was great for me,

and stopped my body going into shock.

I have yet to properly support my thyroid as of writing this, as it hasn't

responded to Nutri Thyroid very much, and I am waiting on some stronger

medicine.

- Gemma

[Guest guest]

Hi Gemma

thanks for your reply. Wow! What a scarey time you must have had! Brilliant to

hear you've made so much progress. I hope you manage to find something for your

thyroid that works.

Do you mind me asking some questions? Were you on thyroid meds previously? It's

when I try to increase my meds (and I've tried dessicated as well as both

synthetic t3 and t4) that I feel dreadful. Similar to what you describe though

not as bad. My bp goes low, my pulse races and my heart hurts when it's really

bad.

How long have you been supporting your adrenals now? How long were you on the

NAs before moving to the extra? Why didn't Dr P recommend hc? I'm still rather

confused about how people decide whether hc is appropriate.

Did you do the adrenal saliva test? I'm waiting on my results, though I've done

the test in the past, so I know my adrenals are a problem, just finding out how

much.

Thanks again and sorry for all the questions!

Susie

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Hi Sheila

my history is that I've been poorly on and off since I had glandular fever 20

years ago. I was undiagnosed with coeliac disease and hypot for probably 10

years and I don't think my hypot has ever been correctly treated. My gastro says

my coeliacs is under control but I will always have absorbtion problems and I'm

osteopenic.

I have deficiencies or low 'normals' in: ferritin, vit d, calcium, magnesium and

zinc. I'm taking blue bonnett iron with vit c and my haemoglobin's now normal

but my ferritin's stool too low. I take adcal d3 and my endo's arranging vit d

jabs. I'm using magnesium oil and taking zinc drops.

I'm now on 2NAX a day and 2.5ml evotrox (25mcg levo). I've just started back on

the evotrox, so don't yet know if I'll tolerate that amount.

I've struggled with candida in the past, but that was sorted, though I wonder if

I should take an antifungal as I do get thrush flare ups.

I've done York food testing recently and have various other intolerances, so am

coming to terms with that. It's a struggle what with being coeliac and

hypoglycemic as well, as it pretty much means I have to make everything from

scratch, which is hard work when I feel so rubbish and have 2 young kids to look

after.

So that's me in a very brief nutshell! I'm complicated aren't I?! No doubt I'll

have lots more questions when my saliva results come back.

Susie x

[Guest guest]

Some of the very, very important things to know when it comes to adrenal

fatigue, is that you must give up certain foods, etc. You must give up all

caffeine, no coffee, soda pop, no tea. Coffee is notorious for deleting the iron

levels in your system. The only thing which is acceptable is herbal tea which is

usually naturally decaffeinated...check the label to make sure. The salt water

will go in and help to remove the bromide in the system. Bromide blocks

receptors, once they start to become clear, whatever you put in your system will

be absorbed easier.

Drink all the filtered water you want with celtic sea salt and almond or rice

milk is good as long as it does not have too much sweetness in it. All sugars

need to be cut down because this revs up the adrenals and then lets them down

hard. Craving sweets is very much an adrenal fatigue symptom.

The adrenals naturally restore themselves from 11 PM to 1 AM so being in bed at

10 pm with the lights out and ready to sleep is very important. As we age, our

lifestyles have to change to help support our bodies. No alcohol is allowed

whatsoever. If you have a sweet craving it sometimes helps to grab a pickle. The

sour-ness and salt in the pickle often will off set the craving and sour

pickles are good for you too. I also like oranges and apples for cravings.

To this day, I still cannot have a cup of coffee because I start bouncing off

the walls. My body will no longer accept coffee, but I feel this is a blessing

because it depletes the body of needed nutrients anyway.

Cheers,

JOT

[Guest guest]

(sorry about the delay in this reply, it took this long to be able to get an

answer!)

Since you asked that question, I managed to get hold of a blood test for levels

of all those things you mentioned. It turns out I was slightly D3 and copper

deficient. I've been taking Vitamin D3 daily for the past few weeks now and I

have noticed an improvement, though I feel there is still a piece missing from

the puzzle. Dr. P advised me to have T4, TSH and T3 test, so am currently

waiting on the results of the lattermost of those.

>

> Gemma, are you positive you don't have any of the other conditions

> associated with symptoms of hypothyroidism...test these minerals and vitamins

to see whether any are low in the reference

> range.

[Guest guest]

OK Gemma. thanks for letting us know and I look forward to

seeing your thyroid function test results.

Luv - Sheila

Since you asked that question, I managed to get hold of a blood test for levels

of all those things you mentioned. It turns out I was slightly D3 and copper

deficient. I've been taking Vitamin D3 daily for the past few weeks now and I

have noticed an improvement, though I feel there is still a piece missing from

the puzzle. Dr. P advised me to have T4, TSH and T3 test, so am currently

waiting on the results of the lattermost of those.

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