Qu for re adrenals and t3

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Hi

Firstly, thank you very much for your book - so much information and so

thouroughly researched and easy for a hypo brain to understand!

I've been struggling for years to find a thyroid med that doesn't just make me

feel worse and my new gp has suggested I try t3. I'm currently on a break from

meds to run the t4 in my blood down and will start the t3 next week (if I can

hang on that long!).

I've also been taking NAX for the past 9 months, having had a saliva test which

showed low cortisol throughout the day as well as low DHEA. I've tested negative

for addisons and adrenal antibodies. I don't feel the NAXs have done much for me

and I suspect if I went back to Dr P who put me on them, he might suggest hc. I

don't really want to go down that route.

As I'm starting t3 and have been off the NAXs for a week to re-test my adrenals

(just waiting for the kit to come through), I thought maybe I could give the

circadian method a go. So, a couple of questions if I may:

1) have you seen this work for anyone with adrenal problems, no matter how bad

(so long as it's not addisons of course)? I suppose what I'm getting at is - is

there a cut off point at which you'd say, you're adrenals are too fatigued for

this to work?

2) should I start from the beginning with using the circadian method, or just

take the t3 in divided doses, starting with when I wake up, for a while first to

see if that helps by itself?

Thanks very much

Susie