Adrenal Results and feeling hypo on Armour

[Guest guest]

I finally got my adrenal saliva tests. I haven’t

been able to talk with a doctor, yet. I’d love to hear comments or

suggestions for next steps or what I should ask my doc. I don’t

want to do herbals since I am nursing and to me my results warrant more of an intervention.

Am I off base on this?

Cortisol

7-8 am 12 Depressed (13-24)

11-noon 2 Depressed (5-10)

4-5pm 1 Depressed (3-8)

11-mid 1 Normal (1-4)

cortisol burden: 16 (23-42)

* test says suggestive of marginal HPA performance (?) This suggests I

should request the ACTH test, right?

I am also feeling more hypo after 3.5 weeks on Armour.

Hair loss, cold hands and feet, depression (sometimes bad, sometimes mild), no

sex drive, constipation, brain fog, sore legs when I walk, low stamina.

Extreme stress and reactivity (yelling at my kids way too easily and way too often)

– I think this is probably more adrenals, right? I’ll ask the

doc about it, but wanted to see if this can be something other than needing a

higher dose of Armour.

Sex hormones are also out of whack. Estrogen normal,

but progesterone low and testosterone high and estrogen/progesterone ratio way

off…estrogen dominant.

I sure would like to feel like a more normal human being again.