Thyroid and adrenal issues

[Guest guest]

I am looking for advice on how to deal with some severe thyroid and adrenal

issues. We have had a hard time finding any doctor, whether conventional or

alternative, who will diagnose and treat thyroid and other endocrine

issues--give blood tests, understand interactions between different hormonal

issues, listen when you report side effects, etc. My wife was prescribed

synthroid for Hashimoto's and took it for about seven weeks before she got

really sick (vomiting, diarrhea, heart racing, insomnia, etc.) for six days. Her

GP told her that the dose was too small to be dangerous, a hospital emergency

room doctor told her she was just having panic attacks (for 6 days!), and the

endocrinologist that she went to said her thyroid levels were now fine and it

was up to her if she wanted to keep taking the medicine (she doesn't feel

cured).

No one said anything about why she was very ill, but internet research suggests

she was having an adrenal crisis which can happen when adrenal dysfunction is

not treated first when synthroid is prescribed and can be fatal. All the

symptoms match, but getting any doctor to help figure this out has us stumped.

Presumably we need an endocrinologist or other MD who can prescribe Synthroid or

other medicines, but who knows (or cares) about some of these other potential

problems and how to handle it (unlike the ones we've seen so far). There are

some holistic doctors near us that are heavily booked for the forseeable future

and we have an alternative medicine-type chiropractor who we've seen who once

gave her organ extracts--Symplex F--that at the time restored her periods (her

hormone levels are not even premenopausal, yet she stopped having periods).

I guess I'm not sure how to juggle conventional and alternative doctors and

therapies here, nor what precisely we should do, beyond putting her back on

Symplex F and trying to quit Pop, which she started drinking to try to get

energy.

Bill

[Guest guest]

Hello Bill,

Check out www.stopthethyroidmadness.com. There is also a group

linked with that site. Tons of info on treating adrenal and thyroid.

Synthroid can do more harm than good. You want to look into natural

dessicated thyroid. I still have to find a doctor who will help me. I've

heard thyroid patients have had endless grief when consulting

endocrinologists though. Good luck!

B.