Re: 13.5 weeks, still having symptoms: need help with labs

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Cortisol AM: 24.4 (5.1-40.2 nmol/L)

Cortisol Noon: 15.1 (2.1-15.7)

Cortisol Evening: 2.1 (1.8-12.1)

Cortisol Night: 2.7 (0.9-9.2)

You are fairly low in cortisol btu MIGHT get by wiht Isocort I woudl at least

try ti for a coupel weeks to see if it is helpoing. I would od a pretty high

dose though of say 5 pellets AM thne 4 at noon 3 at 4PM and 1 at bedtime.

DHEA 102.1 (106-300 pg/ml) Low but I would nto worry about it right now.

Testosterone 30.2 (5.9-49 pg/ml) Not bad

Progesterone 0.3 ng/mL (0.1-0.8 for post menopausal) A little low

Estradiol 16.2 pg/ml (<6.0-54.7 for post menopausal) VERY Low causing night

sweats I woudl definitly supplement this.

Vitamin D 97.7 ng/mL (I take 15,000 units daily) I would reduce to 7-8000IU

Ferritin 43 ng/mL (10-291) (In September was 45, late December was 83, so

stopped iron. Restarted 2 weeks ago.)

AHA why the T3 is not making you bounce. You might even reduce T3 a bit while

oyu raise this again as it may be causing your adrenal stress.

Thyroid (drawn at 10 weeks T3 only)

TSH 0.008 (0.450-4.500)

fT4 <0.03 (0.82-1.77)

fT3 4.6 (2.0-4.4 pg/nL--this was on 75 mcg T3)

Looks OK but the over supressed TSH is from the low ferritin causing intolerance

of the T3

Sodium 147 (135-145)

Potassium 3.9 (3.5-5.2) LOW I would get some Prescription slow release

Potassium and start with 20 mEq daily

Chloride 111 (97-108) Were oyu dehydrated?

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Well I have been post meno since I was 27 and I am 55 now so I feel

pretty expert in adjusting my hormones! LOL I adjust to Luteal ranges

for BOTH estrogen and progesterone. They are higher than post meno

ranges which MOST women need and yet not enough to restart periods which

you dontl want or need once oyu have passed a normal meno.

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so how do you cycle your hormones like estrogen testosterone and progesterone??

Subject: Re: 13.5 weeks, still having symptoms: need help with labsTo: RT3_T3 Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 2:54 PM

Well I have been post meno since I was 27 and I am 55 now so I feel pretty expert in adjusting my hormones! LOL I adjust to Luteal ranges for BOTH estrogen and progesterone. They are higher than post meno ranges which MOST women need and yet not enough to restart periods which you dontl want or need once oyu have passed a normal meno.-- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WVhttp://www.stopthet hyroidmadness. com/http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ NaturalThyroidHo rmonesADRENALS/http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ RT3_T3/http://groups.

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I don't bnut then I have no uterus. Keepoing the levels at luteal ranges

you probably don;t need ot either as it is not high enough to thicken

the uterus walls.

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Dawn, are you asking me or Val?

I have been cycling by taking 14 days of bioidentical progesterone every 2

months. But now that I am menopausal (though not quite a year without periods)

I want to go to taking it on an even schedule all the time. (Which eliminates

periods)

Since I need to increase my HRT, I'll try to make that adjustment at the same

time.

Sherry