Donna - Ok, NOW I have DDI hair results posted/ comments posted here - LONG

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Hi Donna,

Do you have a doctor now to prescribe cortisol and thyroid hormone?

What doses? Have they tested for other associated things like DHEA

and testosterone? What about female hormones?

I don't understand these parts:

> In 2005, a world-renowned thyroid doctor determined I had NO

> pituitary function,

>That is why I initially took a very small dose [.375

> mg Cortisol] in the evening to help me " level out " and sleep better.

> But reading through the posts scared me on that, and I stopped it =

> now don't sleep worth a dang.

One doctor determined that you have no pituitary function, and gave

you cortisol? Did you continue with the cortisol? When you say you

'stopped it' do you mean just the evening dose or do you still take

cortisol now? I'm not familiar with the difference between the Cortef

that I take and the bioidentical that I think you are talking about.

Do you know how much of one is equivalent to how much of another? Do

you think that there are advantages to bioidentical? It must cost a lot??

> I do have *bigtime* trouble sleeping – getting to sleep and STAYING

> asleep – also having to get up to use the restroom at least once in

> the night – usually wake up around 2:30-3am.

Sleep problems is something that is frequently reported from 's

patients. They often wake at about 2-3 am. I'm not sure exactly why.

Taking a small evening dose of cortisol and being strict about diet

to maintain steady blood sugar levels may help (for the diet part see

" Amalgam Illness " p 122).

Another possibility is diabetes insipidus. This is also described in

" Amalgam Illness " . It is one of the things that I remember Andy said

resolved with chelation when he was chelating himself.

> Cortisol levels checked in early Fall 2006 show Ok range in morning

> with it getting lower and lower as day progresses, until seriously

> low in evening.

How were these levels checked? blood? saliva? Do you have the

results with units and ranges?

I'll look at you hair test next. Sorry I'm so slow. I'm the group

tortoise. All these Christmas parties around me are just slowing me

down more

J

> In Fall of 2004, went to a well-known clinic here in Houston, Tx area

> that discovered my extremely low Cortisol, so low in fact, they

> wanted me to catch a cab out to their clinic – NOT drive myself to

> get the bio-identical medicine, in case I fainted and killed myself

> driving – YIKES! THAT got my attention. Also got their basic outline

> of thyroid [Armour and T3 – don't need the Armour, just the T3 – no

> pituitary function, so no conversion to T3 from reg/low thyroid

> ouput], and other hormones. Felt better but real draggy from the

> Cortisol [ now I know that is supposed to happen – again, no real

> input from Drs as to WHY I needed this – hadn't discovered the ROOT

> CAUSE of all my ailments – the Hg and the growing levels of Pb in my

> body]

>

> In 2005, a world-renowned thyroid doctor determined I had NO

> pituitary function, and put me on HgH shots – did great for about 2

> months, then horrible crash [the Houston heat just dropped me like a

> rock] and he refused to give me more Cortisol. Found out he had me in

> a test program of his and he didn't want me to adjust anything while

> I " helped out " his hypotheses of thyroid function! BA(* & ^%D!!!

>

> However, I Kept circling the issue of the mercury – like deep down

> inside I KNEW that was my ROOT CAUSE, but so didnt think of this

> again until spring 2006, when my chiropractor saw my severe

> wrist/hand strength and suggested I go get a challenge test done.

> That IV challenge test almost killed me to take it, i was so severely

> poisoned with lead from drinking glasses and still lots of mercury.

> I was lucky I had been going on a homeopathic kidney and liver

> drainage since Jan of 2006 thru my naturopath – that helped me keep

> going until I found out about all the toxic metals inside of me still

> poisoning my system.

>

> NOW __ I've been chelating with 12.5 DMSA since May 1, 2006. Added

> 12.5 mg ALA with it Sept 1, 2006. this is first hair test done thru

> DDI and since chelation for six months.

>

> I have developed reddening of the throat and upper chest area since

> early 2005, when in Fall of 2004, I had several IPL [intense pulsed

> light] treatments that got rid of many of the ugly red moles I had

> gotten all over me, esp a large strawberry mole near my eye that they

> couldn't operate on with out big scarring. My skin was very clear

> and pale and lovely – now I realize that reddening may be related to

> all this [from reading some earlier postings in this yahoo group –

> thanks yall!]

>

> I do have *bigtime* trouble sleeping – getting to sleep and STAYING

> asleep – also having to get up to use the restroom at least once in

> the night – usually wake up around 2:30-3am. Have been thinking it

> was related to me waking up for chelation rounds and being used to

> it, but now thinking other factors may be involved. I dont hve the

> physical energy to do much exercise, although when I can, I sleep

> better, but still am waking around 2:30-3am or thereabouts....

>

> Cortisol levels checked in early Fall 2006 show Ok range in morning

> with it getting lower and lower as day progresses, until seriously

> low in evening. That is why I initially took a very small dose [.375

> mg Cortisol] in the evening to help me " level out " and sleep better.

> But reading through the posts scared me on that, and I stopped it =

> now don't sleep worth a dang.

>

> Current Dental Work in place and dental cleanup completed:

> Cleaned up all amalgam out of mouth May 2004 – At the time, just

> wanted them all out and I didnt realize still had it in my system

> [2002 hair test had shown no Hg present in hair, so thought i was rid

> of it ] My fillings are composite, checked out to be OK with my

> body. Even under two crowns, no Hg.

>

> Supplements and medications on at time of hair test: I use a

> protocol created by my naturopath through muscle testing. Most

> supplements made through I still was adding sublingual B complex and

> ionic liquid minerals – have such bad assimilation through stomach….

> Have had to continually take enzymes to help digest food since going

> to naturopath in Fall 2002. Last followup, she has me on less stuff

> than I used to take.

>

> But she also discovered a parasitic infection and I stopped chelation

> most of October to take care of that. She is still

> detecting " something " and next week I go back in for another follwoup

> to see how Im doing and Ive sent her this hair analysis. She is a

> good concerned person who I know can help finetune all this, but all

> of your input and suggestions are also very helpful. I am one of the

> few people in her practice so toxic with metals.

>

> Recently added supplements and medications after the hair test and

> date added: have added CoQ-10 and selenium, along with B6, but this

> may be too much for me. Have taken 300 mg Calcium, along with 5mg

> melatonin to get to sleep but keep waking up = last nite was bad,

> woke up 3-4 times.

>

> Reading thru some other articles on website - seems like I fit

> the " Four Low electrolytes " profile with adrenal exhaustion, even

> though I get headaches taking more than my tiney doses of cortisol in

> the early afternoon [1pm] and sometimes in eraly evening [no later

> than 6pm, if i've had stressful day or been working in garden, etc]

>

> _ _ _ _ _ _ _

>

> Thanks for going thru this long posting, but Dean said to post here

> like this and I sure hope i did it right this time!

> thanks again SO MUCH to everyone who replies back on this! - DA

>