New here, intro (Long)

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I've been lurking on this group for about 2 weeks now. I though it

was high time I introduced myself and asked a couple of questions.

I'm 31 years old and have been married for 6 (almost 7) years. We

have a beautiful 14 month old boy who we conceived after 3 years of

infertility treatments. I've had symptoms of hypothyroid/adrenal

fatigue for about 10-15 years, but things just kept getting worse and

worse after having my son. I'm now on anti-depressants and cannot

lose weight. I hardly gained any while pregnant, and lost what I DID

gain by my 6 week appointment. Since then I've put on about 40

pounds, and was overweight to begin with.

I originally found STTM because I was convinced that I was

hypothyroid, even though for the past 10 years or so I was told that

I was " normal " due to TSH tests. I recently did a saliva test and

found that while my TSH is within " normal " limits, my frees are a

little low.

I also found out that my adrenals are shot:

7:00 - 8:00 am 11 (13-24)

11:00 - noon 4 (5-10)

4:00 - 5:00 2 (3-8)

11:00 - midnight 4 (1-4)

Cortisol burden 21 (23-42)

DHEA 3 (3-10)

After a lot of consideration I think I'm going the self-treatment

route. None of my doctors will treat me and the only doctor that

might is about an hour away and doesn't take insurance. I can't

afford that.

Now, I thought I read somewhere that Cortef is in Category C, meaning

you shouldn't take it while pregnant? DH and I have been discussing

trying for #2 and I'm not sure what to do about this. I need to get

my adrenals healed as I feel lousy, but what should I do if I happen

to get pregnant? Also, to anyone who might be self-treating, how do

you go about this when you DO have to visit a doctor for something?

They always ask what medications you're on. I guess I ask this

because if/when I do get pregnant again I'm not sure how to go about

that with my ob.

Thanks for reading through my long and rambling post. I'm looking

forward to meeting all of you!