Re: High DHEA, low Cortisone, Normal Cortisol, low Testosterone - any link?

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> Low cortisone (5% below reference range)

from low adrenals--what is actual lab value and range of any cortisol

tests you've done?

> Elevated cholesterol (bad is high, good is low)

from low thyroid

> Hashimoto's thyroiditis (had this for 5 years - taking Levoxyl

for that)

Levoxyl is ineffective for most

> My FT3 and TSH are in normal range

What exactly are lab values and ranges? If your FT3 was below 300

and TSH >1, you could use more medication.

>However, I'm always out of energy and feel run down.

From low thyroid

>Any little thing can startle me, and I get very anxious over

nothing.

From low adrenals

> Any last thoughts before I file this away? Thanks.

If you " file this away " you must accept your current state of health

the way it is. I would want to treat the problem. You're one step

ahead of many here because you've actually got a doctor who will

prescribe HC!

Barb

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>> Low cortisone (5% below reference range)

> from low adrenals--what is actual lab value and range of any cortisol

> tests you've done?

Cortisone was 87 (ref: 92-366 ug/24hrs urine)

Cortisol was 16.2 (ref: 3.1 - 22.4 ug/dL blood)

>> Elevated cholesterol (bad is high, good is low)

> from low thyroid

>> Hashimoto's thyroiditis (had this for 5 years - taking Levoxyl for that)

> Levoxyl is ineffective for most

>> My FT3 and TSH are in normal range

> What exactly are lab values and ranges? If your FT3 was below 300

> and TSH >1, you could use more medication.

TSH is 2.3 (ref: 0.350 - 5.500)

FT3 is 3.4 (ref: 2.3 - 4.2)

I feel too jittery when TSH is lower or FT3 is higher.

>>However, I'm always out of energy and feel run down.

> From low thyroid

Or maybe low testosterone? Mine is 192 (ref: 241 - 827)

>>Any little thing can startle me, and I get very anxious over nothing.

> From low adrenals

That's what I've been told.. but my cortisol is always normal and cortisone is

low.

>> Any last thoughts before I file this away? Thanks.

> If you " file this away " you must accept your current state of health

> the way it is. I would want to treat the problem. You're one step

> ahead of many here because you've actually got a doctor who will

> prescribe HC!

> Barb

I'm unsure if HC is a good thing. I picked it up from walgreens and the

precautions are very scary.

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Yiou can clear it up with a simple sal;iva test you can order yourself

from www.canaryclub.org ther eare 7 stages of adrneal fatigue. The early

ones cortils is high the later ones it is low. DHEA can be high in

several of these. BTW for the record people do nto become addicted to

hydrocortisone, we are born addicted to it as it is a hormone that is

necessary for life and when you do nto have enough of it, your body will

certainly tell you in very definite terms. The HC we take is taken to

replace what our bodies cannot make, this is nto an addiction, btu

replacing a hormone we are low in and cannot live without.

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