Re: Crashing Addrenals? Not feeling better, Update

[Guest guest]

I have raised cortisol to 37,5 but I am not doing better with my OCD and

anxiety, just had a panic attack today and is the third this week. Should I keep

increasing HC until I find relief or I have to give it a time to work.

I am so discouraged... I hate having OCD. I have struggled very much to get

better, but at the end, nothing seems to help. Anafranil helped a lot but I was

sleeping most of the day... Armour helped, but only for very short periods when

I was rising the dose. I felt better as well when I started T3 (nine weeks ago),

but now all is going downhill again. I went to a trip with my parents and I got

stressed and emotional, then my boyfried brought to abandoned puppies to our

home. This is also very testing for me, both emotionally (because I get attached

to them but is madness to keep them) and because of my contamination OCD...

Sometimes I feel i should live in a psychiatric hospital and have an uneventful,

protected life...

A good thing is that with Val's advice of taking cream before HC, my stomach is

much better today (thanks so much).

[Guest guest]

I've had OCD for years too. Mainly counting everything (floor tiles, stairs,

ceiling tiles, cars on the road, etc. etc.!) I remember license plate numbers

of everyone I know. I also have this compulsion to make sure certain objects are

in a certain place in the house. One time I was in a hurry to get to work and

couldn't stop to straighten out a line of shoes at the door on my way out. I

managed to talk myself into getting down to the car in the underground parking

lot but then got in the car and drove around to the street and parked and went

back in to straighten them and was late for work! I have noticed a huge

improvement in my OCD since starting HC a few months ago. Maybe because it got

some T3 into cells? I'm just starting on resolving my RT3 issue. It is so

amazing how many things these issues are all related to!

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> Well let me put it this way.. I used to scrub my bathroom floor to

> ceiling with a toothbrush, and I have 6 storage bins full of jewelry

> makign supplies, More cat collectibles than I cna count.. LOL I used to

> know exactly how many steps it took to go ANYWHERE I walked. I wa a

> counter since chldhood. counted pavers on the sidewalk, counted ever

> stair in my house every time I went up or down them, counted cars I

> passed even tried to count stripes oin the road. Yeah little OCD there..

> LOL And yes, for th emost part it si gone, I stil collect too many cat

> collectibles btu I CAN control it when funds are tight,. When I get

> stressed is when I noticve it tryign to creep back in and I have to

> concentrate on NOT doing those things.

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[Guest guest]

Oh, dear, I guess many of us suffer from it. I don't mind being a little

obsessive, I am used to it (I guess I have always been), but I live in constant

fear of contamination and often I get in a panic. Then, when I crash with panic,

I feel the lowest of the low and the suicidal thoughts begin. This is so

difficult to live with, it drains all energy from me.

[Guest guest]

O.K. I'll try to be proactive. Is there anything I can do right now to feel

better, besides wait for rT3 to clear and try to reduce the stress in my life?

I am now in my 9th week of T3. I am taking 37.5 mg of HC and 87.5 T3 (I went up

to 125, but val advised to go down again because of the low cortisol symptoms).

I do not feel well, there is stress in my life right now and I feel my adrenals

are not coping well.

monica

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> How much T3 are you on? Low T3 has some very detrimental mental effects

> as well asn OCD has been one of my issues over the years in dealing wiht

> hypo. y adrneals were nto bad all those years so I inwo it was just hypo.

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

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[Guest guest]

Hi

I think one way to deal with it while we work on our RT3 problem is to sort of

go with it when you can. For anything under my control, if I can do something -

no matter how silly - like counting things or straightening things or cleaning

things then I do them. It comforts me and is less stressful than fighting it

off (which I've tried to do for years). Now that I know what's causing it, I

feel so relieved. Plus I've had a reduction in the severity so I can see a

light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm not sure if this will help with your contamination fear unless there are

little things you can do too. Like, for now, avoiding places or situations you

know there might be a problem? Or using a lot of hand sanitizer (I have little

bottles everywhere - you probably do too). The problem will be the things other

people do that you can't control. I've explained things to my husband and now,

at least, I don't have to hide my weird things from him and he tries to be

supportive (sometimes!) But if you can do whatever you can that will comfort you

when things are in your control then the things other people do will be all you

have to deal with. It might reduce some stress. I always found that trying to

stop myself from obsessing or worrying was horribly stressful. Which added to

the stress from whatever was actually worrying me.

This might not help (I understand that!) just wanted you to know that I know

what you're going through.

Kim )

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> > How much T3 are you on? Low T3 has some very detrimental mental effects

> > as well asn OCD has been one of my issues over the years in dealing wiht

> > hypo. y adrneals were nto bad all those years so I inwo it was just hypo.

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> > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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> > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

> >

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

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