Help with hypo/adrenal/hormone issues

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I am a 33 yr old female. For the last 6 months or so I have been working with my

ND to try and figure out what I need to do to feel better. Back in July I had

normal TSH but low FT3 and FT4 and high RT3. He put me on generic cytomel and I

am currently taking 30 mcgs, been at that dose for awhile and had to fight him

to even let me go that high. Labs done in Oct showed that my TSH was

suppressed, T3 and T4 were better but still not high enough and my RT3 was

lower but still not a good ratio to the FT3. I also have had 2 24 hr saliva

tests for cortisol. The first one showed that my cortisol was high 3 of the 4

times and it took a huge dive at the noon reading to below normal. He put me on

PS for this. I just repeated the test and I now have a more normal rhythm but,

the morning was very high and the rest slightly high. He told me to double my

dose of PS. When I first went to see him, I was bleeding every month in between

my cycles and he put me on natural progesterone cream--60 mgs every day with no

days off. It did stop the bleeding but I was not comfortable being on it every

day so I told him that I would like to reduce the dose to 30 and only use it the

second half of my cycle. I have only been off of it for 3 days now. My saliva

DHEA was also low so he had me start out at 5 mg and work my way up to 15. I

can't say that I really felt any better on it but I did start having migraines

every month while on it. My last test showed that DHEA was over range now so he

had me stop and hopefully the migraines will too.

Basically I feel like I have been messing with so many things at once and I

don't really feel any better. Definitely not like my old self. Could the high

dose of progesterone cream be contributing to my high cortisol?? I am so tired

and frustrated and I don't know where else to go from here.Here is a partial

list of symptoms--there's probably more--just can't remember them all.

Symptoms:

fatigue

hair falling out

pale

dry skin/hair

cold

no sex drive

bloating

weight gain

sensitivity to bright lights

brain fog

feeling off balance

forgetfulness

spaced out feeling

headaches

Can anybody help? If you need more info just let me know.