Desperate, losing hope, maybe job

March 11, 2010

Val I sure hope you can help me. I still don't know if high or low cortisol or

what.

I decreased HC to 2.5 two nights ago and changed the daily dosing schedule as

you had recommended 10/10/5/5. The first night I slept but was so exhausted

from not sleeping the night before. Woke up with basal of 98 (up from usual)

and temps yesterday were up and at my previous stable point of 98.4-5. Yesteday

I functioned in a high fog. I had cut back from 32.5 to 30 of T3. I had no

symptoms of being on edge, but still with bad skin flushing that causes me to

lose heat and feel cold sometimes. Adrenaline? Never get hot and sweaty and

heart pounding during the day...

But, Last night up all night with it. Even broke through all my sleep meds. I

am getting ferritin and electrolytes drawn today but wont get result until next

week. I expect it will at least be higher than 44 I started with. My BP is

good. My heart rate low 70's. I am supping 1/2 teaspoon sea salt twice a day

but my sodium was good before, could that be detrimental? I don't have any idea

what to do. Is my HPA axis just too broken? I was on almost these same doses a

week ago and doing so much better. I can try to go back up on T3 today. I just

don't know what. I can just keep riding it out if you think I need time to

stabilize but work is making me go. Whenever I feel this bad I do get somewhat

obscessed with my symptoms and wonder if the psychology of it makes everything

worse, more stress, more cortisol.

Thank you.

March 11, 2010

Yes stressing over the sympotms DOES eat up more cortiosl and make

things worse. ALWAYS try ot hold a new dose for at least 3 days but

preferably a week. If it is sitl really bad in three days we can try to

adjust further.

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