Re: finally totally off all T4 and just on T3- but think adrenals are now crashi

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March 10, 2010

forgot to ask: you don't think i'm crashing my adrenals?

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> What you really need is more T3 btu I am afraid to tell you to raise ti

> till your ferritin is up better. No point takking it andhave it just sit

> in the blood and cause issues and nto help you. So sock away some iron

> while waiting for the IV and see if thta does nto help your energy and

> fogginess some.

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March 10, 2010

forgot to ask: you don't think i'm crashing my adrenals?

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> What you really need is more T3 btu I am afraid to tell you to raise ti

> till your ferritin is up better. No point takking it andhave it just sit

> in the blood and cause issues and nto help you. So sock away some iron

> while waiting for the IV and see if thta does nto help your energy and

> fogginess some.

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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March 10, 2010

forgot to ask: you don't think i'm crashing my adrenals?

>

> What you really need is more T3 btu I am afraid to tell you to raise ti

> till your ferritin is up better. No point takking it andhave it just sit

> in the blood and cause issues and nto help you. So sock away some iron

> while waiting for the IV and see if thta does nto help your energy and

> fogginess some.

>

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

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March 11, 2010

The thing is, I haven't raised my T3. I just changed to all T3, though I did go

up a couple mg's, I guess, trying to match breaking up the 25mcg pill to equal

the amount in the NT, as per Nick's site. But, something is making me worse

being on just this T3. For real.

Though, I was getting sxs BEFORE I switched to just T3, and that, I think, is

the T3 getting to the cells finally and me not needing to be on so much (though

I know it's a tiny amount, relative to what other folks are taking). Maybe the

T4 was buffering before, too.

I feel pretty screwed - like I'm on too much AND too little T3 at the same time

- maybe too much for my adrenals to tolerate now more is going into my cells,

and too little for my body to function because my thyroid is suppressed and

there isn't enough to go around for all the things thyroid hormone does, like

make my brain work! I feel like the brain stuff is part of the continuum of the

myxedema coma thing.

Does that make sense??

I tried to do some T3 again last night at bed and it wakes me up too early. I

took a bit of a benzo, but do NOT want to have to depend on that to mask how the

HC and T3 keep me awake. That is how I was doing it for a several weeks, but

want to stop.

I want to try and get 25mcg in my system, but apparently can't do it more than

6.25mcg at a time. HOW CAN I DOSE to get that? Or, I guess I can just take 3/4

of that at wake, 11 and 2, though then I'll be DECREASING my dose.

And maybe I'll take some rhodiola and ashwaganda to help my adrenals along with

the HC.

My internet is going spotty, so I'm online when I can be, which is frustrating!

But, please hang with me, Val. THESE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT

in terms of me helping myself. My sxs feel serious. Dang, these steroids and

hormones are no joke!

Thanks so much!

~ Carol

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> Yes T3 pools in the blood whn ferritin is low. It cannto be utilized

> correctly so it sits there cause adrenal stress. This is why I do nto

> push riasing T3 too fast whne people are trying ot also raise ferritin.

> Ferritin is always slower to come up so the two have to be juggled

> carefully to gether raising both as oyur body tolerate. Too much T3 when

> low in ferritin WILL cause extreme adrenal stres and anxiety symptoms;.

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March 11, 2010

fyi, to help you help (!!) - my TEMPS DROPPED after taking ONLY 6.25mg CYTOMEl

from 97.7 this morning (which is lower than what I had been averaging) to 96.7.

(yestereday, it did the same thing for the first time, but i took 12.5mcg). I'm

not even tolerating the 6.25mg. My pulse is 81, which if I were " healthy " would

be great. but, I feel internally wired, but then the hypo stuff.

As I said, I feel like going on T3 somehow screwed me. The T4 was a buffer.

SHOULD I go back on some?!?!??!??! Or, should I try to take teeny doses of T3 -

like 1/4 the 1/4!?!?!?

I can feel my adrenals getting screwed inadvertently. Oy, and I have been

working so hard on them!!

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> Yes T3 pools in the blood whn ferritin is low. It cannto be utilized

> correctly so it sits there cause adrenal stress. This is why I do nto

> push riasing T3 too fast whne people are trying ot also raise ferritin.

> Ferritin is always slower to come up so the two have to be juggled

> carefully to gether raising both as oyur body tolerate. Too much T3 when

> low in ferritin WILL cause extreme adrenal stres and anxiety symptoms;.

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