BUMP questions re: Holtorf prescriptions - T3 and HC with my levels

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Hi Val and thanks for the very timely response. I know you guys are super busy

but bumping this up as I am getting to the point of increasing my SRT3 and I am

really confused as to what I need to do here.

Sorry to be a pest but I just wanted to check my understanding...

-Your recommendation is that I STOP supplementing DHEA/preg and iodine? I have

taken DHEA in the past with no issues but if I don't need it, it's one less dang

pill! ;-) Testosterone did come out on the low side which is why he suggested

the DHEA supp (total testosterone 26ng/dL of 2-45 and free 2.4pg/mL of 0.1-6.4).

--and START supplementing sea salt and potassium? I already supplement

both--the sea salt through salting almost everything I eat (to the point where I

was worried it was too much) and the potassium through 100mg/day supp plus at

least one avocado a day. Would you recommend other or more?

-Is the iron supplement enough to start on the ferritin problem (170mg

elemental/day split doses without food or calcium/other minerals)?

-Should I STOP the T3 and or the HC (as small as it is) given the

ferritin/cortisol/adrenal issue? I haven't experienced any issues so far but I

don't want to do MORE damage.

-My adrenal support from the doctor is in the form of two supplements

(proprietary) whose main ingredients are bovine adrenal concentrate (am) and

skullcap root and ashwaganda root (pm). Both am and pm also include siberian

ginseng and rhodiola rosea root (for what it's worth). Is this a good start?

If not, what should I be doing or taking?

Sorry for all the questions and thanks for your (seemingly) infinite patience

and for everything you do!

in LA

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> > You rARE hypo and you DO have an RT3 problem. But you also have VERY low

> > ferritin adn VERY low cortils both of which may contribute to the Rt3

> > problem. I would have recommended MUCH more HC than he did and hav eno

> > clue as I do nto knwo what other adrneal suppoorts he put in place what

> > his menas of dealing wiht this is. I would also not take DHEA wiht low

> > cortiosl as many cannto tolerate it. It also can cause extreme estrogen

> > dominance when coritls is low as it tends to go to all estrogen rather

> > than the testosterone we are usually olow in wiht adnrela fatigue. You

> > need BOTH unrefined sea salt and potasisum and I also would not ever

> > recommend iodine when adrenals are this weak as it can stress them. It

> > also stimulat4es the thyroid to produce more hormones, especially T4

> > which in turn makes more RT3. SO yeah, I disagree with his treatment plan.

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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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