Feel terrible on cortisol

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Hi everyone,

I've been told by my naturopath that I've got 's syndrome. He measured my

R-T3 and said it was very high as is my T4. I'm sorry I don't have the exact

numbers because I failed to get a copy (my bad). My TSH is low but my temps tend

to stay in the 96-97 range accompanied by all the other low thyroid symptoms. I

feel pretty bad.

My problem is multi-dimentional. I have adrenal fatigue. My labs in May of 2009

had a cortisol burden of 5 in a range of 23-42. I talked to a few people in the

adrenal group and all said I needed to get on HC immediately. I tried but it

made me feel terrible...all jittery and surreal. It felt like I was doing damage

to my adrenals rather then helping them. I consulted with Dr. Lam on the phone

and he put me on a protocol of supplements which seemed to help to a certain

degree. I had my labs redone about a month ago and they have improved

tremendously but still way too low: cortisol burden of 20 in a range of 23-42

but the curve is a normal curve rather than flat lined. It hugs the bottom or

drops just below the normal curve so I'm thankful for that.

I've been on synthroid 150 for about 30 years and I've tried different form of

T-3 but felt unwell and couldn't tolerate any of them which is not surprising

considering my adrenal function. So here is my problem. How do I clear the RT-3

out of my cells if I can't tolerate any T-3 due to low cortisol and I can't fix

the low cortisol problem due to lack of tolerance to that as well? Has anyone

ever had this problem?

My naturopath is running some tests on heavy metal toxicity and checking my

liver function. He feels that may be the culprit in my intolerance to hormones

my body should recognize as normal. I hope to be getting the results next week

sometime.

To compound matters, my ferritin levels as of 9/2008 was 175 and iron was 104.

This seems way too high to me but two different doctors have dismissed it as

normal. Also I've been told I have a IGG reaction of 20 to gluten and have taken

myself off of that. I've come down with multiple allergies this year and have

had chronic nasal swelling and sticky mucus since before Christmas which have

made sleeping really challenging. None of this is helping my adrenals, I'm sure.

I feel getting my thyroid working again is key but am being blocked every way I

turn. The house of cards is falling and I'm not sure what to do about it.

Hopefully the test results next week will give some insight. In the mean while

does anyone have any suggestions? I'm getting desperate. Sorry this is so long!

Thanks for any help.

Michele