Thyroid dump or Hashi's attack?? What to do next...

[Guest guest]

Forum folks. If you've been successful on your thyroid/adrenal program and

especially if

you've had Hashi's I would love your two cents.

I was diagnosed with Hashi's this past fall (VERY high TPO) and after consulting

with Dr.

Lowe decided to start on Armour Thyroid. After being on 120mg Armour for three

weeks I

retested. As my TPO was still extremely high I increased my Armour dose to

150mg. At

that point I started doing Dr. Rind's averaged daily temps and found them to be

all over

the place. I had other signs and symptoms of adrenal deficit as well so I added

hydrocortisone-dosing according to instructions on STTM.

I did not decrease my Armour when I started cortisol, but decided to go slowly

and watch

for any signs of thyroid hormone dump. Got up to 20mg HC with no problem. Now

today-

my sixth day at the 20mg dose- my temp has gone up suddenly and I've felt hyper

all day

with a pulse between 80 and 90 for most of the day. (That's high for me!)

So here's the question...Do I assume that this is thyroid dump and decrease/drop

my

Armour temporarily? (That's what my gut says). On the other hand, how can I be

sure that

this isn't just another Hashis attack causing hyper symptoms from thyroid tissue

destruction/hormone leakage? My last antibody test (at 120mg Armour) was just

over

three weeks ago and clearly the Armour hadn't slowed down the autoimmune attack

at

that point. I really want to get the antibodies down.

Any thoughts from your experience??

many thanks,

[Guest guest]

> I really want to get the antibodies down.

Take a supplement of 200 mcg selenium a day. It's been shown to

reduce autoantibodes, in Hashi's at least (perhaps other

autoimmmunities as well).

JIm

[Guest guest]

>

> > I really want to get the antibodies down.

>

> Take a supplement of 200 mcg selenium a day. It's been shown to

> reduce autoantibodes, in Hashi's at least (perhaps other

> autoimmmunities as well).

>

> JIm

>

>

[Guest guest]

Have you had this type of thing happen before? It sounds like a thyroid dump

to me, but if you periodically have spells like this associated with your

Hashis then maybe not. I don't know enough on that to say. I'm sure Val will

have some idea. Also, did you do any testing of your cortisol levels before

starting tthe HC? It is always best to do that so you can be sure what you

are dealing with. If you have high cortisol, you don't want to add more on

top of it. :-)

Rie

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy

enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

> Forum folks. If you've been successful on your thyroid/adrenal

> program and especially if

> you've had Hashi's I would love your two cents.

>

> I was diagnosed with Hashi's this past fall (VERY high TPO) and

> after consulting with Dr.

> Lowe decided to start on Armour Thyroid. After being on 120mg

> Armour for three weeks I

> retested. As my TPO was still extremely high I increased my

> Armour dose to 150mg. At

> that point I started doing Dr. Rind's averaged daily temps and

> found them to be all over

> the place. I had other signs and symptoms of adrenal deficit as

> well so I added

> hydrocortisone-dosing according to instructions on STTM.

>

> I did not decrease my Armour when I started cortisol, but

> decided to go slowly and watch

> for any signs of thyroid hormone dump. Got up to 20mg HC with no

> problem. Now today-

> my sixth day at the 20mg dose- my temp has gone up suddenly and

> I've felt hyper all day

> with a pulse between 80 and 90 for most of the day. (That's high for me!)

>

> So here's the question...Do I assume that this is thyroid dump

> and decrease/drop my

> Armour temporarily? (That's what my gut says). On the other

> hand, how can I be sure that

> this isn't just another Hashis attack causing hyper symptoms from

> thyroid tissue

> destruction/hormone leakage? My last antibody test (at 120mg

> Armour) was just over

> three weeks ago and clearly the Armour hadn't slowed down the

> autoimmune attack at

> that point. I really want to get the antibodies down.

>

> Any thoughts from your experience??

>

> many thanks,

>

>

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10:10 AM

[Guest guest]

I ewwould lower the thyrodi for now. Temps over 99 warrant lowering it

until they come down. Going hyper is counter productive when you have

adernal fatigue as it will only stress the adrenals and this shuts off

th elfow of thyroid to the cells anyway so there is little choice abotu

whqat needs to be done.

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