Help with labs

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Hi all, I have just received my saliva labs and blood tests and

would like some help with interpreting them. I'm diagnoised hypo.

Blood tests 2/12/08:

TSH, 3rd generation: 0.92 (ref. 0.4-4.5)

T4 free: 0.9 (ref. 0.8-1.8)

T3 free: 316 (ref. 230-420)

Ferritin: 23 (ref. 10-232) - this is up from 9 three months ago; I'm

still taking Repliva

Vitamin B12 serum: 1269 HIGH (ref. 200-1100)

Folate serum: >24 (ref. >5.4 normal)

Vitamin D 25-OH Total: 46 (ref. 20-100)

Vitamin D 25-OH D3: 42

Vitamin D 25-OH D2: 4

Diagnos-Techs Saliva 1/27/08:

fTSH: 55 (ref. normal 26-85)

fT4: 0.21 (ref. normal 0.17-0.42)

fT3: 0.35 (ref. normal 0.28-1.10)

TPO: positive (normal=negative) DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE HASHIS?

AM cortisol: 18 Normal (ref. 13-24)

Noon cortisol: 10 Normal (ref. 5-10)

Afternoon cortisol: 12 Elevated (ref. 3-8)

Midnight cortisol: 6 Elevated (ref. 1-4)

Cortisol burden: 46 (ref. 23-42)

DHEA: 2 Depressed (ref. 23-42)

Key: cortisol-DHEA correlation - Stage 3 Maladapted Phase 1

Estradiol: 13 (ref.7-20 luteal)

Progesterone: 79 (ref. 65-500 luteal)

Free Testosterone: 14 Normal (ref. 8-20)

As background, I was diagnosed hypo in 2001 with a TSH of 95! I was

on Synthroid up until a few months ago at doseages varying between

100 mcg and 150 mcg. I hadn't been stable for quite a while. I

switched to Armour a few months ago after a TSH reading of 12.71 on

10/17/07. While I know that TSH is not a good indicator, it's all I

have from that timeframe. I'm currently taking a 105 mg of Armour 5

days a week and 90 mg. of Armour 2 days per week. One other thing to

note - I was taking birth control pills for my latest labs (I have

just stopped since I would like to be off of all synthethic

hormones).

So my question, what do I do now? I still feel a bit hypo (tired,

cold hands/feet), but am much better than a few months ago. I will

continue to work on raising ferritin. I believe that my adrenals

need to be addressed but I'm not sure how. Unless I'm confused

(which is entirely possible), everything I've read is for low

cortisol. What do I do about elevated cortisol? The Diagnos-techs

results suggest maybe taking DHEA or pregnenolone or phosphorylated

serine derivatives. My DHEA is low, so taking that makes sense, but

I'm not familiar with the others. Also, if I take DHEA - how much?

when? and how long does it take to raise the levels?

Thank you so much for helping me figure out what to do!

Carol