Re: Stress?

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I understand. Well. I dont know what kind og hypo i am. Nobody knows. My vert first blood sample in 1997 dist show hypo but i qas hypo. T4 made me healthy. for 10 years. And here i am. 3 years after those 10 healthy years. Feeling misserable.I had taxhycardia sine age 13, this is when weight started rolling on. At age 18 I got T4 for my clinical symptoms. It worked!Hmmm.. I still had tachycardia on t4 tho.But 2 years ago, tachycardia stopped!!!! Why? Weird weird weird!I try ERFA Thyroid now. Ad HC. (i hate hc!!!!!) - lets hope it workshop! How often should I check FT3? I do it once aMonth now.I have an amazingly bad headache now. Heart is ok. Head is not.I van try to drink more salt but.. Aldosterone and serum sodium Are both ok! So..... Can this be too high cortisol

symptoms? Cause u dobt get headachesdron LOW cortisol right?This headache must go!!!Sendt fra min iPhoneDen 9. mai 2010 kl. 15.09 skrev Nick Foot :

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>Do you think i possibly DO need more HC due to the amount of T3 I am getting? Remember.. I was on 65 mcg T3 only (which is more T3 than I am getting now) while on less than 30 mg HC. I only increased HC "to be sure" I wouldn't get any problems while taking more and more T3.

I don't know the answer, I can only talk about probabilities.

you are not on enough T3 for someone who has "type 2 hypo", the

definition of type 2 is that the cells are hormone resistant and that

you need more than a "normal" FT3 level in order to get a full

cellular response.

It may be that your type 2 was caused only by high RT3 levels and that

clearing those has brought you down to needing normal thyroid levels,

even then you are on a low dose, the STTM site suggests that 3 to 5

grains is the "typical dose band" with some people higher and some

lower.

In terms of HC Val and the adrenals group are far more experienced

than I am. It does seem likely though that people's requirements will

vary and that some will have Cortisol receptor resistance and need

higher than normal levels. I have no evidence of this but

extrapolating from thyroid, Leptin, and insulin resistance has been

proven in all of those.

For these resistance reasons serum levels are not a reliable indicator

of how the body is reacting to the hormone and hence some people will

need more than others.

I appreciate this doesn't answer your question, it just raises more.

If I were in your position I would try a stress dose of 5mcg of HC and

see if you feel any better from it.

Nick

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for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

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I told you that the urine test result was very likely NOT too high. The lab

values used are not " optimal " as far as I know according to anti-aging doctors.

Did Dr. Hertoghe tell you the urine test was too high? after all, he is the one

giving you HC.

And you cannot trust serum values. Diane posted an excellent explanation of why

you can't trust serum tests while taking HC on the adrenal group. I'll try to

find it for you.

Why are you increasing HC " to be sure " ? You need to track temps and let that

tell you, along with symptoms, if you need more HC or not.

Kathleen

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[Guest guest]

> vary and that some will have Cortisol receptor resistance and need

> higher than normal levels. I have no evidence of this but

> extrapolating from thyroid, Leptin, and insulin resistance has been

> proven in all of those.

Nick, I have seen scientific articles on cortisol resistance. Don't remember

where! But you are correct and of course the tests would be of no value then

just like t3 tests show very high ft3 without hyper symptoms in those with t3

resistance.

[Guest guest]

Hello,I will say it again: My temperatures NEVER change! They are 99.99% of the time 98.6 F, and they were so before HC, on low HC doses, on high HC doses. I can't use temps to track anything!Hertoghe didn't get my latest lab results yet. I looked at them with my first specialist (I've had 4 of them total, Hertoghe is number 4!)So then what do I do, if I can't use temps to decide about my HC dose?I listened to my previous specialist in Finland who told me to take more HC "to be sure" T3 would get into the cells and not pool!I was on 20 mg HC for a few months.. Then increased it to 30.. 35..... 50 during infection in March.. Then down again... Now I am on 30.. And have NO indication of WHAT to do with my HC dose! :-(I am just sad and feel I have no

life anymore.. There is just too much pain every day! I am sad on behalf of all of you who suffer out there! :-(,

I told you that the urine test result was very likely NOT too high. The lab values used are not "optimal" as far as I know according to anti-aging doctors. Did Dr. Hertoghe tell you the urine test was too high? after all, he is the one giving you HC.

And you cannot trust serum values. Diane posted an excellent explanation of why you can't trust serum tests while taking HC on the adrenal group. I'll try to find it for you.

Why are you increasing HC "to be sure"? You need to track temps and let that tell you, along with symptoms, if you need more HC or not.

Kathleen

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[Guest guest]

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>I try ERFA Thyroid now. Ad HC. (i hate hc!!!!!) - lets hope it workshop! How

often should I check FT3? I do it once a

>Month now.

FT3 and FT4 once a month will show if you are sliding into hypo. an

RT3 may also be worth doing as well to see which way the T4 is going.

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>I have an amazingly bad headache now. Heart is ok. Head is not.

Take pain killers then, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol or Asprin

>I van try to drink more salt but.. Aldosterone and serum sodium Are both ok!

So..... Can this be too high cortisol symptoms? Cause u dobt get headachesdron

LOW cortisol right?

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>This headache must go!!!

Headache can be dehydration, can be lots of things

Nick